The film gives a fictionalized account of the involvement of American political campaign strategists Greenberg Carville Shrum (GCS) in the 2002 Bolivian presidential election. 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. They then shoot the head of the Rivera doll Candy had left, and it breaks his window. So I knew that, in this case, I would just have to find out for myself. Sometimes the portrayal is satiricalRobert DeNiros spin doctor in Wag the Dog, the assassin-like Dylan McDermott in The Campaign, the sex-addicted Kathryn Hahn in televisions Parks and Recreation. Before I address the message, Ill review the content. LeBlanc finds even more dirt on Rivera, but Jane tells her to focus everything on finding dirt on Castillo. Jane Bodine (Sandra Bullock) is a brilliant strategist, pulse reader and marketing mind. In case the true story behind the baffling and approximately well-intentioned Sandra Bullock star vehicle Our Brand Is Crisis makes any difference, here it is: Way back in the innocent days of 2002 (Im kidding about innocent), the high-powered political consulting firm Greenberg Carville Shrum parachuted into Bolivia to take up the cause of a struggling presidential candidate named Gonzalo Snchez de Lozada, universally known as Goni. Rachel Boynton, a documentary director whose work focuses on ideology, politics and power (her most recent movie, Big Men, is about the global workings of the oil industry), came along and made an extraordinary film about that campaign, whose title was drawn from a telling phrase coined by one of the GCS consultants. The political comedy Our Brand Is Crisis stars Sandra Bullock as an American campaign strategist hired to work for a Bolivian presidential candidate. The protagonist, Jane Bodine a.k.a. Ben jumps out and yells, get in the car, what are you doing? 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. However it is better and more gratifying to win the heart of a nation and keep it. Candy gives her a condescending compliment and tells her he plans to pleasure himself thinking about her when he returns home. Senator Pedro Castillo, President of Bolivia 15 years ago, is once again running for the country's top job. Not seeing what she highlighted, Candy asks about it. Castillo and the campaign team are on the outdoor set of a commercial for the Senator. Ben admires a shiny dark bowl but Nell takes it from him. The film stars Sandra Bullock, Scoot McNairy, Billy Bob Thornton, Anthony Mackie, Ann Dowd and Joaquim de Almeida. Both Bullock and Thornton portray Carvillesque characters (and the bald Thornton looks the part). 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. What part should morality play in politics? They make a sling shot out of clothes and shoot something that splatters against Candys window across the foyer. Our Brand Is Crisis Review: Champions of Cynicism | TIFF 2015. Castillo promises the people that will happen if hes elected. Answer. She doesnt believe hell catch her and he expresses disbelief. Eddie is delivering a framed photograph to now President-Elect Castillos Senate offices. The crisis, when it came . 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. Another screenshot shows Castillo has 10% to Riveras 39% with 80 days until election day. A one-stop-shop for all things video games. 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. Andrew O'Hehir is executive editor of Salon. She introduces LeBlanc (Zoe Kazan), a young investigator who is hired to dig up dirt on Rivera. 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. The R-rating is because of the language. 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. What sealed the deal was that she will be coming up against her long-time arch-nemesis, Pat Candy. Our Brand Is Crisis is a 2015 American comedy-drama film directed by David Gordon Green and written by Peter Straughan, based on the 2005 documentary film of the same name by Rachel Boynton. [3] The film opened on October 30, 2015, alongside Burnt and Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse. Glenn Kenny was the chief film critic of Premiere magazine for almost half of its existence. 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. This film isnt as dark as Burnt, and has more amusing moments, including some comic relief, but still shouldnt be classified as a comedy. George Clooney and Grant Heslov produced. Jane says the llama cant stand the commercial so badly, he killed himself. Jane says its just a carousel and she was going around and around. He says the people in the village dont understand that yet. Hollywood loves it some Ragin Cajun, because hes the closest real-life approximation to the magical political consultant of its dreams. Since 2013, the study of English and history has dropped by a third; the number of STEM degrees, meanwhile, is soaring. Now, the film is so heavily fictionalized that it's much more an emotive or thematic . A senior advisor expresses dismay that she has been hired but all shes doing is sunning herself. if (window.self != window.top) {nf=''} else {nf='NF/'}; But the fact that it wants to also squeeze in a redemptive tale is completely at odds with the work the protagonist is doing. And in the real Bolivian election of 02, there was no rivalry between warring American spin doctors working for different candidates, because Goni was the only candidate who got that kind of help, in clear preference to his populist opponents on both the right and left. At another commercial set inside a warehouse, several llamas are there, and Castillo is set to compare the future of Bolivia with llamas, who work hard. The film is directed by David. ------------------------------------------. 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. [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. He is currently 28 points behind. 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. Jane is goaded by patronizing men into proving herself in ways shes not proud of. 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. Jane is so nauseous from her travel and the elevation she leaves and is heard throwing up. 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? Maybe its time to put it out to pasture. As a result of this, Castillo agrees to start running a negative campaign. . Plot out uproarious long-shot tricks against his opponents that always seem to work out even better than hoped? Oct. 29, 2015. 