CAST:Sandra Bullock, Joaquim de Almeida, Billy Bob Thornton, Anthony Mackie, Scoot McNairy
DIRECTION:David Gordon Green
GENRE:Drama
DURATION:1 hour 49 minutes
STORY: Jane (Sandra Bullock) is a disgraced political consultant who is forced to end her sabbatical and strategise the Presidential campaign for Senator Castillo (Joaquim de Almeida). The fact that her arch nemesis Pat Candy (Billy Bob Thornton) is driving the campaign for another candidate, who happens to be the front-runner, marks her comeback. Turns out, Jane seeks redemption and not victory to prove her mettle. While continuing her battle with depression and a string of OCD's, can she outwit and outplay her sharp opponent, who is always a step ahead. Does she regain her lost glory by resorting to playing dirty or would she rather put her infamous past behind and start afresh?
REVIEW: Though predominantly a political satire, Our Brand Is Crisis also deals with finding and forgiving oneself. It attempts to analyse the conflict that stems from the principles that one must sacrifice to meet professional demands, where deception is the key.
You can trust Sandra Bullock to breathe life into a stone or a lackluster script for that matter with her portrayal of girl-next-door vulnerabilities and self-doubt. She can be clumsy, shrewd, eccentric... all at the same time. However, take her away and the film is reduced to being an inconsistent mishmash of comedy and drama, which oscillates between smart and silly, leaning towards the latter. Barring a few tactics, the contest between Jane and Candy seems predominantly juvenile so their efforts to outsmart each don't quite work.
Bullock even flashes her butt to Candy, (as a winning gesture), killing the sensibility of the film. Billy Bob Thornton is terribly wasted. Lack of focus, clarity as far as the film's script and agenda is concerned is a major hindrance.
As a film about a woman embarking on the path of self-discovery, caught between marketing and the media, the film works. As a tale on political one-upmanship, it doesn't.
STORY: Jane (Sandra Bullock) is a disgraced political consultant who is forced to end her sabbatical and strategise the Presidential campaign for Senator Castillo (Joaquim de Almeida). The fact that her arch nemesis Pat Candy (Billy Bob Thornton) is driving the campaign for another candidate, who happens to be the front-runner, marks her comeback. Turns out, Jane seeks redemption and not victory to prove her mettle. While continuing her battle with depression and a string of OCD's, can she outwit and outplay her sharp opponent, who is always a step ahead. Does she regain her lost glory by resorting to playing dirty or would she rather put her infamous past behind and start afresh?
REVIEW: Though predominantly a political satire, Our Brand Is Crisis also deals with finding and forgiving oneself. It attempts to analyse the conflict that stems from the principles that one must sacrifice to meet professional demands, where deception is the key.
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You can trust Sandra Bullock to breathe life into a stone or a lackluster script for that matter with her portrayal of girl-next-door vulnerabilities and self-doubt. She can be clumsy, shrewd, eccentric... all at the same time. However, take her away and the film is reduced to being an inconsistent mishmash of comedy and drama, which oscillates between smart and silly, leaning towards the latter. Barring a few tactics, the contest between Jane and Candy seems predominantly juvenile so their efforts to outsmart each don't quite work.
Bullock even flashes her butt to Candy, (as a winning gesture), killing the sensibility of the film. Billy Bob Thornton is terribly wasted. Lack of focus, clarity as far as the film's script and agenda is concerned is a major hindrance.
As a film about a woman embarking on the path of self-discovery, caught between marketing and the media, the film works. As a tale on political one-upmanship, it doesn't.
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