Not all movies preach, for example, action movies are usually more about the entertainment of watching good triumph over evil. They plan to frighten the people, with the aim of persuading them to vote for the unsympathetic but known Castillo rather than the younger opposition candidates. Others discuss plans but Jane is silent. More fliers are discovered that claim (with pictures) Castillo is a member of a crazy white-robe wearing cult. While it would have been nice if the supporting characters were just as well developed (Candys entire purpose seems to be to enter a scene, taunt Jane, and then leave), Jane is a compelling figure, and its unfortunate that the film doesnt match her complexity. Castillo wins the vote by a small margin. The film was screened in the Special Presentations section of the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival. Castillo promises the people that will happen if hes elected. There are also two middle finger displays. [4] It was theatrically released by Warner Bros. on October 30, 2015. [3], The film opened on October 30, 2015, alongside Burnt and Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse. Before I address the message, Ill review the content. They approach each other and she just smiles. Who was really paying for their work with Goni, an unpopular former president who had spent much of his life in the United States and spoke Spanish so poorly that Bolivian opponents derided him as El Gringo? Maybe its time to put it out to pasture. "Our Brand Is Crisis" is a fictionalized treatment of the 2005 documentary of the same name, which focused on Bill Clinton's former campaign manager James Carville. Besser. Comedy-Drama. The political comedy Our Brand Is Crisis stars Sandra Bullock as an American campaign strategist hired to work for a Bolivian presidential candidate. [2/4], Sandra Bullock is the best part of this wobbly farce As a look at the state of the art of political campaigning (in the US as well as in Bolivia), Our Brand Is Crisis does not cut particularly deep and the ending isnt great. Jane invites them out to dinner with the campaign team. As president in the mid-90s, he had pursued a controversial two-level strategy, extending constitutional rights and policy reforms aimed at Bolivias large indigenous population while also embarking on a widespread campaign of privatization that sold off state-owned industries and natural resources to foreign capital. A battle-hardened American political consultant is sent to help re-elect a controversial president in Bolivia, where she must compete with a long-term rival working for another candidate. Candy goes on to tell Jane, If you fight with monsters too long, you become a monster. Jane later says that shell kill herself if she loses to Candy again (though this appears to be hyperbole) She has lost every election against him. Our Brand is Crisis is more than just the scenario Jane (Sandra Bullock) is selling to the Bolivian public in hopes of bringing her candidate Castillo from a blip on the radar to leading the. The campaign advisors are telling Castillo he needs to meet with the people and be seen as one of the people. Once a political idealist, she increasingly was a strategist for hire outwardly not caring about the actual politics of her boss. Andrew O'Hehir is executive editor of Salon. There's only one wrong in this, only one, and that is losing!". Loosely based on the 2005 documentary of the same name, Our Brand is Crisis offers a fictionalized take on the 2002 Bolivian Presidential election with a cast that includes Academy Award. GCS brings in Jane Bodine to manage the campaign in Bolivia--battling her arch-nemesis, the opposition's political consultant Pat Candy. Meanwhile, the senior advisors (Ben, Nell and others) talk about Jane and Candy, how they had sex previously, and how she spread a rumor during a campaign that Candys candidates daughter was on drugs. When it does, Jane moons the Rivera bus. Gonis second term as president barely lasted a year, after his plans to allow an international consortium to build a pipeline and ship Bolivian natural gas to North America at dirt-cheap prices sparked a massive popular uprising. Did Cirie go too far by bringing family matters into the game? [13] On December 11, 2013, Sandra Bullock was in early talks to star in the film, while Clooney chose not to direct, and his starring in the film was also unconfirmed at that time. In Bolivia, the situation is tense: Bodine learns that the indigenous people, who are a majority in the country but lack any real political power, are protesting for constitutional reform to get proper representation. Director David Gordon Green Writers Rachel Boynton (suggested by the documentary) Peter Straughan (screenplay) Stars Sandra