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In the Loop
MEANRANK
76/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #1261
- IMDb #1312
- Rotten Tomatoes #785
- Metacritic #541
- Letterboxd #893
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #502
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- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #1433
- Metacritic Critics #504
- Metacritic Audience #923
- Criticker #443
- Kinopoisk #2770
- AlloCiné #2992
- Trakt #1883
Every rating
Split
Lowest is AlloCiné on 64, highest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 94. Critics average 88, everyone else 73.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →A minor gaffe by a British Cabinet Minister—stating that war is "unforeseeable"—sparks a political firestorm on both sides of the Atlantic. Politicians and their spin doctors in London and Washington D.C. engage in a frantic and profane game of manipulation and misinformation in the lead-up to a possible war.
Details
- Director
- Armando Iannucci
- Writers
- Armando Iannucci, Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Tony Roche
- Released
- 22 January 2009
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 106 min
- Rated
- NR
- Budget
- $1.1M
- Box office
- $6.2M
- Awards
- 0 wins, 4 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
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| 82nd Academy Awards 2010 | Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay | Armando Iannucci | Nominee |
| 82nd Academy Awards 2010 | Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay | Jesse Armstrong | Nominee |
| 82nd Academy Awards 2010 | Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay | Simon Blackwell | Nominee |
| 82nd Academy Awards 2010 | Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay | Tony Roche | Nominee |
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4 awards — In the Loop
×| Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay | Armando Iannucci | Nominee |
| Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay | Jesse Armstrong | Nominee |
| Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay | Simon Blackwell | Nominee |
| Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay | Tony Roche | Nominee |