Cinematic comedy is a depressing plane of existence at the moment, mostly consisting of irritating and borderline-misogynist slackers acting like adolescent twits, so whenever a film comes out that manages to generate laughs on an intelligent subject, it must be celebrated. Therefore, allow me to segue into a cliché: If you only see one comedy this year, make it In the Loop, the directorial debut of the great British humorist Armando Iannucci and the spin-off film of The Thick of It, a "West Wing meets The Office" sitcom which hopefully will achieve the stateside recognition it deserves as a result of the picture's release.
The film has already received comparisons to Dr. Strangelove, Stanley Kubrick's timeless satire in which the fate of the world rests in the hands of sexually depraved warhawks, and while Iannucci's directing owes more to Christopher Guest than Mr. Kubrick, both films nevertheless cover the madcap behavior of their characters in a disorienting sense of realism. At no point does the film resort to zany musical cues or obnoxious flat lighting to indicate where the laughs are supposed to come. The screenplay is funny enough without those touches, and it successfully revives the art of swearing through some of the most outrageous profanities ever strung together in the English language. In addition, all the actors deliver their instantly quotable one-liners with the utmost sincerity, especially Peter Capaldi as the explosive Malcolm Tucker. Also look out for a marvelous cameo by Steve Coogan as an English citizen complaining about a wall.
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