Quartile rating: 6/10 · 1 rating
Based on the documentary "Our Brand Is Crisis", this feature focuses on the use of American political campaign strategies in South America.
Our Brand Is Crisis (2015) is a political dramedy that squanders an intriguing premise — American campaign consultants meddling in Bolivian elections — with an unfocused script that can't decide whether it wants to be satire or character study. Sandra Bullock commits to her role and elevates the material, and the setting provides some genuine novelty given how rarely Hollywood dramatizes Latin American politics, but the film ultimately feels like a missed opportunity. The cinematography is workmanlike, the ending deflates rather than lands, and the narrative struggles to develop compelling stakes or sharp enough comedic teeth to distinguish itself meaningfully from similarly themed political films.