Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information. At the start, Jane has been out of the consulting game for several years, following a traumatic mayoral race. Old colleague Nell (Ann Dowd) brings young idealistic Ben (Anthony Mackie) up to the woods to coax Jane down to Bolivia, to manage the presidential campaign of a conservative senator whose prior stint as head of that country was pretty authoritarian. 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. Janes conversion, alas, is over-broad and signaled from the start. Bullocks Jane Bodine offers nothing new. Yet you really have to read between the lines and dig into the subtext of Straughans screenplay to perceive the issues that drove Boyntons film. Jane says its just a carousel and she was going around and around. We know this stuff happens, but its still clarifying to see the curtains pulled back. 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. I found the film to be very interesting, and all the cast put on some of their best performances Ive seen. He is currently 28 points behind. Policy doesnt even enter into the conversation; its more about scoring points by making your opponent look like a Nazi sympathizer simply by virtue of a doctored photograph. Outside, a large groan is heard. ", "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. I can barely imagine the humiliation! This satire, directed by David Gordon Green from a screenplay by Peter Straughan, suffers from deficits of wit, wisdom, focus, filmmaking expertise and appropriate tone. 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. (A heavy back story is subsequently revealed, followed by an ever heavier back story to the back story.) for language including some sexual references. Since The War Room, the omnipotent, omniscient celebrity political consultant has been portrayed again and again. Slate is published by The Slate Group, a Graham Holdings Company. One of the llamas is hit by a truck. Exactly who decided that a widely disliked candidate in such a small country merited such attention, alongside such star GCS clients as Tony Blair, the Israeli Labor Party and the Canadian Liberal Party? As it happens and Im sure all this is coincidental Bolivia contains immense natural gas reserves, the second-largest in South America after Venezuela, whose national resources had been rendered largely off limits to outside investors by the rise of socialist president Hugo Chvez. She finally just decided to get off the carousel. There are dozens of pottery jars and bowls covering the walls. Unfortunately, the quote is actually from Joseph Goebbels, Adolf Hitler's minister of propaganda. Bodine had fled the consulting scene for years after an eruption of conscience that pushed her to mental breakdown, sobriety, and pottery. 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. If youve been following the drama in the House, the inability of most every Republican presidential candidate to lift off, or really any news from American politics over the last 10 or 239 years, you might have noticed that politics is difficult. She explains its not relevant whether its true. She offers to reluctantly resign, but Castillo keeps her on. 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. Does he drink too much? SALON is registered in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office as a trademark of Salon.com, LLC. She tells Castillo and the campaign that this is no longer an election, it is a crisis. Later at her hotel room, she is still nauseous from the elevation. Not seeing what she highlighted, Candy asks about it. The pottery business is explained forthwith, lest were worried about some Ghost influence. Well, this is the rambunctious comedy version of Our Brand Is Crisis, framed by director David Gordon Green and the British writer Peter Straughan not with a dead boy but the personal odyssey of a fictional character. Shes convinced to step up when she discovers the front-runner has hired consultant Pat Candy (Billy Bob Thornton), her arch-nemesis. A knock on the door reveals Eddie, saddened and angry, who tells her about the IMF plan. [10] On October 13, 2014, Participant Media announced that they would co-finance the film with Warner, while Jeffrey Skoll and Jonathan King would executive produce, along with Bullock and Stuart M. Answer. Arriving at Janes house, she explains she has quit smoking and drinking and has focused on pottery. Once a political idealist, she increasingly was a strategist for hire outwardly not caring about the actual politics of her boss. February 27, 2023. 17-Down, Three Letters: Party for One artist Carly ___ Jepsen. Initially under the impression that her man is a dud, Jane is soon animated by Castillos spontaneous response to getting egged (that is, he decks the egger) and her personal animus against Candy. All of them, except Bodine, have already taken jobs as political consultants in other countries. She may get some help in getting into the mindset of that indigenous poor through a campaign volunteer named Eddie, a Castillo loyalist since he was a young boy much to the chagrin of his friends. The big reason it works, though, is that it takes its premise from Rachel Boyntons phenomenal (but little-known) 2005 documentary of the same name. Castillo wins the vote by a small margin. The go-to source for comic book and superhero movie fans. Jane has accepted the offer and their plane lands in La Paz, Bolivia, which has an elevation of nearly 12,000 feet above sea level. [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". Theres no redemption to be found with the people who are ruining liveswho have no belief in politicians or voters; people who have basically given up on humanity and play with public policy like a kid with a loaded gun. In addition, there are 20+ f-words, s-words (19), and one each of a**, SOB, p*ssed, p*ssy, b*stard, b***h, tw*t, cr*p, and t*rd. ***END SPOILER***. The pacing is lickety-split, the talk is boisterous, and the cast is all aces. Before I address the message, Ill review the content. Ben admires a shiny dark bowl but Nell takes it from him. 