Comedy this black is notoriously difficult to pull off effectively while maintaining something akin to empathy for your characters. "The Death of Stalin" does this exceedingly well, with dialogue that is razor-sharp and performances that deftly tread the fine line between humor and horror. Simon R...
The Death of Stalinovercomes several obstacles to prove that it is both funny and cinematic. The major challenge for this film was finding humour in an unlikely place. It is set in the post-WWII era of Russia when the country’s powerful leader, Joseph Stalin, is unwell. It is 1953 and...
The first half of “The Death of Stalin,” as I said, is rife with slapstick as the above mentioned historical characters buffoon their way to gaining power. As the palace intrigue plays out, the film takes on a more somber tone as the viewer realizes that these clowns are also men of...
The Death of Stalin: Directed by Armando Iannucci. With Olga Kurylenko, Tom Brooke, Paddy Considine, Justin Edwards. Moscow, 1953. After being in power for nearly 30 years, Soviet dictator, Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin, takes ill and quickly dies. Now th
User reviews278 Review Featured review9/10 quality humour It's been ages since I had such a good time enjoying a movie. While other movies about dysfunctional families are so dramatic and serious, Death at a Funeral makes things brighter and funnier even at a funeral. The characters are not...
and each death remembered for a different reason: one for its setting; one for its atmosphere and whether there was summer in it or frost, or darkness and an oxygen cylinder; one for its human characters, for its peace, for its distress, and whether it was in the order of things or ...
Nina Borg is one of my new favorite heroines!"–Lisa Unger,bestselling author of"Artfully drawn characters who are a pleasure to know populate Kaaberbl and Friis's excellent third thriller featuring nurse Nina Borg."–, starred review"A stunning indictment of all that was wrong with Stalin...
two armies, in concert under the Hitler-Stalin Pact, acted together, such situations took place. The refugees are not tattered stragglers, but ordinary civilians, torn so quickly from domestic security that they carry suitcases, although they could have little idea of the journey ahead for them...
Death at a Funeral: Directed by Frank Oz. With Matthew Macfadyen, Keeley Hawes, Andy Nyman, Ewen Bremner. Chaos ensues when a man tries to expose a dark secret regarding a recently deceased patriarch of a dysfunctional British family.
of living under Stalin's rule as a live Mozart recital turns into one long chaotic night when Stalin himself demands a recording of the performance just as that performance was concluding without being recorded. This leads to an introduction of the various main characters and Stalin collapsing ...