TO EVERYONE!! I AM SORRY FOR THE CHANGES!! DON'T BE MAD AT ME.. BEEN GOING THROUGH CHANGES IN MY LIFE BUT I AM TRYING TO GET THIS MOVIE GROUP TOGETHER ON A REGULAR BASIS AGAIN!! THIS MOVIE CLUB FOR SINGLES OVER 40 IS GOING TO HAVE A REGULAR MOVIE AND DINNER NIGHT EVERY MONDAY NIGHT...I NEED SUGGESTIONS AS TO WHICH MOVIES YOU WANT TO SEE!!! WRITE ME AND LET ME KNOW YOUR CHOICE OF MOVIES!! MEANWHILE WE ARE MEETING MONDAY NIGHT TO SEE "IN THE LOOP" AT THE IFC...AND HAVE DINNER AT SUZIE'S!!
August 3rd
info: [masked] annie
DINNER: 6:00 PM
SUZIE'S
163 Bleeker St. (at Sullivan)
West Village, New York City
$2 TO THE ORGANIZER (that's me!!)
IFC Center
323 Avenue of the Americas (W. 3rd st.)
New York, NY 10014 ([masked]
MOVIE: IN THE LOOP
SHOWTIME: 8:10 pm
Starring
Peter Capaldi, James Gandolfini, Tom Hollander, David Rasche, Gina McKee
Director(s)
Armando Iannucci Distributor(s)
IFCMPAA Rating
Not Rated
The run-up to war makes for curious rivalries and uneasy alliances in this political satire from director and co-screenwriter Armando Iannucci. Simon Foster (Tom Hollander) is a minor minister of international development with the British government who, in the midst of a radio interview, casually tells a reporter "war is unforeseeable." However, the prime minister is being pressured to commit British troops to support American forces in the Middle East, and communications director Malcolm Tucker (Peter Capaldi) goes into a tirade when the press turns Foster's passing comment into a major news story. Foster becomes an unwitting media figure, and he and his personal communications director, Judy (Gina McKee), are joined by political damage control expert Toby (Chris Addison) as they're sent to Washington, D.C., to meet with American political and military leaders. Despite Judy's and Toby's help, Foster displays a stubborn inability to say what he's supposed to, and he finds himself caught in the middle between pro-war factions -- including diplomat Karen Clarke (Mimi Kennedy) and State Department official Linton Barwick (David Rasche) -- and those who oppose the conflict, including Pentagon attaché General Miller (James Gandolfini) and activist Liza (Anna Chlumsky). As if matters weren't already complicated enough, Liza used to date Toby when they were college students, and Gen. Miller was once involved with Clarke, adding bitter romantic history to an already rocky playing field. In the Loop received its North American premiere at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival. - Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
REVIEWS:
San Francisco Chronicle | Mick LaSalleAdd Critic to Favorites The language is brilliant, and the laugh lines come so quickly that you'd probably have to watch the movie twice to get them all.Read the full review
The Onion (A.V. Club) | Keith PhippsAdd Critic to Favorites In The Loop floats above its chaotic world on wave after wave of beautifully profane dialogue.Read the full review
Entertainment Weekly | Lisa SchwarzbaumAdd Critic to Favorites The chattering smarty-pants who ran the U.S. government on "The West Wing" are slow talkers compared with the motormouthed and hilariously imperfect power elite in the brainy British comedy In the Loop.Read the full review
The New York Times | A.O. ScottAdd Critic to Favorites A sharply written, fast-talking, almost dementedly articulate satire on modern statecraft.Read the full review
Slate | Dana StevensAdd Critic to Favorites Britain's diplomatic corps may be as clueless and impotent as In the Loop suggests, but British comedians are fully capable of taking over the world.Read the full review
Variety | Dennis HarveyAdd Critic to Favorites Intelligent political satire this expertly acted is nothing to sneeze at.Read the full review
Washington Post | Philip KennicottAdd Critic to Favorites Tremendous fun at times, especially in its vicious power plays and betrayals. But it has no redeeming value beyond entertainment.Read the full review
Boston Globe | Ty BurrAdd Critic to Favorites As a ranking cabinet minister in the brutally funny political satire In the Loop, actor Peter Capaldi unfurls dazzling verbal ribbons of the foulest language imaginable, thunderbolts of vulgarity that carry the force of precision carpet-bombing.Read the full review
Rolling Stone | Peter TraversAdd Critic to Favorites Laugh you will, loud and often. In the Loop deserves to be a sleeper hit. The whole cast is stellar. And it proves that smart and funny can exist in the same movie, even in summer.Read the full review
The Hollywood Reporter | Kirk HoneycuttAdd Critic to Favorites Painfully funny satire of British and American bureaucrats in the days leading up to the Iraq War.Read the full review
“ I would suggest the movie first and a meal after. Then we could have a discussion of what we experienced. (Can't talk in the theater while the movie is playing). Probably an ealier time for the movie. It seems that everyone cut out right after the movie. ”
“ The people? Interesting. The film? Not so much. ”
“ Good choice in the movie and a restaurant. While movies are a personal thing, Suzie's had something for everyone, it seems. Annie was well-organized and the group was quite convivial. Thanks! ”
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