Bullock Were not supposed to earnestly admire any of these people, but we are supposed to guiltily admire their unfailing ability to guide impossible undertakings, such as the practice of politics, to victory through whatever means. The deception disgusts her. After he does this, Castillo gives Eddie his cufflinks to hold, and it is clear Eddie idolizes him. The film, directed by David Gordon Green and based on the 2005 documentary of the same name, follows Bullock's character Jane Bodine, a political mastermind brought in to help a Bolivian. A bra is used as a slingshot, and two shirtless men are briefly shown. Jane says its time to go negative. - Jane: It's like he killed himself rather than appear in our commercial.". All of them, except Bodine, have already taken jobs as political consultants in other countries. At the start of the campaign, which he's hired an American consulting firm to run, he is 28 points behind in the polls and running sixth in the crowded field, he, a globalist, largely seen by the indigenous poor majority, representing approximately 50 percent of the population, as being an elitist, out of touch with their needs and thus generally disliked as a personality. The disillusioned Eduardo joins his brothers at a demonstration of people demanding change. As a result of this, Castillo agrees to start running a negative campaign. All contents 2023 The Slate Group LLC. This was the lowest wide release opening of Bullock's career, beating 1996's Two If by Sea ($4.7 million). Our Brand Is Crisis Review: Champions of Cynicism | TIFF 2015. He calls the police and Jane is seen slapping an officer. Before a campaign stop, Jane tells Eddie to help Castillo roll up his sleeves. 2023 Vox Media, LLC. Morales government has dramatically reduced poverty and inequality, and presided over one of the worlds fastest-growing economies, right through the crash of 2008. I say, beat Candy because Jane doesnt really care that much about Castillo or Bolivia. Jane gets blasted, leaks misinformation, vandalizes Candys room, and sabotages his candidates rallies the way he sabotaged her candidates. (A heavy back story is subsequently revealed, followed by an ever heavier back story to the back story.) The film gives a fictionalized account of the involvement of American political campaign strategists Greenberg Carville Shrum (GCS) in the 2002 Bolivian presidential election. Loosely based on true events, Our Brand Is Crisis, follows Jane Bodine (Sandra Bullock) and her campaign team when they are hired to help Pedro Castillo win a presidential election in Bolivia. Played for laughs? Our Brand is Crisis was released across all major streaming and cable platforms on Tuesday, January 19, 2016. He denies being a member of the cult. He overhears him making plans to visit the IMF in New York, and is crestfallen. "Our Brand is Crisis" was one of these pleasant surprises. As one of his first moves as president, Morales unilaterally reversed the terms of Bolivias natural gas contracts with foreign corporations: Instead of the investors getting 82 percent of the profits and the Bolivian state getting 18 percent, it was suddenly the other way around. Copyright 2023 Salon.com, LLC. During the debate, Nell observes how charming Rivera is, while the team watches stage left. There is very little violence. He wants to find triumph in a tale that should be satiric at best and depressing at worst. The interviewer says she's been known by many names, most notably "Calamity Jane". [23], Eric Kohn from Indiewire wrote that the movie is all about Bullock's performance, saying "she imbues her part with a ferocious energy that constantly elevates the straightforward material". Jane is talking with Nell, and insults her about her dedication to the campaign. This is the meaning of the title. In David Gordon Green's OUR BRAND IS CRISIS, the film is obviously in existence to point out how politics, no matter the nation, are used in gaining votes from image rather than truth. This Friday, Sandra Bullock assumes the role in Our Brand Is Crisis, a mostly satirical take on a 2005 documentary of the same name about American political consultants conquest of a Bolivian election. Our Brand Is Crisis is a sharp political comedy ostensibly based on Bolivia's 2002 presidential election. Jane and her team had no idea he would do that. That's true even in "Our Brand Is Crisis," a . But at the end, their methods are exposed to the viewers as evil. In a restaurant, Jane sits alone until Candy sits next to her. Bodines character loosely channels celebrity political consultant James Carville, one of the Americans who worked on the 2002 Bolivian campaign and a consistent fascination of Hollywood. Unfortunately, the quote is actually from Joseph Goebbels, Adolf Hitler's minister of propaganda. Goni was in effect the candidate of the Washington consensus, the guy who would bring a small, fractious and deeply divided country into the established international economic order. And yet in David Gordon Greens tale of political fixers, Our Brand Is Crisis, he wants to find hope. Some said it was insightful. 