Given what happened last time we checked in with premium Scottish firebrand Armando Iannucci, this follow-up feels a bit… off. One of
the current kings of darker and politically-minded comedy, after taking
Stalin’s Russia to task in riotous fashion, decides to make an adaptation of a
Charles Dickens novel. This is easily one of the broadest things he’s
ever worked on, and at first glance, this feels like he’s actively playing
against his own strengths on some form of artistic dare. But even though things
have definitely been toned down here, it’s also surprisingly in-line with
Iannucci’s aesthetic up to this point.
