Review of The Death of Stalin (2017) by Vanessa D — 05 May 2018

It was hard watching this dark comedy without constantly wondering how much of the events prior to & after Stalin's death were based on fact. Evidently from what I have read after the movie, with the exception of the dialog it was pretty much factual.

I did get somewhat of a Monty Pythonish feel probably because of Michael Palin. He along with Steve Buscemi, Simon Beale, Jeffrey Tambor, Rupert Friend, Jason Isaacs, Andrea Riseborough & the rest of the cast were superb together, although I would have liked Rupert to have had more screen time than he did. As the crazy son of Stalin, Vasily, he delivered a spot on performance, but just not enough. I also would have loved more scenes with Jason Isaacs, he was a scream.