107 minutes Cast Sandra Bullock as 'Calamity' Jane Bodine Anthony Mackie as Ben Billy Bob Thornton as Pat Candy Zoe Kazan as LeBlanc Scoot McNairy as Buckley Ann Dowd as Nell Director David Gordon Green Screenplay Peter Straughan Writer (original documentary) Mimicking the behavior in the actresss previous film, Minions, Jane is shown mooning a bus. Jane wakes up in her hotel room. She doesnt think the man should change to fit the narrative but instead the narrative should change to fit the man. Ben says, ok. She doesnt believe hell catch her and he expresses disbelief. On a scale of laminated-eyebrow drama to Lemon Lady Secrets. [2/4], The effort by Our Brand Is Crisis director David Gordon Green and writer Peter Straughan to turn the 2005 documentary of the same name into a light comedy with touches of romance and political hijinks leave the fictional version a poor candidate in the box office race. Jane says the llama cant stand the commercial so badly, he killed himself. She is approached by Candy, who tells her hes surprised shes working on an unwinnable campaign. I love stories of politics as theaterthe stagecraft, scripting, wardrobe choices, and focus group testing of absurd commercials. In the mix is a fine supporting cast including a sensational Thornton . Negative ads are now running for Castillos campaign. You want to know how the Janes of the world happen. What makes the campaign more personal for her is that Pat Candy is working for Rivera--their professional and personal history goes all the way back to her first-ever political campaign. He says the people in the village dont understand that yet. In its best moments, Our Brand Is Crisis is reminiscent of Wag the Dog; it knows how fucked politics is and acts accordingly. Shes convinced to step up when she discovers the front-runner has hired consultant Pat Candy (Billy Bob Thornton), her arch-nemesis. ts=String.fromCharCode(60); On a table she finds a Rivera doll. Screenwriter Peter Straughans script originally featured a male protagonist, but Bullock makes the role her own, from vomiting into a wastepaper basket and mooning the opposition to shrewdly choreographing an on-air attack of tears for her candidate. Our Brand Is Crisis. But the filmmakers invent an antagonist of near-mythic stature to make her lust for a win: Billy Bob Thorntons Pat Candy, who works for the leading candidate. Ideology? Starring Sandra Bullock and Billy Bob Thornton. Please share it with your friends rnum=Math.round(Math.random() * 100000); But as a whole, "Our Brand is Crisis" is a messy affair that sputters along when it should be humming with assured cynical momentum. Crisis management examples are easy to find these days: We've seen Uber lose 200,000 users in the wake of #DeleteUber and United lose $800 million in value in just a few hours. For people who want the vastly more interesting real history of Americas misbegotten meddling in Bolivia just one chapter, of course, in a much larger global story Boyntons film is out there, and so is what happened later. Not seeing what she highlighted, Candy asks about it. Answer. Since Im reviewing this film for its DVD release, Ive already taken into consideration the opinions of other reviewers. In the following months, the team exercises a strategy of "declaring a crisis". Somebody on the Castillo bus says Jane has a great ass! (And she does. Candy says he will be going to overseas for a British campaign. In its opening weekend, it was projected to make $57 million from 2,202 theaters,[23] however only ended up grossing $3.2 million, finishing eighth at the box office. [20], In July 2015, Warner Bros. scheduled the film for an October 30, 2015 release, during the awards season. Janes sidekicksplayed by Anthony Mackie, Ann Dowd, Scoot McNairy, and Zoe Kazancant make a dent in Castillos mixture of machismo, cluelessness, and the kind of self-serving patriarchal worldview that regards Bolivias indigenous population as a bunch of children who dont know whats good for them. ", "Toronto Review: Sandra Bullock Carries Our Brand Is Crisis", "Sandra Bullock Adds Gravity to Bolivian Political Satire", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Our_Brand_Is_Crisis_(2015_film)&oldid=1134072378, Tilda Del Toro as Pedro Castillo's secretary, This page was last edited on 16 January 2023, at 22:01. She pulls from her bag the pottery bowl that Ben was admiring in the first scene, and hands it to him