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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. The film gives a fictionalized account of the involvement of American political campaign strategists Greenberg Carville Shrum (GCS) in the 2002 Bolivian presidential election .
Oct 30, 2015 · Our Brand Is Crisis is very loosely based on a true story—the 2002 Bolivian presidential election when famed political strategist James Carville helped get Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada reelected to Bolivia’s highest office. The real-life events did not have a happy ending: Bolivians tirelessly demonstrated against his rule, their discontent culminating in an October 2003 standoff between ...
- David Gordon Green
Oct 30, 2015 · Our Brand is Crisis stumbles in turning the 2002 Bolivian presidential election into a cohesive dramedy but the film is packed with memorable humor - especially Green's version of a mountainside car chase. Viewers who understand that Our Brand is Crisis is not a definitive retelling of the real life Lozada campaign (which resulted in tumultuous ...
- Ben Kendrick
Oct 29, 2015 · David Gordon Green ’s Our Brand is Crisis is an unusual animal. On some level, it’s a conventional underdog story. But it’s set in such a foreign locale – literally and figuratively ...
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Cast Sandra Bullock, Billy Bob Thornton, Anthony Mackie, Joaquim De Almeida, Ann Dowd, Scoot McNairy, Zoe Kazan. Director David Gordon Green. 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 ...
Oct 29, 2015 · Though not without its entertaining moments—the cast, led by Sandra Bullock, is energetic, sharp and gets a fair number of juicy bits to rock out with. But as a whole, “Our Brand is Crisis” is a messy affair that sputters along when it should be humming with assured cynical momentum. It begins poorly, with an odd montage intercut to ...
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Sep 18, 2015 · She cares about winning, and the movie reinforces the narrative that politics is just a game. It's a game that has a real impact on people's lives, but a game nonetheless. Policy doesn’t even ...
