Quote Originally Posted by noel View Post
I finally watched Death of Stalin last night, which I had been looking forward to for a while. I had very mixed feelings. Although there were some moments when I felt the film captured the absurdity of the situation, most of the time I was just appalled by the senseless brutality of it all. Overall I felt it fell between two stools of telling the story, which is horrific; and making satire.

One highlight for me were the scenes focused on Michael Palin's character. Always striving to walk the fine line between personal feelings and the need to be in agreement with the party line.

I saw it in the cinema.Obviously

I thought it straddled the two stools and I was pleased I had made the effort although I doubt if I would want to watch it repeatedly.