The Death Of Stalin
- 2017 film
Comedy film directed by Armando Iannucci about the last days of Joseph Stalin and the chaos after his death. Also features Simon Russell Beale, Steve Buscemi, Jeffrey Tambor, Michael Palin, Paul Whitehouse and more.
Streaming rank this week: 66
Press clippings Page 3
Death of Stalin takes £1m
Armando Iannucci's dark satire took just under £1million across 138 screens across the UK.
Chortle, 23rd October 2017Review: The Death Of Stalin
From the creator of The Thick Of It comes an anachronistic comedy that proves anything can, and should be made fun of.
Lucas Hill-Paul, The Mancunion, 23rd October 2017Stalin: A black comic masterpiece? Don't make me laugh
Armando Iannucci's satire on the power struggle following Stalin's demise has received rapturous reviews, but is it really worth the hype?
Samuel Goff, The Calvert Journal, 23rd October 2017The Death of Stalin, review
Weighing in at a relatively sprightly 106 minutes, The Death of Stalin is a clever and accomplished movie, well worth investigating. This is Iannucci playing to his strengths as a political satirist and mostly coming up with the goods. Interesting though, that despite a script peppered with crackling dialogue, the film's funniest scene is an entirely visual one. Go figure.
Philip Caveney, Bouquets & Brickbats, 23rd October 2017The Death of Stalin review
Armando Iannucci's comic-book adaptation, about the aftermath of the despot's death, is less caustic than his usual offerings.
Simran Hans, The Observer, 22nd October 2017The Death of Stalin: review
He's tackled the political machinations in Westminster and Washington, so perhaps the Kremlin was the next logical step.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 22nd October 2017The Death of Stalin is easily the comedy of the year
This delightfully silly movie is an intelligent, hilarious circus crammed full of the finest people cinema has to offer.
James East, The Sun, 20th October 2017The Death of Stalin review - dictatorship as high farce
There is just enough of this brutality to keep the film honest. Iannucci's point that dictatorships have an inherent, ghastly absurdity is made by an elderly doctor running with puffing slowness for his life, as much as by the hesitantly half-raised hands at Politburo meetings requiring unanimity. Actual quantities of laughter are diluted by the difficult satiric point, but the acting and the farce's whirring clockwork occupy you anyway.
Nick Hasted, The Arts Desk, 20th October 2017The Death of Stalin: Can we really laugh at tyranny?
Despite recent efforts of restitution in Russia, Josef Stalin is widely considered to be one of history's greatest monsters.
Yahoo, 20th October 2017Armando Iannucci interview
The writer of the much-anticipated movie about the aftermath of the Soviet dictator's death says he has had a positive reaction from Russia.
Ben Dowell, Radio Times, 20th October 2017