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The Death of Stalin

2017

Armando Iannucci

Steve Buscemi, Simon Russell Beale, Jeffrey Tambor, Michael Palin ...

6.2

8,671

Comedy On the night of 2nd March 1953,a man is dying. The man is Joseph Stalin, dictator, tyrant, butcher as well a Secretary General of USSR. He is about to kick the bucket and if you play your cards right, his job is yours for the taking. Based on a true story, 'The Death of Stalin' is a satire about the days before the funerals of the Nation’s Father. Two days of fierce infighting for the supreme power, where manipulation, lust, betrayal will be the weapons. [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Peter Debruge Variety	"Sporadically brilliant (...) too-often uneven (...) So much of the movie simply doesn’t work"	NEU
United States	Eric Kohn IndieWire	"The one-liners come hard and fast in this winning satire (...) Armando Iannucci is one the world’s greatest living satirists"	POS
United States	John DeFore The Hollywood Reporter	"Amusingly engrossing (...) It will more than satisfy Iannucci's fans"	POS
United Kingdom	Peter Bradshaw The Guardian	"Acted with icy and ruthless force by an A-list lineup. There are no weak links (…) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United Kingdom	Nick De Semlyen Empire	"Armando Iannucci's most impressive feat yet (...) Iannucci’s brand of political satire is applied to one of the darkest chapters in modern history, with sensational results (…) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United Kingdom	Tim Robey Telegraph	"Iannucci and his writing team have run off with history and made a delicious mockery of it (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United Kingdom	Geoffrey Macnab The Independent	"The film is funny and shocking by turns but this is still an outsider’s vision (...) Iannucci’s version of events may be well researched but it still gives us a very British [version] (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"	NEU
United Kingdom	Caryn James BBC	"Iannucci masterfully blends dark humour about an authoritarian regime and farcical comedy performed with perfect timing (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS

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