It’s not hard to parallel David/Dickens’s head-spinningly intricate descriptors with Iannucci’s own prodding, poetically vulgar rhetoric.
The battle of wills between Lavrentiy Beria and Nikita Khrushchev propels the film’s most pointed satire.
Armando Iannucci’s debut feature In The Loop carries on the staggering comedic traditions of its source material.