Movie Review: Sorry To Bother You

Movie Review: Sorry To Bother You

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The idea of Sorry To Bother You intrigued me mainly because it was promoted as a comedy set in a telemarketing Call Centre. In my past I’ve wandered around a market research phone room for many years, listening in on interviewers undertaking surveys . I say ‘undertaking’ but you’d be surprised at the number of creative ways people circumvented this task. So what did I think?

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The story focuses on Oakland resident Cassicus Green (Lakeith Stanfield) a down on his luck guy who lands a job in the RegaView Call Centre. To keep the job and pay off a mountain of debt all he has to do is stick to the script.

When a fellow worker Langston (Danny Glover) suggests he use his “white voice” Green thinks it’s a joke. But the strategy pays off and he soon finds himself moving up the ranks to become a much heralded Power Caller.

Working on the gilded Power Caller floor the money starts rolling in, but he also learns more about the company he’s working for and the not so moral billionaire behind it (Armie Hammer).

Green’s moment has come but he’s soon forced to choose between greed and ethics. To help make this decision is activist, artist girlfriend Detroit (Tessa Thompson) who has the best range of earings ever seen in a movie.

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The film is a debut feature from Boots Riley, activist and frontman rapper of political hip-hop band The Coup. It touches on issues of capitalism and workers’ rights.

There were several very funny sequences, especially for someone with Call Centre experience. In addition the idea of nirvana (where you have a bed, meals and a job) which looks every bit like prison, was priceless.

Three quarters of the movie was a good, fun ride, but the last act twisted the movie into an alternate universe, which was a little jarring in the same movie. The movie won’t be for everyone. If you like your comedies politically incorrect with a touch of weird check it out. Go with an open mind.

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