Its also revealed that Candy is the one who ran over the llama during the commercial shoot. 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. Nevertheless, his brothers are much more skeptical about Castillo. She opens with footage of an anti-government riot that came less than a year after the election. That kind of consumer response is pretty remarkable, and it also says something about each brand's crisis management strategies. An young actress expresses concern with her part in the ad, which requires her to be caught by Castillo. Our Brand Is Crisis also has deeper themes that punctuate the human cost of winning and what it takes to do just that. Outside, a large groan is heard. Even worse, it turns out to be a humanist, socialist, anti-capitalist message about "the people" rising up to establish some sort of vague communist brotherhood centered . Election day. 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. The American consultants, not knowing the language or the culture of Bolivia, are persuaded by Bodine, a burned out veteran of American politics, to follow a strategy of smear campaigning to make up for their candidate's shortcomings. In its best moments, Our Brand Is Crisis is reminiscent of Wag the Dog; it knows how fucked politics is and acts accordingly. 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. Well, that would be you and me both before and after. All this makes for mid-grade entertainment value, at best. Although Castillos populist opponent doesnt seem to have much integrity (the character does in the documentary), we still know that Castillo has less, that hes a dreadful man. 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. Arriving at Janes house, she explains she has quit smoking and drinking and has focused on pottery. 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. 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 . GCS brings in Jane Bodine to manage the campaign in Bolivia--battling her arch-nemesis, the opposition's political consultant Pat Candy. The crisis, when it came . 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. Rivera is on, holding two babies during a campaign stop, confessing how hes doubly lucky, and promises to run a positive campaign. 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. [11], Principal photography on the film began on September 29, 2014 in New Orleans, Louisiana, using 35mm film. Not all movies preach, for example, action movies are usually more about the entertainment of watching good triumph over evil. 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. By what name was Our Brand Is Crisis (2015) officially released in India in English? 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. 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? 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. It already has. Our Brand is Crisis hits a lot of clunky notes and the end is unforgivably cornball, but its still one of the liveliest political black comedies Ive seen in a while. The pacing is lickety-split, the talk is boisterous, and the cast is all aces. There is very little violence. All rights reserved. [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. [6] On September 15, Billy Bob Thornton joined the film,[7] and on September 18, Anthony Mackie joined the cast. At the start, Jane has been out of the consulting game for several years, following a traumatic mayoral race. What sealed the deal was that she will be coming up against her long-time arch-nemesis, Pat Candy. Sandra Bullock and Billy Bob Thornton go head to head as strategists in a patchy satire about the 2002 Bolivian elections. 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. She tells Castillo and the campaign that this is no longer an election, it is a crisis. They just decided to be ingratiating and sentimental. "Our Brand Is Crisis" is being released by Warner Bros., but was largely funded by Participant Media, which produces what it calls "socially relevant films and documentaries." In other words,. Director David Gordon Green Writers Rachel Boynton (suggested by the documentary) Peter Straughan (screenplay) Stars Sandra Bullock So they cop out, closing on an unlikely, feel-good character turn for Bodine. She gives him a bottle of Paul Newman Steak Sauce. 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 (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. When it does, Jane moons the Rivera bus. There are 12 misuses of god, Jesus (1), Jesus Christ (1), hell (3) and d*mn (3). 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. 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. That is now the title of the Bullock movie directed by indie-film veteran David Gordon Green and written by Peter Straughan (Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy), which is also set during a Bolivian presidential campaign and stars Billy Bob Thornton, Anthony Mackie, Scoot McNairy, Ann Dowd and Zoe Kazan as Bullocks rivals or colleagues in the Machiavellian business of reinventing candidates and reshaping public opinion. Jane is goaded by patronizing men into proving herself in ways shes not proud of. 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 film gives a fictionalized account of the involvement of American political campaign strategists Greenberg Carville Shrum (GCS) in the 2002 Bolivian presidential election. In the city, Eddie is hanging Castillo posters. Eddie and his brothers join the protests and are shouting angry chants. (The daughter killed herself as a result.). [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. We just want to dive into a pool without having to hold onto our bottoms. Instead, both end up outside of their hotel rooms so they can see each other. Please share it with your friends rnum=Math.round(Math.random() * 100000); He calls the police and Jane is seen slapping an officer. She showed how American marketing techniques never before used in that region steered a desperate country towards a rich, arrogant former president Gonzalo Snchez de Lozada (Goni), who proved catastrophically out of touch. Let me know how that goes. Jane then joins the mass of people who are walking toward the city. 