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 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 . Power? Jane says There is only one wrong in this, and that is losing. But at the end, the team realizes how wrong they werein a shocking way. She is approached by Candy, who tells her hes surprised shes working on an unwinnable campaign. So those questions remain in the dim and dusty background, behind the quasi-hilarious dirty tricks, the long nights of booze, the almost-condescending interactions with indigenous Bolivians and the rivalrous relationship tinged with both tragedy and Eros between Jane and Thorntons Mephistophelean (and distinctly Carville-like) Pat Candy. It is revealed that she retired after violating election laws. Calamity Jane Bodine (Bullock) was a vaunted political strategist, but the emotional toll of the campaigns coupled with substance abuse problems forced her into early retirement where she may not be happy, but shes grateful that shes calm. Castillo promises them that he will not invite the IMF without a public referendum. "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. LeBlanc discovers Rivera has purchased 27 vehicles with taxpayer money at the cost of about 35-40 vehicles. The emotional investment Green wants to make in Jane feels misplaced, especially since he also wants to celebrate moments when she behaves abhorrently. Our Brand Is Crisis (2015) Plot Showing all 5 items Jump to: Summaries (4) Synopsis (1) Summaries 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. But the main mystery to me was the message of this film. Although she was once a wunderkind of the political strategy community, she lost her last four campaigns, the speculation that being the reason she dropped out of sight. Ben (Anthony Mackie) and Nell (Ann Down) are driving in the snowy mountains (between the mountains, as Jane later corrects them) discussing their plan to sway Jane to work for the campaign of Pedro Castillo, a Senator in Bolivia who is running for President. Castillo says its in the past, and that his wife knows about it, but Jane claims the perception will be that hes an adulterer. Candy reveals it was him (via a friend of a friend) who anonymously suggested to the Castillo campaign to hire Jane. Andrew O'Hehir is executive editor of Salon. The study of crisis management originated with large-scale industrial and environmental disasters in the 1980s. Its nun versus AI in Damon Lindelofs new series. Its also revealed that Candy is the one who ran over the llama during the commercial shoot. Violence: Moderate / Profanity: Heavy / Sex/Nudity: Moderate to heavys. Sandra Bullock and Billy Bob Thornton go head to head as strategists in a patchy satire about the 2002 Bolivian elections. 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. The deception disgusts her. Both Bullock and Thornton portray Carvillesque characters (and the bald Thornton looks the part). By Manohla Dargis. [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. Filmcast "Our Brand is Crisis" November 6, 2015 Laura Seaman Features , Filmcast , Movies [vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Join Laura Seaman as she reviews " Our Brand is Crisis " and previews " Spectre " and " The Peanuts Movie " on this week's episode of Filmcast. Our sophisticated political flimflam could make more inroads than the Marshall Plan. When Bullocks passionately advocating goes negative, or Thorntons smirkingly plays Mephistopheles to her from across their hotel balconytheyre close enough to speak to each other directly, but insist on staying on their cell phonesthe movie builds up an infectious energy. 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) Jane also has to get Castillo to be totally transparent to her to uncover those skeletons that she might need to deal with, being transparent which he may not be willing to be, not realizing that her own skeletons might pop out to play. By the way, the bus driver is paid to drive like a complete moron to do it. But when youre reviewing a political drama, you have to be careful to pay close attention. A lethally effective charm delivery system, Sandra Bullock doesn't need to do much to win you over. You never find out. As the site's Chief Film Critic, he has authored hundreds of reviews and covered major film festivals including the Toronto International Film Festival and the Sundance Film Festival. Thornton is sleek, clammy, and leering. Reluctantly enlisted to help elect the unlikable bully Castillo (Joaquim de Almeida), Jane gets the bit between her teeth when she discovers that her arch-rival, Pat Candy (Billy Bob Thornton), is running the oppositions campaign. George Clooney and Grant Heslov produced. Jane says its time to go negative. 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. 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. Heres my idea for a Hollywood ending: People are inspired to seek out Boyntons great documentary, which throws a spotlight on one of Americas least-known but most consequential exports. Jane gets a call from Pat who tells her to turn on the TV. 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. During a focus group for the ad in which he catches and holds up several people, its clear the ad does not resonate with anybody. A graphic shows with 24 days left until the election, Castillo has 19% and Rivera has 30%. At another meeting with advisors, its revealed the crisis message is working, but not so well that it will win the election. Our Brand Is Crisis. Castillo has won the election. She will work on the campaign of anybody, provided the money is right. Answer, spin doctors / truth and lies in political campaigns, how marketing strategies are use to manipulate the opinions of voters, evaluate the claim that theres only one wrong in political campaigns and thats losing, evaluate the comment, if you fight monsters too long, you become one, VOTINGDo Christians have an obligation to vote? 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. 