I found it a little confusing as the film could not seem to decide whether it was satire, slapstick, or black comedy, and consequently did not quite succeed as any. There were certainly some very funny scenes, and one or two very brutal ones as well. Michael Palin was a great disappointment as Molotov. Steve Buscemi as Kruschev probably held the film together but there was a brilliant minor role for Jason Isaacs as Marshal Zhukov. All in all it could have just been so much better.
Review of The Death of Stalin
