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Critic scores range from 0 to 100, with higher scores indicating more favorable reviews.

  • 100
    San Francisco Chronicle | Mick LaSalle

    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 full review

  • 91
    Entertainment Weekly | Lisa Schwarzbaum

    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 full review

  • 90
    Variety | Dennis Harvey

    Intelligent political satire this expertly acted is nothing to sneeze at. Read full review

  • 90
    Washington Post | Philip Kennicott

    Tremendous fun at times, especially in its vicious power plays and betrayals. But it has no redeeming value beyond entertainment. Read full review

  • 90
    The New York Times | A.O. Scott

    A sharply written, fast-talking, almost dementedly articulate satire on modern statecraft. Read full review

  • 88
    Rolling Stone | Peter Travers

    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 full review

  • 80
    Los Angeles Times |

    In the Loop is no precious show dog. It's a snarling, frothing little beastie straining at its leash. Read full review

  • 80
    The Hollywood Reporter | Kirk Honeycutt

    Painfully funny satire of British and American bureaucrats in the days leading up to the Iraq War. Read full review

  • 70
    Wall Street Journal |

    It's the hilarious tumble of words--the sly cultural references, astonishingly creative invective, the veritable arias of profanity--that gives the film an unexpected heft. Read full review

  • 63
    USA Today | Claudia Puig

    Drawing upon "Wag the Dog," "Dr. Strangelove" and "This Is Spinal Tap," this sardonic tale is adapted from the critically acclaimed BBC series "The Thick of It." Read full review

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