The premise is that the US and Great Britain, plus via UN meetings, are trying to decide whether to start a war in the Middle East. On each side of the pond you have young staffers who are trying to do the RIGHT thing, by gathering facts, weighing pros ands cons. At the same time you have the grizzled veterans on both sides trying to stack the agenda to get what they want. To change a report and to edit the facts to suit their agenda is commonplace.
Make no mistake, this is not intended to be an objective look at how these things like this get done, but I couldn't help being reminded of the US invasion of Iraq and the subsequent deposing of Saddam Hussein. The reason given was WMDs, but after the fact no WMDs were ever found. From news reports available to all of us, it seemed like the politicians and military leaders stacked the deck there also, to justify an invasion.
This is a funny movie, and the dialog is very inventive, especially the rude and crude insults that are thrown around, most by the British guys. I don't usually tolerate movies filled with F-bombs, but this one is very funny.
Make no mistake, this is not intended to be an objective look at how these things like this get done, but I couldn't help being reminded of the US invasion of Iraq and the subsequent deposing of Saddam Hussein. The reason given was WMDs, but after the fact no WMDs were ever found. From news reports available to all of us, it seemed like the politicians and military leaders stacked the deck there also, to justify an invasion.
This is a funny movie, and the dialog is very inventive, especially the rude and crude insults that are thrown around, most by the British guys. I don't usually tolerate movies filled with F-bombs, but this one is very funny.