Sorry to Bother You(2018)

_Sorry To Bother You is “unapollogetic”, “unafraid”, “imaginative”._ These are the reviews of audiences, and critics; it’s hard to find someone that didn’t like this movie (unless you’re going to burrow through the Rotten Tomatoes audience reviews, in which case I’m sorry.) The cast is packed with familiar faces: Lakeith Stanfield (as Cassius) who also happened to be in _Get Out_, Jermaine Fowler who had just…

Reviewed on July 19, 2018

Such a great level of surrealism. I love when the setting is completely believeable, normal people, who could easily be from our world, but their's is totally weird. One criticism I will give is the imperfections in the dubbing, normally not a big deal, but dubbing is so absolutely **vital** to the story of _Sorry to Bother You_ that it is hard to get past. It was still a very pleasant surprise though, one I…

Reviewed on January 20, 2019

**_A sharp satire that runs a little too long and takes a bizarre left-turn that will alienate many_** > _In my view, corporations are illegitimate institutions of tyrannical power, with intellectual roots not unlike those of fascism and Bolshevism._ > [...] > _We can - and should - certainly begin pointing out that corporations are fundamentally illegitimate, and that they don't have to exist at all in their…

Reviewed on July 2, 2019

This film is about the way capitalism corrupts people & society in pursuit of unsustainable growth that inherently comes from exploiting the lower class. It uses a lot of absurdist & dark humor, both to reflect the absurd reality in which we live, but also to engage people with themes that aren't often discussed in film, at least not to this degree of honesty. While the film is overall quite cynical about the state…

Reviewed on November 19, 2025