The Death of Stalin's reviews
Media reviews
Empire
But where 'The Death Of Stalin' really hits home is in the moments when it drops the comedy and reveals what?s really at stake.
The Guardian
I wonder if anyone from Vladimir Putin?s cabinet will see 'The Death of Stalin'. They might see something awful being born.
Indiewire
There are obvious parallels to modern times in 'The Death of Stalin'.
The Playlist
It?s not an easy lesson to reconcile, but Iannucci at least has us laughing for a good while before delivering his devastating blow.
JoBlo
Iannucci?s sense of comedy is so specific that, in anyone else?s hands, 'The Death of Stalin' couldn?t possibly have worked.
The Hollywood Reporter
Armando Iannucci's satire, with Steve Buscemi as Nikita Khrushchev, observes the jockeying for power after the Soviet Union's longtime leader dies.
Roger Ebert
Credit to Iannucci for not trying to either soften said reality or rendering it all a joke, but unfortunately it does affect the efficacy of most of the film?s humor beyond the horror in the background.
Variety
But so much of the movie simply doesn?t work, from self-serving speeches drowned out by jets to the miscalculated hilarity of Beria?s ouster, hasty show-trial and subsequent execution.