before climbing out of the car. See list of Relevant Issuesquestions-and-answers. Click here for all of our TIFF 2015 coverage thus far or peruse links to our reviews below: Matt Goldberg has been an editor with Collider since 2007. An young actress expresses concern with her part in the ad, which requires her to be caught by Castillo. There are too many balls in the air, too many uncontrollable outside factors, for any singular figure to get all of this under control, be 10 steps ahead of the curve, and successfully and confidently blaze a trail from pre-candidacy to election to dignified leadership. [19] Additional filming occurred in Puerto Rico and Bolivia. But it never keeps the energy up, steering into forced visual gags, dull spells of earnestness, and ponderous backstory psychologythe viewer never is quite sure who really did what to whom in the Candy-Bodine love-hate relationship. The deeply disappointed Eduardo visits Bodine in her hotel; Bodine replies that she is not responsible for Castillo's actions. His loyalty comes mostly from the fact that Castillo, who was president at the time, took a young Eduardo on his arm during a rally in his town. [11], Principal photography on the film began on September 29, 2014 in New Orleans, Louisiana, using 35mm film. OUR BRAND IS CRISIS NOTE: This spoiler was submitted by Jason The film starts with Jane Bodine (Sandra Bullock) being interviewed. And Im not talking about content issues, like language or nudity, Im talking about the message the movie preaches at the audience. Then Jane figures out a hook: To make Castillo more attractive than the frontrunner (a young, engaged populist who represents hope and change), she has to sell the idea that the country doesnt need someone, well, likable. The filmmakers and their stars have fun with the idea that politics is sex for those who want to keep their clothes on. Thats why Hollywood had to invent a character with such powers: the knowing, salty political consultant. Bodine and her crew join Candy on the way to the airport. [3] The film opened on October 30, 2015, alongside Burnt and Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse. Bodine used to be the best in the game, but an unfortunate series of events during a campaign destroyed her reputation and confidence. if (window.self != window.top) {nf=''} else {nf='NF/'}; She offers to reluctantly resign, but Castillo keeps her on. Realizing that her candidate, Senator Castillo (Joaquim de Almeida) cant win by being likable, they decide to use fear as their issue, sell that Bolivia is a nation in crisis, and hes the only many that can save it. Still offensive? Any empathy the audience feels for the nauseous Bodine is likely explained by . Fliers are discovered, authored by the La Paz Grassroots that say Castillo had a three year affair. It needs a strongman who can handle a crisis. For those who want more detail, I have written a paragraph below containing spoilers. Read his answers to our Movie Love Questionnaire here. [27] Peter Debruge from Variety thought that Jane Bodine, played by Bullock, "is easily one of the best female roles of the last 10 years,"[28] while Benjamn Lee from The Guardian wrote that "Bullock seems blissfully unaware of the films faults and delivers a performance that expertly plays on her strengths - her comic timing, wasted in lesser, plane-ready comedies, is on top form and she imbues her neurotic character with more than the thinly sketched quirks provided on the page; she commands a room when needed, perfects scenes of physical comedy and even turns a climax of forced sentiment into something poignant and believable"; he concluded that "while the film is patchy, Bullock's brand is confidently crisis-free". It is revealed that she retired after violating election laws. Later at her hotel room, she is still nauseous from the elevation. . One woman says he has a weird smile. At first Jane is defensive, claiming that she was just doing her job, but soon her heart is softened as she realizes the mess she helped to make. [22], Our Brand Is Crisis grossed $7 million in North America and $1.6 million in other territories, for a worldwide total of $8.6 million, against a budget of $28 million. "[25] On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 53 out of 100, based on 35 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews". But every once in a while, you come across a movie that seems to be driving an evil message all the way through, and then suddenly the ending takes a moral turn and shows that the protagonists were wrong. Some of her pranks, specifically one ploy to feed her candidates unsuspecting competitor a Nazi quotation during the campaigns final debate, are good for a laugh. A graphic shows with 24 days left until the