Our Brand Is Crisis is not just for political junkies and should be widely seen and discussed.
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03/01/07
Our Brand Is Crisis (2005)
92 %
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Reviews Counted: 38
Fresh: 35
Rotten:3
Average Rating: 7.3/10
Runtime: 87 mins
Genre: Foreign Films
Synopsis: Rachel Boynton's excellent, probing documentary goes behind-the-scenes to show the manipulation and orchestration that is involved in big-time political campaigning. OUR BRAND IS CRISIS follows members of the consulting firm of... [More]
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11/11/06
Absolutely riveting study of boneheaded intervention by James Carville consultants in Bolivian politics. Nearly as grotesque as Woody Allen's "Bananas".
10/04/06
Subject matter dominates over filmmaking craft in Rachel Boynton's somewhat sloppy but otherwise riveting documentary.
08/18/06
Purporting to expose the role of American public-relations companies in foreign political campaigns, Our Brand Is Crisis is never more than a dull and confused film about Bolivia's 2003 presidential election.
08/17/06
Politics and mass communication are the volatile subjects of Rachel Boynton's information-packed documentary.
07/27/06
It's tough not to root for them to succeed. That's a testament to Boynton's skill with the narrative.
07/27/06
It's a galling and provocative experience to viewers of any political persuasion, and a reminder to the left of how easily idealism can run amok.
07/01/06
Boynton's film explores the inescapable link between American democracy and capitalism and why what seems to work for us can be so disastrous elsewhere.
06/17/06
Boynton asks: That's the democracy we want to export? For well-paid political consultants like Carville, it's a rhetorical question.
04/14/06
Boynton's main concerns are the exportation of American image advisers to other countries, and the notion that this faith in marketing is inherent in America's democratic ideology.
04/14/06
Unlikely as it sounds, a documentary that details with jaw-dropping candor how contemporary political campaigning works at the highest levels of government is set not in this country but in the far-off reaches of Bolivia.
04/13/06
Top Critic Rachel Boynton’s painfully timely film is actually a full-court tragedy -- the sorry tale of a battle won and a war lost.
04/13/06
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