The Death of Stalin

2018 • 107 minutes

4.0

29 reviews

95%

Tomatometer

18A

Rating

Eligible

About this movie

Moscow, 1953: when tyrannical dictator Joseph Stalin drops dead, his parasitic cronies square off in a frantic power struggle to be the next Soviet leader. Among the contenders are the dweeby Georgy Malenkov (Jeffrey Tambor), the wily Nikita Khrushchev (Steve Buscemi), and the sadistic secret police chief Lavrentiy Beria (Simon Russell Beale). But as they bumble, brawl, and backstab their way to the top, just who is running the government?

Rating

18A

Ratings and reviews

4.0

29 reviews

Lucas Stevason

March 30, 2019

Its good but not as funny as I expected given the reviews. The humour is dry like most good british humour, but not as prevelant as advertised. Great cast. Really solid performances. Would have made a better full drama depicting these horrible events in history, or a full comedy. Fully enjoyable but not enough of either genre to be a classic for me.

A Google user

July 14, 2018

Brilliant. Near Slapstick sarcasm and irony turned into witty insight into the narcissistic nightmare of the perversion of the communist ideal. Yet touches the ultimate universality of the human condition with all its foibles and boils. But is it more about the present and recent past than the history it celebrates.

Ashton Deroy

October 8, 2021

It wasn't funny. This film is classified as a Comedy and I didn't laugh once... I am one of those people who think murder and comedy don't go together though. I am not sure what about this film I am supposed to laugh at? Stalin's drunk son? The man who is executed in the end who is accused of taking advantage of young girls? Even for a Steve Buscemi lead role. It just wasn't funny.

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