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. She quotes, It may be alright to have a power that is based on guns. 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. Nevertheless, theres not much reason for you to take my word over theirs. A lethally effective charm delivery system, Sandra Bullock doesn't need to do much to win you over. When youre in the movie reviewing ministry, a variety of messages and agendas come and go. By Manohla Dargis. There are dozens of pottery jars and bowls covering the walls. The problem is that they do such a good job selling this Jane that they do exactly what theyre supposed to do: They make you curious about her. That is, of course, when you can get her out of 'retirement' and give her a good reason to . Candy reveals it was him (via a friend of a friend) who anonymously suggested to the Castillo campaign to hire Jane. Our Brand Is Crisis still could have been an excellent tale, but told through a soft prism of second chances and good intentions, we can't buy what Green is selling. 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. A graphic shows with 24 days left until the election, Castillo has 19% and Rivera has 30%. It might be possible to make a good movie out of a cross between Mike Nichols Primary Colors and Costa-Gavras Z, but Our Brand Is Crisis, directed by David Gordon Green in a seeming attempt to do something along those lines, is not that movie. 1h 47m. By the way, the bus driver is paid to drive like a complete moron to do it. The boys (all adult age) are living alone because their parents have both died. Principal photography began on September 29, 2014, in New Orleans, Louisiana. Candy says he will be going to overseas for a British campaign. Read his answers to our Movie Love Questionnaire here. She doesnt respond. 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. The study of crisis management originated with large-scale industrial and environmental disasters in the 1980s. Before long the SUV comes to a stop in the heavy traffic on the tiny streets. Its nun versus AI in Damon Lindelofs new series. But as a whole, "Our Brand is Crisis" is a messy affair that sputters along when it should be humming with assured cynical momentum. 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. Since Im reviewing this film for its DVD release, Ive already taken into consideration the opinions of other reviewers. Back at Janes hotel, Ben calls and informs her there will be a protest downtown. She spends the night in jail. [19] Additional filming occurred in Puerto Rico and Bolivia. Send your questions or comments about this or any other spoiler to: THEMOVIESPOILER.com. In a restaurant, Jane sits alone until Candy sits next to her. All of them, except Bodine, have already taken jobs as political consultants in other countries. 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. The front-runner, Victor Rivera, is a populist who is appealing to the basest emotions of that poor electorate. It is revealed that she retired after violating election laws. [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". 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. But the fact that it wants to also squeeze in a redemptive tale. Preview", "Star-Driven Casualties 'Our Brand Is Crisis' & 'Burnt' At The B.O. It already has. And even hes not even that close. [13] Peter Straughan was set to write the script, with Clooney attached as a potential director and star for the film, about the 2002 Bolivian presidential election's campaign by James Carville's Washington, D.C.-based political consulting firm Greenberg Carville Shrum,[14][15] which was hired by candidate Gonzalo Snchez de Lozada. They even resort to publishing photos of their enemy with Nazi war criminal Klaus Barbie in the background, so that he has to deny being a Nazi. Its very obvious when shes going to do it, so it would be easy for viewers to close their eyes until all the yelling and laughter dies down. Though not without its entertaining momentsthe cast, led by Sandra Bullock, is energetic, sharp and gets a fair number of juicy bits to rock out with. Comedy-Drama. Candy is outside the hotel in his chauffeur-driven SUV and offers Jane, Ben, and Nell a ride to the airport. David Gordon Greens uneven Wag the Dog-style satirical political romp takes both its title and theme from Rachel Boyntons 2005 documentary about the role played by the gun-for-hire American consultants in the 2002 Bolivian elections. 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. The pacing is lickety-split, the talk is boisterous, and the cast is all aces. 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. Jane is elated and tells the communication team to talk to the press and inform them Rivera just used a quote from Joseph Goebbels, the head Nazi propaganda minister. She needs a cigarette, so she walks out the door into a large open foyer. Ben says, ok. She tells Castillo and the campaign that this is no longer an election, it is a crisis. I can barely imagine the humiliation! 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. Have they learned nothing? 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. 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. Digital rental or purchase allows you to instantly stream and download to watch anywhere and anytime on your favorite devices. She then asks who knows English and only a handful of people raise their hands, so LeBlanc must translate. Several candidates separate the two. Thats why Hollywood had to invent a character with such powers: the knowing, salty political consultant. He tells a story about a campaign run by Adlai Stevenson in which Stevenson is told everything thinking person would vote for him, to which Stevenson replies that is not enough. She is then seen in the middle of the protest, and sees Eddie. Well, that would be you and me both before and after. She explains its not relevant whether its true. 2023's Most Anticipated Sequels, Prequels, and Spin-offs. This was the lowest wide release opening of Bullock's career, beating 1996's Two If by Sea ($4.7 million). Jane says it will be an honor. Mimicking the behavior in the actresss previous film, Minions, Jane is shown mooning a bus. Jane invites them out to dinner with the campaign team. Janes conversion, alas, is over-broad and signaled from the start. It is only the knowing, salty political consultant who can bridge the gap between political reality