Our Brand Is Crisis (2005)
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Reviews Counted:38
Fresh:35
Rotten:3
Average Rating:7.3/10
Theatrical Release:Mar 1, 2006 Limited
Synopsis: Rachel Boynton's excellent, probing documentary goes behind-the-scenes to show the manipulation and orchestration that is involved in big-time political campaigning. OUR BRAND IS CRISIS follows... [More]
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Reviews for Our Brand Is Crisis
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Our Brand Is Crisis is not just for political junkies and should be widely seen and discussed. Full Review |
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3/4 |
The movie is both frightening and ironically funny, sometimes both. Full Review |
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Absolutely riveting study of boneheaded intervention by James Carville consultants in Bolivian politics. Nearly as grotesque as Woody Allen's "Bananas". Full Review |
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4/5 |
Crisis is angry and intrigued at the same time, and so are we. Full Review |
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3/4 |
Subject matter dominates over filmmaking craft in Rachel Boynton's somewhat sloppy but otherwise riveting documentary. Full Review |
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Purporting to expose the role of American public-relations companies in foreign political campaigns, Our Brand Is Crisis is never more than a dull and confused film about Bolivia's 2003 presidential election. Full Review |
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2.5/4 |
Politics and mass communication are the volatile subjects of Rachel Boynton's information-packed documentary. Full Review |
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3/4 |
It's tough not to root for them to succeed. That's a testament to Boynton's skill with the narrative. Full Review |
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B |
Our Brand Is Crisis scares me... Full Review |
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3.5/4 |
It's a galling and provocative experience to viewers of any political persuasion, and a reminder to the left of how easily idealism can run amok. Full Review |
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3/5 |
Insightful if not altogether objective. Full Review |
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B |
Boynton's film explores the inescapable link between American democracy and capitalism and why what seems to work for us can be so disastrous elsewhere. Full Review |
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3.5/4 |
Boynton asks: That's the democracy we want to export? For well-paid political consultants like Carville, it's a rhetorical question. Full Review |
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Boynton's main concerns are the exportation of American image advisers to other countries, and the notion that this faith in marketing is inherent in America's democratic ideology. Full Review |
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4/5 |
Unlikely as it sounds, a documentary that details with jaw-dropping candor how contemporary political campaigning works at the highest levels of government is set not in this country but in the far-off reaches of Bolivia. Full Review |
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2.5/4 |
It takes awhile to get to its point, but it has one. Full Review |
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Rachel Boynton’s painfully timely film is actually a full-court tragedy -- the sorry tale of a battle won and a war lost. Full Review |
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B+ |
Fascinating doc about how Bolivia markets its chief executive. Full Review |
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