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. [21] It had a wide release in 2,202 theaters for 21 days. Sometimes its both, as in Kathy Bates sharp-tongued, soft-hearted adviser in Primary Colors. *Sorry, there was a problem signing you up. Since 2013, the study of English and history has dropped by a third; the number of STEM degrees, meanwhile, is soaring. The next scene shows the state department giving an anti-cocaine speech, which will help Volasco. However, when two strategists for a struggling Bolivian presidential campaign pique her interest, she goes down to the South American country to see if she should get back in the fight. Right before the debate with the 3 leading candidates, Jane is sitting alone in the lecture hall, reading Faust by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe, and is soon joined by Candy. The villagers are angrily blocking the bus, and Castillo, against the wishes of Jane, gets off to talk with them. Jane is so nauseous from her travel and the elevation she leaves and is heard throwing up. Oct. 29, 2015. Copyright 2023 Salon.com, LLC. At a large debate with all the candidates, Jane is found behind the stage backdrop during the debate. Smoke too much? 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. [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. In the mix is a fine supporting cast including a sensational Thornton . 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. "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 finds even more dirt on Rivera, but Jane tells her to focus everything on finding dirt on Castillo. [4] It was theatrically released by Warner Bros. on October 30, 2015. She doesnt believe hell catch her and he expresses disbelief. 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 also sets up a Hollywood ending that all but wrecks the movie. We know this stuff happens, but its still clarifying to see the curtains pulled back. They approach each other and she just smiles. A shame, then, that the movie loses its cynical nerve with an utterly phoney finale that ties itself up in conscientious knots. The R-rating is because of the language. Our Brand Is Crisis (2015) Rated R for language including some sexual references. 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. Starring Sandra Bullock and Billy Bob Thornton. It received mixed reviews, despite Bullock's performance being largely praised, and was a box office disappointment. When they get home, his brothers ridicule Eddie for bringing Yankees and trusting them, and for that matter, trusting Castillo. Unfortunately, the quote is actually from Joseph Goebbels, Adolf Hitler's minister of propaganda. 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. 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. 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. Candys played by Billy Bob Thornton, and his serpentine southern charm and minimalist tonsorial stylings suggest real-life political maven James Carville (and it is perhaps no accident that Thornton played a deep-fried political strategist in Primary Colors, too) who was in the aforementioned documentary. The film starts with Jane Bodine (Sandra Bullock) being interviewed. [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. 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. Covering Rammsteins Du Hast in Berlin. , No amount of political manoeuvring can fix this film [1/4], An uneven mix of cynical satire and breezy comedy. Meanwhile, Thornton employs his well-honed smiling/sneering shtick to nicely nasty effect. The deeply disappointed Eduardo visits Bodine in her hotel; Bodine replies that she is not responsible for Castillo's actions. Washed-up political strategist Jane Bodine is hired by a political consultancy to help their client, Senator Castillo, win the Bolivian general election. 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. 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. The filmmakers and their stars have fun with the idea that politics is sex for those who want to keep their clothes on. 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. The opposition's top political consultant is her nemesis, fellow American Pat Candy. 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. Besser. Senator Pedro Castillo, President of Bolivia 15 years ago, is once again running for the country's top job. Candy says he will be going to overseas for a British campaign. As one of his first actions, he invites the IMF into Bolivia, thereby breaking his promise. Castillo is frustrated and wants to hear what Jane has planned for the campaign. From that day on, she says, our brand is crisis.. Terms of Service apply. Mostly he is just a funny Southern person who served on a successful presidential campaign; the rest is projected onto him. Mick LaSalle. I love stories of politics as theaterthe stagecraft, scripting, wardrobe choices, and focus group testing of absurd commercials. 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. Jane says it will be an honor. Either the character repents, and you have a cornball ending, or the character doesnt, and you have a soapy endorsement of sociopathy. She looks across the large foyer to see Candy sitting outside his room. And sometimesin fact, I daresay oftenyou know about a half hour into a film that youre going to have to censure it. Castillo and the campaign team are on the outdoor set of a commercial for the Senator. A montage shows the crisis message is working and support for Castillo is growing. She just needs to hear him deny it. He overhears him making plans to visit the IMF in New York, and is crestfallen. By the way, the bus driver is paid to drive like a complete moron to do it. 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. The deception disgusts her. She reveals she has had mental issues before and suffered from depression. 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. Is it money? 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. 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. That was almost certainly the final straw. Jane is on the set but is only seen in the background on a lounge chair, still looking unwell. From there, Jane uses every trick at her disposal to try and beat Candy. There are dozens of pottery jars and bowls covering the walls. 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. Castillo tells her she needs professional help for wanting to do anything to win. He is a crook. And yet in David Gordon Greens tale of political fixers, Our Brand Is Crisis, he wants to find hope. ***SPOILER*** Castillo wins the election, and immediately breaks all his promises and turns out to be a tyrant. 