Can’t Quit Yer Stalin
08. Mar, 2018 
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The Death of Stalin
Gimme Some Pravda
Official Site | Trailers & Mo
R | 107 min
A movie about Stalin’s death and the power struggle to succeed him that immediately followed, in the quick-witted, biting hands of Armando Iannucci (Veep, In the Loop), with a cast of such funny bone ribbers like Steve Buscemi, Jeffrey Tambor and Michael Palin (nice name there buddy!)??? Is this going to be a recipe for ironic iron and sickle silliness or what?????????????? It’s more like ‘or what’, but that ends up being not such a bad thing. It actually ends up being a good thing – a more of an eye-opening historical film about real stuff that most Americans know zero about (I knew like -1 about all of it), than a clever and hilarious funny one that I was expecting
Is it OK to expect to laugh your head off when that’s what you’re expecting from cleverman Armando Iannucci? I think it is. Is it OK to wonder why the movie wasn’t all that funny (it has its moments, but not as many as one would think… especially what I was thinking), but it really isn’t all that that funny? And yet everyone and their mother think it’s the funniest thing since funny sliced bread!
And how can you take a movie seriously, which isn’t probably trying to be serious, but actually is serious and is tackling some ultra-serious matters, when a movie bout Russians is spoken in mostly British accents? Not a big deal, but it’s kind of distracting
These sound like major gripes I’m griping about, but I think with a little more actual laughs, and some actual Russian accents or attempts at them (c’mon, you don’t want Buscemi saying ‘Ñ Ð¼Ð¾Ñ€Ð¶’??) – this could be a bona fide classic, instead of a nice history lesson with some funny guys in it being restrained from being funny
Lesson learned? History – yes, more laughs – next time, please!
Verdictgo: Jeepers Worth A Peepers
Stalin LIVES in limited release
and until next thyme the balcony is clothed…
