Film festival: British satire

In the Loop, directed by Armando Iannucci and starring James Galdafino of Sopranos fame, is billed as ‘The Office meets Yes Minister and Monty Python dosed up on speed.’ That description isn’t far wrong. A satire lampooning the British decision to invade Iraq, it is scathing, hilarious and brilliantly staged. 4 stars. (My first thought on leaving the cinema: the film’s nonsense sequence that takes the United Kingdom into the invasion force isn’t much more ridiculous than actuality.)