election, Castillo has 19% and Rivera has 30%. And sometimesin fact, I daresay oftenyou know about a half hour into a film that youre going to have to censure it. LeBlanc finds even more dirt on Rivera, but Jane tells her to focus everything on finding dirt on Castillo. Send your questions or comments about this or any other spoiler to: THEMOVIESPOILER.com. Sandra Bullock and Billy Bob Thornton go head to head as strategists in a patchy satire about the 2002 Bolivian elections. But the fact that it wants to also squeeze in a redemptive tale. Sometimes its both, as in Kathy Bates sharp-tongued, soft-hearted adviser in Primary Colors. The crisis, when it came . OUR BRAND IS CRISIS barely holds together as the story moves from campaign incident to campaign incident. Jane is goaded by patronizing men into proving herself in ways shes not proud of. But theres no real fun in determining the extent to which this movie is some sort of a clef expos. Calamity Jane (Sandra Bullock), has been lured out of retirement by gobs of money and a challenge: Can she convince the Bolivian people to elect as president an unpopular, arrogant, cigar-chomping oligarch named Castillo (Joaquim de Almeida)who was already president once and bungled the job? Although this is yet another nice white lady who benevolently comes to the aid of a non-white young person (in the case of Our Brand Is Crisis, it's a campaign intern who idolizes Castillo), Bullock shows a lot more shading here than in The Blind Side. Among the many achievements of HBOs Veep is its discovery of a new, post-Carville political consultant character, one thats just as cuttingly entertaining but truer to reality. Jane says its just a carousel and she was going around and around. This password will be used to sign into all, Okay, TikTok, You Can Calm Down About Aubrey Plaza at the SAG Awards Now, All 165 Pink Floyd Songs Ranked, From Worst to Best. Bodine had fled the consulting scene for years after an eruption of conscience that pushed her to mental breakdown, sobriety, and pottery. Facing a general strike and a series of confrontations between soldiers and protesters that left at least 67 civilians dead, Goni imposed martial law in October 2003, and the U.S. State Department issued a statement offering its full support. Jane expresses to Ben that she still gets nauseous whenever she sees Castillo. To handle this scandal, Castillo is interviewed on TV and explains it was a visit to his son, who IS a member of the cult, and he had to wear the robe. 2/4[], Our Brand Is Crisis fun until it gets serious For too long, the stakes play second fiddle to the strategists and even the candidates remain too elusive to make the audience care as much as it should. Things you buy through our links may earnNew Yorka commission. LeBlanc discovers Rivera has purchased 27 vehicles with taxpayer money at the cost of about 35-40 vehicles. She introduces LeBlanc (Zoe Kazan), a young investigator who is hired to dig up dirt on Rivera. While Castillo is meeting with the press, Jane meets Eduardo. At another meeting with advisors, its revealed the crisis message is working, but not so well that it will win the election. Nell explains that Castillos opponent, Rivera, has hired her old arch nemesis, Pat Candy (played by Billy Bob Thornton). Violence: Moderate / Profanity: Heavy / Sex/Nudity: Moderate to heavys. There are very occasional crude sexual references. She tells Castillo and the campaign that this is no longer an election, it is a crisis. Covering the hottest movie and TV topics that fans want. She cares about winning, and the movie reinforces the narrative that politics is just a game. Its yoked to an impoverished Bolivian teenager who believesdespite the angry effusions of his brother and friends in their hillside slumthat Castillo is sincere in trying to bring about economic equality. Like before, it came from La Paz Grassroots, but this time it really did come from Candy. The 2005 Our Brand Is Crisis was the second documentary about Carville's political work, following 1993's The War Room, in addition to Carville's dramatic acting rsum and cable news career.. Senator Pedro Castillo, President of Bolivia 15 years ago, is once again running for the country's top job. The insistent, intrusive music score by David Wingo doesnt help matters, and neither do the too-many subsequent montages, all of which are of the always mistaken We Need A Montage variety. And while the role of Calamity Jane smacks of Sandra Bullocks brandingthe smart but painfully self-conscious klutz whos also a depressiveits a complicated, maybe even feminist shtick. But when youre reviewing a political drama, you have to be careful to pay close attention. Comedy Drama A battle-hardened American political consultant is sent to help