Our Brand Is Crisis
A Bolivian presidential candidate failing badly in the polls enlists the firepower of an elite American management team, led by the deeply damaged but still brilliant strategist “Calamity” Jane Bodine (Bullock). In self-imposed retirement following a scandal that earned her nickname and rocked her to her core, Jane is coaxed back into the game for the chance to beat her professional nemesis, the loathsome Pat Candy (Thornton), now coaching the opposition. But as Candy zeroes in on every vulnerability-both on and off the campaign trail-Jane is plunged into a personal crisis as intense as the one her team exploits nationally to boost their numbers. Dramatic, rapid-fire and laced with satire, Our Brand is Crisis reveals the cynical machinations and private battles of world-class political consultants for whom nothing is sacred and winning is all that matters.
Reviews
“Bullock is great fun as the brash, bossy empress of spin doctors and has a feisty chemistry with the snake-like Thornton.” – Daily Express
“Bullock's usual audience might be turned off by her character's dark cynicism, but as meaty political satire this stands tall in a near-empty field.” – Radio Times
“Sparks fly, but the grim cynicism of modern politics adds subversive weight to the film's screwball comedy stylings and has a lot to say about modern politics, in the US as well as abroad.” – Empire Magazine