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Synopsis

The US President and UK Prime Minister fancy a war. But not everyone agrees that war is a good thing. The US General Miller doesn’t think so and neither does the British Secretary of State for International Development, Simon Foster. But, after Simon accidentally backs military action on TV, he suddenly has a lot of friends in Washington, DC. If Simon can get in with the right DC people, if his entourage of one can sleep with the right intern, and if they can both stop the Prime Minister’s chief spin-doctor Malcolm Tucker rigging the vote at the UN, they can halt the war. If they don’t… well, they can always sack their Director of Communications Judy, who they never liked anyway and who’s back home dealing with voters with blocked drains and a man who’s angry about a collapsing wall. ―IMDb

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Oddly Dreamlike

12Feb12

fuckity bye

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insanegamer

26Jan12

This movie is just awesome, it was just funny with th dark humor and still is past one viewing, malcom is my fav character and he is just awesome.

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Danny Bailey

24Jan12

Truly the best screenplay of 2009. Full of one liners and four letter words, which really brought out the flaws of politics.

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Andre Rehal

17Jan12

Peter Capaldi is the truth.

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Tuesday Morning Foreign Region DVD Report: "The Thick of It: The Specials" (Ianucci, 2006)

By Glenn Kenny on August 18, 2009

Armando Ianucci's fierce, funny In The Loop made the festival circuit earlier this year and last before getting a U.S. release from IFC in

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Tribeca Film Festival: IN THE LOOP Review

By Twitchfilm.com on May 17, 2011
Having not seen The Thick of It, the television show that co-writer/director Armando Iannucci’s In the Loop (2009) is a continuation of, I must admit that it was refreshing to see a dense war farce that
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EFM 2009: IN THE LOOP Review

By Twitchfilm.com on May 17, 2011
I don’t believe I’m exaggerating when I say that I can count on one hand the number of television comics who have gone on to forge successful film careers int he last decade. There just really haven’t
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EFM 2009: IN THE LOOP Review

By Twitchfilm.net on July 17, 2010
I don’t believe I’m exaggerating when I say that I can count on one hand the number of television comics who have gone on to forge successful film careers int he last decade. There just really haven’t
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Tribeca Film Festival: IN THE LOOP Review

By Twitchfilm.net on July 17, 2010
Having not seen The Thick of It, the television show that co-writer/director Armando Iannucci’s In the Loop (2009) is a continuation of, I must admit that it was refreshing to see a dense war farce that
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[Last Time I Saw] In The Loop

By lasttim​eisaw on September 4, 2010

Title: In The Loop
Year: 2009
Country: UK
Language: English
Genre: Comedy
Director: Armando Iannucci
Writers: Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci, Tony Roche…  read review

In The Loop

By Marcus WP on July 1, 2010

One of the many perks of having an IFC membership (and being a nerd) is that you get to see movies before they hit theaters. So last night i got to take a sneak peak at the political comedy; ”In the…  read review

In the Loop

By Amir Syarif Siregar on April 21, 2010

Tentu akan ada banyak sisi yang dapat Anda ambil ketika Anda sedang berbicara masalah konflik yang ada di dunia. Perang Irak, contohnya. Akan ada berbagai sisi yang dapat digali dari sebuah perang…  read review

What's the matter with the world?

By Maicol Andrés Ordoñez on April 6, 2010

Don’t even know where to start on this one. So many great one liners from a script so meaty every actor seems to be chewing from some species of cannibalistic buffet. What devastation the movie leaves…  read review

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