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. She moved to a mountain cabin, stopped smoking, got sober, and started doing pottery. This email will be used to sign into all New York sites. Available from various digital retailers including Amazon Video, iTunes, Google Play, Apple, Vudu and others. [2/4], Barbara Vancheri, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, would be perfect humanist, socialist, anti-capitalist propaganda except its a bit disjointed Abhorrent at least 61 obscenities rear female nudity when woman on bus moons other bus, crass, grimy and not sure of its own message burdens itself with foul language and sexual allusions, spoiling some pretty great performances from Sandra Bullock and Billy Bob Thornton. Jane and her team had no idea he would do that. The protagonist, Jane Bodine a.k.a. Like before, it came from La Paz Grassroots, but this time it really did come from Candy. The reality of U.S. politics is dominated not so much by incompetent leaders as mortals who lack the requisite superpowers needed to steer the ship of state. She is then seen in the middle of the protest, and sees Eddie. Read his answers to our Movie Love Questionnaire here. Sandra Bullock and Billy Bob Thornton go head to head as strategists in a patchy satire about the 2002 Bolivian elections. Before I address the message, Ill review the content. There are also two middle finger displays. The police arrive and the demonstration quickly turns into a riot. 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. 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. Jane wakes up in her hotel room. In 2002, Bolivian politician Pedro Castillo hires an American political consulting firm (based on James Carville's Greenberg Carville Shrum firm) to help him win the 2002 Bolivian presidential election. Instead of superhuman strength or projectile spider-webs, this puppet master has in her arsenal a penchant for drinking and smoking, instant access to the perfect quip at the perfect time, and a convenient lack of morality. It is only the knowing, salty political consultant who can bridge the gap between political reality and tidy fictional narrative. 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 invites them out to dinner with the campaign team. This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google 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. Our Brand Is Crisis review - dirty political dealings in South America. I say, beat Candy because Jane doesnt really care that much about Castillo or Bolivia. On April 22, 2007, it was announced that George Clooney would produce a dramatization of the 2005 documentary Our Brand Is Crisis, along with Grant Heslov, and Warner Bros. would handle American distribution rights. Once a political idealist, she increasingly was a strategist for hire outwardly not caring about the actual politics of her boss. Jane is talking with Nell, and insults her about her dedication to the campaign. He denies being a member of the cult. Billy Bob Thornton employs his well-honed sneering shtick and Sandra Bullock makes the role her own in Our Brand Is Crisis. 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. Later Castillo is heard instructing interest rates to be raised to 15%. 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. Later at her hotel room, she is still nauseous from the elevation. All of them, except Bodine, have already taken jobs as political consultants in other countries. Jane says its just a carousel and she was going around and around. Cut back to the interview that opened the film. Castillo immediately punches the man. PLEASE share your observations and insights to be posted here. What are you going to do? and then leaves. Answer, Does HIGH MORAL CHARACTER matter in political leaders? Candy calls Jane and invites her to go out again. Lets Do the Thing: How Online Were You in February 2023? [3] The film opened on October 30, 2015, alongside Burnt and Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse. 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. She will work on the campaign of anybody, provided the money is right. After he does this, Castillo gives Eddie his cufflinks to hold, and it is clear Eddie idolizes him. Our Brand Is Crisis Review: Champions of Cynicism | TIFF 2015. Bullocks Jane Bodine offers nothing new. 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. 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. A llama is shown getting hit by a car. The campaign believes Castillo should apologize as soon as possible but Jane disagrees. The rest of the movie is her telling the story of what happened after her resignation. The corporations whined and complained, but ultimately decided that 18 percent was a lot better than nothing. They make a sling shot out of clothes and shoot something that splatters against Candys window across the foyer. 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. She then asks who knows English and only a handful of people raise their hands, so LeBlanc must translate. George Clooney and Grant Heslov produced. He has written for a host of other publications and resides in Brooklyn. Glenn Kenny was the chief film critic of Premiere magazine for almost half of its existence. The real meat of the comedy, and drama, comes in the ingenious dirty tricks that Candy and Bodine play on each other, which could kick off a primer on the political practice recently known as rat-f**king (although that phrase is never uttered in the film). The film stars Sandra Bullock, Scoot McNairy, Billy Bob Thornton, Anthony Mackie, Ann Dowd and Joaquim de Almeida. Ben says, ok. Its pretty powerful, actually. When the gunfire stops, the camera moves in on a boy sitting on the steps of a building, his head partly covered by his coat as if hes grabbing a nap. Carvilles troops were dispatched to La Paz in 02 to consolidate the great victory of liberalism and democracy as they and their sponsors and benefactors understand those things and to resist the rising tide of Latin American leftism represented in Bolivia by the indigenous political leader Evo Morales, Gonis leading opponent. She finally just decided to get off the carousel. See list of Relevant Issuesquestions-and-answers. 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. Answer, Should Christians seek political power or should we only focus on evangelism? 2023 Vox Media, LLC. 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. All contents 2023 The Slate Group LLC. Maybe its time to put it out to pasture. A lethally effective charm delivery system, Sandra Bullock doesn't need to do much to win you over. 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. 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