In the Loop

In the Loop
April 17, 2009
BBC Films etc.
Comedy
DVD
B

This is a very funny documentary-looking film (but not a mockumentary per se) about British and American politics, with a profanity-laced script, most notably in the lines of Peter Capaldi as Malcolm Tucker.  In fact, some of the funniest lines are funny because of the witty use of profanity.  The humour obviously has faded upon repetition, but it's still a very entertaining movie, with a good solid cast, of whom I will reluctantly single out three:  Steve Coogan as Paul Michaelson ("I'm fucking zen!"), James Gandolfini as Lt. Gen. George Miller (probably the best actor of the bunch, very believable), and Tom Hollander as Simon Foster, a role that, like that in Gosford Park, uses his short height to advantage, so that he's a little man who can't keep up with the "big kids."  If I can't rate the movie higher it's that most of the characters are unpleasant and that does get to be a bit draining after awhile.