re-elect a controversial president in Bolivia, where she must compete with a long-term rival working for another candidate. Thanks for reading the spoiler. This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Toronto Film Review: 'Our Brand Is Crisis' Sandra Bullock plays a ruthless political stategist in a role inspired by Rachel Boynton's docu and intended for producer George Clooney to play. 1h 47m. A lethally effective charm delivery system, Sandra Bullock doesn't need to do much to win you over. On a campaign bus heading toward a remote Bolivia location on a small dirt road, they discover Riveras bus is directly ahead of them. And even hes not even that close. Our Brand is Crisis may be director David Gordon Green's most sterile picture yet, but it's redeemed somewhat by Sandra Bullock's lead performance, as well as a talented ensemble cast . The last movie I reviewed was Burnt, which was called a comedy by many, but I found it not to be a comedy at alljust a drama with occasional humor. George Clooney and Grant Heslov produced. They make big promises that mean jack shit. Getting hurt is unavoidable, she tells him. Who paid for it? The go-to source for comic book and superhero movie fans. The Unloved, Part 111: Devil in a Blue Dress, Female Filmmakers in Focus: Cauleen Smith on Drylongso, True Lies Fails to Capture the Charm of the James Cameron Original, Berlinale 2023 Highlights, Part Two: Reality, Manodrome, The Adults, Inside, Golda. I found the film to be very interesting, and all the cast put on some of their best performances Ive seen. By submitting your email, you agree to our Terms and Privacy Policy and to receive email correspondence from us. Although I hasten to add that even by the standards of Bullocks implacable, steel-jawed underacting this is a dull performance. Thornton is sleek, clammy, and leering. While Rivera is still speaking aboard a train, Jane poses as a worker for the Rivera campaign and tells the conductor the speech is over. There are 12 misuses of god, Jesus (1), Jesus Christ (1), hell (3) and d*mn (3). But if you can be wary of those things, I do recommend this film. Privacy Policy and Around the edges of this story about Bullocks character, an especially ruthless consultant known as Calamity Jane, there are a few intriguing hints of other stories about the international financial system, the power of fear in politics and the American understanding of what democracy means when applied to other people in other countries. [5] On September 11, Scoot McNairy was added to the cast. Our Brand is Crisis review: While the film is heart-warmingly centered on Bullock, she is at her best neurotic, desperate, redeemable self. Despite Sandra Bullocks strong lead performance, David Gordon Greens film cant push a hopeful tone past its depressing reality. Sandra Bullock and Billy Bob Thornton go head to head as strategists in a patchy satire about the 2002 Bolivian elections. [16], On August 21, 2014, Bullock's casting was confirmed, playing a retired political consultant called 'Calamity' Jane Bodine, and David Gordon Green was set to direct the film. I get it -- Green and Straughan and Participant were trying to make a Sandra Bullock movie that Warner Bros. can put onto thousands of theater screens. When youre in the movie reviewing ministry, a variety of messages and agendas come and go. Our Brand Is Crisis review - dirty political dealings in South America. Bullock plays Calamity Jane Bodine, a legendary practitioner of the dark political arts who comes out of semi-retirement to navigate the hapless ex-president back to the top job. When Jane leaves the meeting with LeBlanc, she instead instructs her to dig up dirt on Castillo, their own candidate. January 14, 2016. Mostly he is just a funny Southern person who served on a successful presidential campaign; the rest is projected onto him. Hollywood loves it some Ragin Cajun, because hes the closest real-life approximation to the magical political consultant of its dreams. Jane tells him this is the way of politics, and its not her job to solve problems after the election. Honestly, I didnt know what to expect, on a number of levels. Ben meets her in the hallway and she immediately says hes not a winner, and he cannot win. . It is considered to be the most important process in public relations." All the stupid tricks are here, the ones people laugh at onscreen in the context of a film like this but fall for in spite of themselves on their TVs during football games. She insists Castillo express regret, but not to apologize. Whats ultimately most frustrating is the evidence that the makers of this movie were fully capable of creating something as smart and ruthless as its lead character. 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