Our Brand is Crisis (2015)
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Critic Consensus: Our Brand Is Crisis offers sporadic amusement and benefits from a talented cast, but ultimately lacks enough of a bite to add much of interest to the political satire genre.
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Cast
as Jane
as Pat Candy
as Ben
as LeBlanc
as Buckley
as Nell
as Castillo
as Hugo
as Eddie
as Rivera
as Pepe
as Abraham
as Claudia – Talk Show Host
as Velasco
as Rivera Reporter
as Rivera Reporter
as Focus Group Moderator
as Focus Group Moderator
as Demonstration Chant Leader
as Female American Reporter
as Campesino Leader
as Policeman
as Policeman
as Senior Staff – Flak Catcher
as Castillo Spot Girl
as Castillo Spot Mother
as Senior Staff Translator
as Rally Speaker
as Presidential Secretary
as US Ambassador
as Talk Show Tap Dancer
as Jail Policeman
as TV Presenter
as TV Presenter
as Focus Group Member
as Focus Group Member
as Focus Group Member
as Cameraman
as Campaign Worker
as Demonstration Speaker
as Assistant Camerawoman
as American IMF Man
as American IMF Man
as IMF Representative
as Spanish Sign Language Interpreter
as El Alto Bar Girl
as Singer
as Singer
as Singer
as Female Assistant (Llama owner)
as Castillo Senior Staff
as Lautaro Mendez
as Devil Mask Man
as Interviewer (Main title sequence)
as Sound Recordist
as Stunt Coordinator
as Stunt Coordinator
as Stunt Coordinator
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Our Brand Is Crisis is the kind of movie that offers a look at a great antiheroine, but doesn't trust that she doesn't need to be tamed.
Our Brand is Crisis hits a lot of clunky notes and the end is unforgivably cornball, but it's still one of the liveliest political black comedies I've seen in a while.
The movie is funny enough to get its share of laughs but, in its angry heart, it's a tragedy - and the saddest part is that too much of this story is true.
It's the first time I've watched a David Gordon Green movie and found myself wishing I was in the capable hands of a set-'em-up-knock-'em-down director like Jay Roach.
Much of what the film considers fodder for satire is too familiar to feel revelatory or shocking, while characters that start out believable behave in unrecognizably ludicrous ways simply because the script forces them to.
Ultimately, "Our Brand Is Crisis" isn't as hard-hitting, trenchant or angry as it should be.
Audience Reviews for Our Brand is Crisis
Entertaining and provocative, Our Brand Is Crisis is a satirical political drama. The story follows a political strategist who's recruited to help the campaign of a Bolivian presidential candidate, and decides that in order to win they'll have to convince the people that the country is in a crisis. Featuring Sandra Bullock, Joaquim de Almeida, Billy Bob Thornton, and Zoe Kazan, the film has an impressive cast. And, the writing does a pretty good job at avoiding specific issues, focusing instead on political campaigning in general. However, the plot takes a strange turn at the end, suddenly becoming serious and moralistic. It's a little unfocused and has some storytelling issues, but Our Brand Is Crisis is still an interesting and enjoyable film.
Super Reviewer
This film was such a mixed bag I didn't even notice that it was clearly a white savior narrative. Between the shoddy humor, the weird performance from Billy Bob Thornton, and the strange ethical and moral implications of Jane's (Bullock) involvement, this is a strange mélange of weird. The story follows a disgraced prior campaign advisor who starts working against a former opponent on a campaign in Bolivia. The film's plot follows her involvement in a former president's bid for re-election. From the premise you would think this was a film about a political candidate changing his mind on big issues, and becoming a true leader. Instead the film isn't exactly sure what tone, or message, it wants to leave audiences with. It doesn't know if it wants to be a comedy, drama, or biopic. I'm sure the 2005 documentary this is based off of is much better and less concerned with being preachy. The ending is where the white savior narrative comes into play, and the film is very unsure how she even is one. A white outsider coming in, especially into Bolivia which is anti-American and has been controlled by foreign interests for decades, would not experience a huge amount of success. Overall this is a mixed film that doesn't entertain except when Bullock is being inflammatory and angry in the best way.
Super Reviewer
On the surface a lighthearted, even sitcom styled, look at political campaigning. But that most of the levity is based on truth adds a sad insight into our world at large that makes for unusually important filmmaking. The effort tries to bravely smile at that unbearable sadness but cannot. Like Cassandra of old here is truth that no one will listen to. Bullock and Thornton play two sides of the same coin well enough to lean this nearly into a romance, but what a sick romance it is.
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