and tidy fictional narrative. You want to know how the Janes of the world happen. Although I hasten to add that even by the standards of Bullocks implacable, steel-jawed underacting this is a dull performance. She is unable to breath and is using an oxygen mask on the car ride to campaign headquarters. When Bodine realizes that she brought a liar into office, she has the car stopped and leaves to join Eduardo. She doesnt think the man should change to fit the narrative but instead the narrative should change to fit the man. From that day on, she says, our brand is crisis.. Password must be at least 8 characters and contain: As part of your account, youll receive occasional updates and offers from New York, which you can opt out of anytime. Janes cynicismshe regards herself, the candidate, and everyone else as a pawnis so over-the-top that it threatens to derail Our Brand is Crisis: Who cares about the election if she doesnt? I love stories of politics as theaterthe stagecraft, scripting, wardrobe choices, and focus group testing of absurd commercials. Our Brand Is Crisis also has deeper themes that punctuate the human cost of winning and what it takes to do just that. Kristen Bell to Befriend an Unorthodox Rabbi. Jane is a broken prizefighter who has been called into the ring for one last round. 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. The rest of the movie is her telling the story of what happened after her resignation. Slate is published by The Slate Group, a Graham Holdings Company. SALON is registered in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office as a trademark of Salon.com, LLC. Jane wakes up in her hotel room. The train begins to leave and Candy is furious. Our Brand Is Crisis (2015) Rated R for language including some sexual references. Available from various digital retailers including Amazon Video, iTunes, Google Play, Apple, Vudu and others. Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information. LeBlanc discovers Rivera has purchased 27 vehicles with taxpayer money at the cost of about 35-40 vehicles. The disillusioned Eduardo joins his brothers at a demonstration of people demanding change. "Wake up, this is war. Mick LaSalle is the film critic for the San . The interviewer says shes been known by many names, most notably Calamity Jane. I have to rate it Offensive, due to its foul language, several blasphemies, and Sandra Bullocks bare hiny. 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. Our Brand Is Crisis review - dirty political dealings in South America. At another meeting with advisors, its revealed the crisis message is working, but not so well that it will win the election. 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? [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. Some reviews said it was ambiguous. In her eyes, her job is done. Jane expresses to Ben that she still gets nauseous whenever she sees Castillo. Despite Sandra Bullocks strong lead performance, David Gordon Greens film cant push a hopeful tone past its depressing reality. The corporations whined and complained, but ultimately decided that 18 percent was a lot better than nothing. 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. It begins poorly, with an odd montage intercut to stagey interview footage in which Bullocks character, Calamity Jane Bodine, formulates an apologia for we-dont-quite-know-what. Our Brand Is Crisis is a sharp political comedy ostensibly based on Bolivia's 2002 presidential election. Washed-up political strategist Jane Bodine is hired by a political consultancy to help their client, Senator Castillo, win the Bolivian general election. Jane next starts a rumor that Rivera is a Nazi, based on no real facts, but a fuzzy picture showing him with Nazi propaganda. She realizes that she was deceived by Castillo, just like she was attempting to deceive the people of Bolivia. [26] On CinemaScore, audiences gave the film an average grade of "C+" on an A+ to F scale. It is a record turnout and at days end, the results are: Castillo 23.5%, Rivera 22.8%, Volasco 21.9%. But if you can be wary of those things, I do recommend this film. He does exactly that, to Janes delight, when explaining hes not close to his son, but he wishes he was, with tears in his eyes. Associated Press articles: Copyright 2016 The Associated Press. Inspired by the 2005 documentary of the . As one of his first actions, he invites the IMF into Bolivia, thereby breaking his promise. , No amount of political manoeuvring can fix this film [1/4], An uneven mix of cynical satire and breezy comedy. She just needs to hear him deny it. The pacing is. 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. In its best moments, Our Brand Is Crisis is reminiscent of Wag the Dog; it knows how fucked politics is and acts accordingly. The protest is growing in the city. 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. It is revealed that she retired after violating election laws. She will work on the campaign of anybody, provided the money is right. Nell explains that Castillos opponent, Rivera, has hired her old arch nemesis, Pat Candy (played by Billy Bob Thornton). Rivera then repeats the quote Jane told Candy. *Sorry, there was a problem signing you up. Director David Gordon Green Writers Rachel Boynton (suggested by the documentary) Peter Straughan (screenplay) Stars Sandra Bullock Sandra Bullock and Billy Bob Thornton go head to head as strategists in a patchy satire about the 2002 Bolivian elections. He cant reconcile that her success also makes her a bad person. Thornton is sleek, clammy, and leering. Copyright 2023 Salon.com, LLC. And sometimesin fact, I daresay oftenyou know about a half hour into a film that youre going to have to censure it. Let me know how that goes. Jane then joins the mass of people who are walking toward the city. But once in Bolivia, shes sidelined by acute altitude sickness (the flight down is accompanied by a primer on the geography and general stressed disposition of the place), and hence unable to immediately show her Sun-Tzu-informed genius to uptight candidate Castillo (Joaquim de Almeida). Thats the problem with focusing a story on the diabolical strategist, the one mythical figure in this godforsaken political system whos got it all figured out. 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. That was almost certainly the final straw. 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