Now, the film is so heavily fictionalized that it's much more an emotive or thematic . The pottery business is explained forthwith, lest were worried about some Ghost influence. Jane gets a call from Pat who tells her to turn on the TV. Her words are intercut with footage of newspaper headlines and, oddly, shots of Bullocks hands molding clay at a pottery wheel. In the mix is a fine supporting cast including a sensational Thornton . 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 fictionalized treatment of the 2005 documentary of the same name, which focused on Bill Clinton's former campaign manager James Carville. Jane gets blasted, leaks misinformation, vandalizes Candys room, and sabotages his candidates rallies the way he sabotaged her candidates. 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. Let me know how that goes. Jane then joins the mass of people who are walking toward the city. Castillo promises the people that will happen if hes elected. January 14, 2016. She offers to reluctantly resign, but Castillo keeps her on. Politics takes to cynicism like shit to a cesspool. 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. "Our Brand Is Crisis" is both the title of and a line from a new political comedy about American consultants who take over a Bolivian presidential campaign. Thanks for reading the spoiler. South Africa - DM Listen, 18 Dec Ramaphosa's Renew22 team decides to back Mabuyane over Lamola - When the Renew22 caucus met on Day 3 of the ANC's National Elective Conference, at least 2,400 delegates agreed to support Cyril Ramaphosa's bid for a second term as party president, with Oscar Mabuyane as his second in command. Jane yells out the window to Candy that Rivera has dropped 6 points. I need a majority. She doesnt believe hell catch her and he expresses disbelief. The film is directed by David. SALON is registered in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office as a trademark of Salon.com, LLC. Not all movies preach, for example, action movies are usually more about the entertainment of watching good triumph over evil. 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. 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? Senator Pedro Castillo, President of Bolivia 15 years ago, is once again running for the country's top job. Verdict. [24], On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 35% based on 147 reviews, with an average rating of 5.3/10. The crisis, when it came . 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. Nell explains that Castillos opponent, Rivera, has hired her old arch nemesis, Pat Candy (played by Billy Bob Thornton). Negative ads are now running for Castillos campaign. She cares about winning, and the movie reinforces the narrative that politics is just a game. The corporations whined and complained, but ultimately decided that 18 percent was a lot better than nothing. [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". : What The Hell Happened? Nevertheless, his brothers are much more skeptical about Castillo. Cyril Ramaphosa's ANC Renew22 grouping believes Eastern Cape . 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. Rated R 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. 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. It is only the knowing, salty political consultant who can bridge the gap between political reality and tidy fictional narrative. The study of crisis management originated with large-scale industrial and environmental disasters in the 1980s. GCS brings in Jane Bodine to manage the campaign in Bolivia--battling her arch-nemesis, the opposition's political consultant Pat Candy. Fliers are discovered, authored by the La Paz Grassroots that say Castillo had a three year affair. The interviewer says she's been known by many names, most notably "Calamity Jane". 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. Played for laughs? 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. She tells Nell she needs to pull some string with her contacts at the Bolivian State Department, in order to take votes from Castillo, and give them to Volasco (another candidate). All contents 2023 The Slate Group LLC. Back at Janes hotel, Ben calls and informs her there will be a protest downtown. Thats why in a time of ever-greater political chaos, the character rings so false. Yes, this is a movie where a diabolical character is given the surname Candy, and what can you really say? Ben says, ok. Our Brand is Crisis review: While the film is heart-warmingly centered on Bullock, she is at her best neurotic, desperate, redeemable self. But if you can be wary of those things, I do recommend this film. [5] On September 11, Scoot McNairy was added to the cast. 17-Down, Three Letters: Party for One artist Carly ___ Jepsen. The film stars Sandra Bullock, Scoot McNairy, Billy Bob Thornton, Anthony Mackie, Ann Dowd and Joaquim de Almeida. Maybe, kinda. Its educational and leaves you with serious thoughts about political power. [8] On September 24, Ann Dowd joined the film. Since Im reviewing this film for its DVD release, Ive already taken into consideration the opinions of other reviewers. At a large debate with all the candidates, Jane is found behind the stage backdrop during the debate. 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. 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. Any empathy the audience feels for the nauseous Bodine is likely explained by . You never find out. The pacing is. Jane highlights something in the book. 