Slow start but developers into a perfectly watchable film

Rating: 7/10 (20 November 2017)

20 November 2017 First Film of Choice at The Plaza Dorchester Tonight - The Death of Stalin. I saw one trailer for this which led to me to think this might be a film worth watching, yet the first twenty minutes or so made me think I had made a terrible mistake, it was fairly boring to be honest' but I stuck with it and what developed was quite a passable film filled with humour and drama Andean not short of stars. The time is just before the death of Stalin and then the chaos that follows. The film depicts the power struggles that took place after his death. I have little to no knowledge of Russian History but that did not make any difference, I only recognised one or two of the Russian names but knowing that actors made it perfectly easy to follow the plot. I had a sense of watching Monty Python, which was cemented by the arrival of Michael Palin on the screen. It was very clever not to use Russian accents throughout, in fact this added to the comedic value. I think this will be equally entertaining on big or small screen, perhaps Sunday afternoon viewing with a hot chocolate and a roaring fire.