Review of The Death of Stalin (2017) by Felipe F — 08 Jan 2019

This is easily the best film of the year so far. It's intelligent satire is hilarious, and so on point I can't help but think of freedom of speech issues in a similar American White House, where although not killed on spot, being fired on spot is par for course. This film also works on other fronts, building anxiety and suspense as we grow closer and closer to the final and deadly outcome of Stalin's death. The fact that this film is based entirely on a true story and still makes you laugh despite it's dark tone is a remarkable feat, held previously only by Charlie Chaplin in the Great Dictator.

Of course without the work of Steve Buscemi and Jeffrey Tambor this film might not of held as much weight and makes just as much a point of free speech in current American society where there is no longer equal speech for everyone in a post me too era. Jeffrey Tambor could have been completely CGI replaced Spacey style as if it were 1940's Fascism. The fact that he is still in the movie and this didn't happen, really packs in a metaphor that I doubt few will see, and even fewer will realize that blacklisting in modern filmmaking can be just as fascist.