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. if (window.self != window.top) {nf=''} else {nf='NF/'}; They make a sling shot out of clothes and shoot something that splatters against Candys window across the foyer. When they get home, his brothers ridicule Eddie for bringing Yankees and trusting them, and for that matter, trusting Castillo. Jane is so nauseous from her travel and the elevation she leaves and is heard throwing up. In her eyes, her job is done. In my review of the documentary, I wrote: The process of framing Goni to look like something he isnt could be the stuff of a rambunctious campaign comedy like Primary Colors or, for that matter, the documentary The War Room And parts of Our Brand Is Crisis are darkly amusing. Ideology? The Weeknd responded to a Rolling Stone story claiming the show is a rape fantasy with a clip of his character calling the mag irrelevant. Slate is published by The Slate Group, a Graham Holdings Company. So I knew that, in this case, I would just have to find out for myself. Jane is seen having a moment of introspection. Reproduction of material from any Salon pages without written permission is strictly prohibited. LeBlanc finds even more dirt on Rivera, but Jane tells her to focus everything on finding dirt on Castillo. Jane suggests that Castillo reveal everything that could be used against him, but he refuses. After a traumatizing career as a political campaign consultant, Bodine has retired to the snowy mountains, where she doesnt smoke and makes bowls. 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 then offers money to the driver to overtake the Rivera bus. Boynton traveled to Bolivia to cover the activity of a high-priced U.S. consulting firm, Greenberg Carville, and Shrum, in the 2002 presidential race, and she had amazingfrankly, flabbergastingaccess. "[25] On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 53 out of 100, based on 35 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews". 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. They just decided to be ingratiating and sentimental. This was the lowest wide release opening of Bullock's career, beating 1996's Two If by Sea ($4.7 million). . It's a game that has a real impact on people's lives, but a game nonetheless. Janes conversion, alas, is over-broad and signaled from the start. She meets the campaign team but stays in the background at the first meeting, clearly feeling ill. Castillo says its in the past, and that his wife knows about it, but Jane claims the perception will be that hes an adulterer. They make big promises that mean jack shit. Getting hurt is unavoidable, she tells him. "Our Brand is Crisis" was one of these pleasant surprises. Plot out uproarious long-shot tricks against his opponents that always seem to work out even better than hoped? Jane says that Pat Candy is behind the fliers. Their main tactic is to emphasize the many problems of the economy and present . Either the character repents, and you have a cornball ending, or the character doesnt, and you have a soapy endorsement of sociopathy. Some said it was staunchly communist. We know this stuff happens, but its still clarifying to see the curtains pulled back. 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. That is, of course, when you can get her out of 'retirement' and give her a good reason to . Is it money? A lethally effective charm delivery system, Sandra Bullock doesn't need to do much to win you over. Castillo immediately punches the man. document.write(ts+'script src="http://www.burstnet.com/cgi-bin/ads/ad12539a.cgi/v=2.3S/sz=728x90A|970x66A/'+rnum+'/'+nf+'RETURN-CODE/JS/">'+ts+'/script>'); You can send in your spoiler to other movies by going here. Joaquim de Almeida - Castillo. There just arent enough cigarettes or bottles of Scotch in the world to give any political consultant the power that we, in our fits of frustration, guiltily wish they had. Illustration by Hudson Christie. In its best moments, Our Brand Is Crisis is reminiscent of Wag the Dog; it knows how fucked politics is and acts accordingly. It is only after Bodine arranges for the distribution of a flyer accusing Castillo of a long-ago affair (and blaming it on the opposition) does she finally get him to agree to smear his opponents. [11], Principal photography on the film began on September 29, 2014 in New Orleans, Louisiana, using 35mm film. Covering Rammsteins Du Hast in Berlin. When Bodine realizes that she brought a liar into office, she has the car stopped and leaves to join Eduardo. 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. 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. NOTE: This spoiler was submitted by Jason. Eddie is delivering a framed photograph to now President-Elect Castillos Senate offices. Beyond needing to adjust to her relocation to La Paz however temporary, Jane knows that she has to transform the thinking of the populace to making them want Castillo as their leader as opposed to changing Castillo to something he inherently is not. Sometimes its both, as in Kathy Bates sharp-tongued, soft-hearted adviser in Primary Colors. "Wake up, this is war. Jane Bodine (Sandra Bullock) is a brilliant strategist, pulse reader and marketing mind. The cinematic trope has retroactively kept a light on devilish George H.W. 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 poor reviews of Our Brand is Crisis are puzzling, since its one of the few non-documentary films to show successfully a) what rip-roaring fun politics can be when its only about marketing and b) what terrible things can happen when its only about marketing. Another graphic shows the race at 22% for Castillo and 26% for Rivera with 16 days to go. The news that Jane will be pitted against political consultant Pat Candy, with whom she has a past, is enough to get her away from the wheel. 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. But the main mystery to me was the message of this film. Vanessa Bryant Settles Helicopter-Crash Photo Lawsuit for $28.85 Million. Its also revealed that Candy is the one who ran over the llama during the commercial shoot. 