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This film was a surrealistic joy. A little Terry Gilliam, a little Spike Lee.

Boots Riley delves into many themes including gentrification and exploitation of Black people within the genre of sci-fi/fantasy - and it works brilliantly. The main cast was strong; Lakeith Stanfield and Tessa Thompson played the leads very well with their abilities to portray characters who were realistic, yet irregular.

The final act comes completely out of left field but it works due to the bizarre atmosphere and tone the film sets from act one. This movie could have worked well without the spoiler

at the end but I think it helped to give the film that extra layer of "offbeat-ness".

This is a movie worth checking out if you are a fan of offbeat, indie movies. If you enjoy the occasional surreal sci-fi/fantasy film every now and then, definitely put this one on your list to watch

6 years 1 month ago

BarryMojo

I don't think this movie turned out to be what anyone thought it would be...in the best way possible.

6 years 2 months ago

Ebbywebby

Was a bit disappointed with the final act. I think the initial corporate satire was potent enough to carry through to the end. No silly twist was required.

6 years 1 month ago

mcmakattack

Devolves into glorious surrealism

6 years 2 months ago

Siskoid

My favorite movie about a black man putting on a white phone voice to succeed of 2018, Sorry to Bother You IS beautiful to look at (the colors, the way they show the cold calling), clever and versatile in its handling of racial issues, hilarious in the way the most awkward of comedies can be, and more than a little bit nuts. No matter from what angle you come at it, there's something to unpack, possibly something you find bothersome (it's in the title, folks, which comes crashing in at exactly the right time). It's about the unfortunate need to "pass" as a member of the majority if one wants to succeed, about whether or not that's a betrayal of your identity and thus of your culture and everyone in it, about the future (but actually the present) of slavery, about the majority's blindness and effortless and comfortable prejudice, about mind-numbing office life and one's ambitions within that soulless context, and about how there's never a good answer and you're damned anyway. Entertaining and thought-provoking.

5 years 7 months ago

Jeepy

Funny, intelligent and unique, a wild ride. The final act may have surprised many viewers, but it went farther than its corporate setting and identity issues to ask broader reflections about society, power dynamics, political conscience and change.

Surreal with very real questions. Great under every angle.

2 years 8 months ago

boulderman

Interesting with a bonker element about a very real agenda. Good

3 years ago

devilsadvocado

Borrows way too heavily from Michel Gondy's bag of tricks. Imitation is flattery, but this crosses a line.

6 years ago

toopsy

I'm aware I'll get many, many dislikes for being honest here, but: don't waste your time. This movie pushes a very obvious, (anti-white) racist agenda in the same vein as "Get Out". The only non-black person in the main character's posse is, quite randomly, Japanese (for the sake of "diversity", of course). Every single white person in the movie is displayed as incompetent, evil or both. This movie is not "tackling" racism - it IS racist! Dear downvoters, ask yourselves how would a movie where a white person uses their "black voice" for personal gain fare in the same audience?

In reality, it offers nothing in terms of constructive commentary to the "important social issues" it supposedly explores. It's a racist movie masquerading as blaxploitation, with a bizarre twist as its only redeeming quality.

6 years ago