Our Brand Is Crisis

2015 "May the best campaign win."
6.1| 1h48m| R| en
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Based on the documentary "Our Brand Is Crisis", this feature focuses on the use of American political campaign strategies in South America.

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Zlatica One of the worst ways to make a cult movie is to set out to make a cult movie.
Sarita Rafferty There are moments that feel comical, some horrific, and some downright inspiring but the tonal shifts hardly matter as the end results come to a film that's perfect for this time.
Rexanne It’s sentimental, ridiculously long and only occasionally funny
Staci Frederick Blistering performances.
adonis98-743-186503 In 2002, Bolivian politician Pedro Gallo hires American James Carville's political consulting firm, Greenberg Carville Shrum, to help him win the 2002 Bolivian presidential election. GCS brings in Jane Bodine to manage the campaign in Bolivia. Battling her arch nemesis, the opposition's political consultant Pat Candy, Bodine successfully uses American political campaign strategies to lead Gallo to victory against Victor Rivera. With a fantastic performance by Sandra Bullock and a good supporting cast Our Brand Is Crisis dives into the heart of Politics and shows in a perfect way how a Politician takes power and when he finally wins he lets his people and his country down.
Reno Rangan The film was okay, but you have already seen it. This is the same old story where in America, the presidential running candidates do everything they can to win the precious votes, but here it takes place in a different country. Not bad actually, but disappointment is the American influence. Now I tell the truth that it was inspired by the real event. There's already a documentary film made, but now they altered it little and made a political-comedy.The two campaign runners from the United States goes to Bolivia to aide two different candidates and becomes themselves confront once again. To gain the momentum, they have to go any length, so the fun begins when each others pull their legs. But who's going to stand ultimately and with what tactic is to be revealed in the next half of the film.I think, except the American characters dominance, the film was refreshing like the locations, supporting cast wise. But actors like Sandra Bullock, Billy Bob Thornton et cetera holds the key. Obviously the star power is one reason and the other is for keeping the real event's touch. The film does not work for everyone, it did do nothing for me. The director of 'Pineapple Express' failed to deliver. But it was a bad screenplay, underdeveloped or maybe lacks some good lines and strong scenes. I totally suggest you to skip it, you would miss nothing.5.5/10
edwagreen A very appropriate film for our times.A campaign adviser, forced to leave earlier in an ethics violation probe, returns, but this time it is to Bolivia for that country's presidential election.Sandra Bullock works for a former president who is seeking a comeback. Described as an elitist, he seems to have no chances until he listens to Bullock and literally recreates himself.The film shows that these advisers have no shame and will do what it takes to get their person elected.When her client pulls an upset win, he, even as President-elect, resorts to his old ways immediately leading to demonstrations. Bullock really shows her mettle and that she is sick of the current political system by remaining and joining the protests.Her winning candidate is nothing more than a demagogue and we see the getting down to negative ads, revealing scandals and other mayhem along the way.
smpl_mn This movie was OK...watchable for the most part due to the usual good performances of Sandra Bullock and Billy Bob Thornton. An election in Bolivia (partially based on a true story) with behind the scenes goings-on of a professional organization dedicated to a successful campaign by instructing and molding the candidate (portrayed by Joaquim de Almeida).The movie really didn't have much of a "punch". The central subject was actually a very serious one, so the writers had few opportunities to slip in the Sandra Bullock type of humor. Possibly the problem is that so many have come to expect that elections are largely about manipulation so it's no surprise. Or maybe it's that this is the behavior we expect from so many politicians that we've come to accept and it's "no big deal".