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. What are you going to do? and then leaves. While Castillo is meeting with the press, Jane meets Eduardo. Starring Sandra Bullock and Billy Bob Thornton. Jane next starts a rumor that Rivera is a Nazi, based on no real facts, but a fuzzy picture showing him with Nazi propaganda. It casts a skeptical eye at the gospel of globalization thats preached by Janes team, but its outrage is more directed at cynicism than at any specific system. Mimicking the behavior in the actresss previous film, Minions, Jane is shown mooning a bus. This is yet another film that could have been PG (maybe PG-13 due to a mooning scene) with a cleaner script. 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. Illustration by Hudson Christie. But it seems as though screenwriter Peter Straughan and director David Gordon Green realized near the end that theyd written a feature-length film celebrating consultants ability to install a lying, oligarchic, IMF-beholden stooge to a South American presidency, and decided they ought to wrap things up more palatably. It is considered to be the most important process in public relations." Any empathy the audience feels for the nauseous Bodine is likely explained by . 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. Nevertheless, theres not much reason for you to take my word over theirs. A man in a mask jumps the barrier and smashes an egg on Castillos forehead. 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Smoke too much? Since Im reviewing this film for its DVD release, Ive already taken into consideration the opinions of other reviewers. Carville and Greenberg won that election for Goni, after shifting the entire theme of his campaign to the crisis mantra, but maybe they should have vetted their candidate a little better. [11] More casting was also announced, which included Reynaldo Pacheco, Dominic Flores, Louis Arcella, and Octavio Gmez. Jane meets with Castillo who says shes a liability. By what name was Our Brand Is Crisis (2015) officially released in India in English? All this makes for mid-grade entertainment value, at best. 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.. He calls the police and Jane is seen slapping an officer. There are also two middle finger displays. 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. Answer, Does HIGH MORAL CHARACTER matter in political leaders? Written by Peter Straughan, and according to its credits inspired by the 2005 documentary film of the same name, Our Brand is Crisis uneasily mixes the star vehicle with the screwball-political-comedy/satire with the (half-heartedly, in the end) impassioned call to social consciousness arms. I think you pull it, Joshua Jackson says to Lizzy Caplan sensually. I have to rate it Offensive, due to its foul language, several blasphemies, and Sandra Bullocks bare hiny. The disillusioned Eduardo joins his brothers at a demonstration of people demanding change. Karen Kunawicz. Jane gets blasted, leaks misinformation, vandalizes Candys room, and sabotages his candidates rallies the way he sabotaged her candidates. 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. Have they learned nothing? 2023 Vox Media, LLC. This is a competent film that shows how foxy political campaigns can be. But the fact that it wants to also squeeze in a redemptive tale. She needs a cigarette, so she walks out the door into a large open foyer. Billy Bob Thornton employs his well-honed sneering shtick and Sandra Bullock makes the role her own in Our Brand Is Crisis. For those who want more detail, I have written a paragraph below containing spoilers. Her words are intercut with footage of newspaper headlines and, oddly, shots of Bullocks hands molding clay at a pottery wheel. Original reporting and incisive analysis, direct from the Guardian every morning. During the final debate, Bodine cites a quote in a conversation with Candy (knowing that he'll give it to rival candidate Rivera for his speech) saying that "a great man" said it. What the hell was James Carville and Stan Greenbergs consulting firm with its close ties to Bill and Hillary Clinton and the Democratic Party leadership class doing in one of South Americas smallest and poorest nations? Mick LaSalle. Someone smashes an egg on Castillo, who spectacularly punches the assailant. After this incident, however, Castillo shows the other side of him by being kind to protesters who throw rocks at his bus. See list of Relevant Issuesquestions-and-answers. The train begins to leave and Candy is furious. "Wake up, this is war. The campaign believes Castillo should apologize as soon as possible but Jane disagrees. The 2005 Our Brand Is Crisis was the second documentary about Carvilles political work, following 1993s The War Room, in addition to Carvilles dramatic acting rsumand cable news career. A young man working on the campaign, Eduardo (Reynaldo Pacheco) comes to the rescue of Castillo and ushers him away. He says the people in the village dont understand that yet. Jane is on the set but is only seen in the background on a lounge chair, still looking unwell. What makes this fictionalized Our Brand Is Crisis worth noticing to the extent it is, which isnt much is that the filmmakers probably believe they are delivering roughly the same message as Boyntons documentary did, but in fact the most important aspects of this striking story has been scrubbed away or laundered into Hollywood-style pseudo-psychological neutrality. Sometimes its melodramaticthink the sinister Ryan Gosling and Philip Seymour Hoffman in Ides of March, or most notably, Kevin Spaceys snaky Frank Underwood, the master strategist and politician bundled into one on House of Cards. It received mixed reviews, despite Bullock's performance being largely praised, and was a box office disappointment. Others discuss plans but Jane is silent. She then offers money to the driver to overtake the Rivera bus. Like before, it came from La Paz Grassroots, but this time it really did come from Candy. Inspired by the 2005 documentary of the . She cares about winning, and the movie reinforces the narrative that politics is just a game. The political comedy Our Brand Is Crisis stars Sandra Bullock as an American campaign strategist hired to work for a Bolivian presidential candidate. In its best moments, Our Brand Is Crisis is reminiscent of Wag the Dog; it knows how fucked politics is and acts accordingly. 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