"The sharpest, funniest political satire in years."

Hollywood should be ashamed that In the Loop, the sharpest, funniest political satire in years, had to be imported from England instead of being made here in the good ol' U.S. of A. But the filmmakers were gracious enough to make fun of the American political system along with the British one, and the scathing, dizzyingly well-crafted dialogue has plenty of shrapnel for everyone.

Spun off from BBC Four's eight-episode The…