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) 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. 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 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. 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. Castillo wins the vote by a small margin. At another meeting with advisors, its revealed the crisis message is working, but not so well that it will win the election. Power? [17][18] Filming also took place in the Bonnet Carr Spillway in Norco in St. Charles Parish. 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. Goni fled the country five days later, and now lives in exile in the U.S., which has refused to extradite him to Bolivia to face trial for extrajudicial killings and other crimes against humanity. Jane is talking with Nell, and insults her about her dedication to the campaign. Our Brand is Crisis (2015) (964) 6.1 1 h 47 min 2015 X-Ray R. A Bolivian presidential candidate failing in the polls enlists the firepower of an elite American management team, led by the deeply damaged but still brilliant strategist Jane Bodine. In a restaurant, Jane sits alone until Candy sits next to her. Castillo is frustrated and wants to hear what Jane has planned for the campaign. An SUV carrying the Castillo advisors sees him and stop to give him a ride home, insisted upon by Jane. 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 . A montage shows the crisis message is working and support for Castillo is growing. Back on the bus, Castillo explain to Eddie that an effective leader is a father to the people, and that sometimes a father must be strict. 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. Maybe Carville and the Clintonocracy were empowering democracy after all, even if it wasnt quite the variety they intended. Thats why Hollywood had to invent a character with such powers: the knowing, salty political consultant. 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.. The pacing is lickety-split, the talk is boisterous, and the cast is all aces. They approach each other and she just smiles. Candy calls Jane and invites her to go out again. A shame, then, that the movie loses its cynical nerve with an utterly phoney finale that ties itself up in conscientious knots. She tells Castillo and the campaign that this is no longer an election, it is a crisis. Others discuss plans but Jane is silent. She insists Castillo express regret, but not to apologize. Several candidates separate the two. Later at her hotel room, she is still nauseous from the elevation. By submitting your email, you agree to our Terms and Privacy Policy and to receive email correspondence from us. Our Brand Is Crisis Review: Champions of Cynicism | TIFF 2015. 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. He is currently 28 points behind. Candy can be seen watching the action in the background. It received mixed reviews, despite Bullock's performance being largely praised, and was a box office disappointment. Sandra Bullock and Billy Bob Thornton go head to head as strategists in a patchy satire about the 2002 Bolivian elections. 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. There are dozens of pottery jars and bowls covering the walls. All rights reserved. But as a whole, "Our Brand is Crisis" is a messy affair that sputters along when it should be humming with assured cynical momentum. And even hes not even that close. Bodine and her crew join Candy on the way to the airport. (The daughter killed herself as a result.). The R-rating is because of the language. Things you buy through our links may earnNew Yorka commission. 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. By what name was Our Brand Is Crisis (2015) officially released in India in English? She introduces LeBlanc (Zoe Kazan), a young investigator who is hired to dig up dirt on Rivera. She quotes, It may be alright to have a power that is based on guns. Despite Sandra Bullocks strong lead performance, David Gordon Greens film cant push a hopeful tone past its depressing reality. 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. So they cop out, closing on an unlikely, feel-good character turn for Bodine. Kristen Bell to Befriend an Unorthodox Rabbi. That was almost certainly the final straw. 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). His slickness fits the milieu. His name is too long with her so she just calls him Eddie. Available from various digital retailers including Amazon Video, iTunes, Google Play, Apple, Vudu and others. Since 2006, Bolivia has been governed by Evo Morales, the indigenous leader whose protest movement led to Gonis downfall. 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. Shes convinced to step up when she discovers the front-runner has hired consultant Pat Candy (Billy Bob Thornton), her arch-nemesis. 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. The train begins to leave and Candy is furious. She just needs to hear him deny it. Greens last three picturesPrince Avalanche, Joe, and Manglehornfelt like personal indie films, and Our Brand Is Crisis seems like an attempt to reach back into the mainstream with a mix of comedy and pathos, and yet it also comes off like a journeyman feature. Somebody on the Castillo bus says Jane has a great ass! (And she does. 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? 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. 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. 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. The filmmakers and their stars have fun with the idea that politics is sex for those who want to keep their clothes on. [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. But Boynton has done her own framing: This campaign is a precursor to tragedy. 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