The new comedy, In The Loop is gonna become the exact definition of overlooked. While people are seeing bad movies like G-Force, and The Proposal, this gem is only being seen by an extremely limited audience. I saw this in what was basically a sold-out theater. That said, for all the people in this movie, there are 10 people seeing a bad, low-brow, mainstream film. In The Loop is the story of Simon Foster (played excellently by Tom Hollander), a politician who says war is unforeseeable, and is forced to resolve the problem, going as far as having to travel from London to Washington. With the help of his assistant, Toby (Chris Addison), he does his best to resolve the problem. James Gandolfini, an excellent actor, is amusing here as Lt. Gen. George Miller. The two main scene stealers are David Rasche as Linton Barwick, a politician who is against cussing, and Peter Capaldi as Malcolm Tucker, an outrageous, out-of-control politician who could not be more mad at Simon. I am sad to inform In The Loop will be overlooked, and for the people who will see it will probably go see a low-brow mainstream film and totally forget this movie even existed. I suggest, though, for people reading this review, you should go see it, and try to remember it, and if any Oscar noms go to it, pray it will win. You won't be sorry if you go see this little gem.
Review of In the Loop
