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Sorry to Bother You

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1 hr. 45 min.

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In an alternate reality of present-day Oakland, Calif., telemarketer Cassius Green finds himself in a macabre universe after he discovers a magical key that leads to material glory. As Green's career begins to take off, his friends and co-workers organize a protest against corporate oppression. Cassius soon falls under the spell of Steve Lift, a cocaine-snorting CEO who offers him a salary beyond his wildest dreams.

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Critics Consensus

Fearlessly ambitious, scathingly funny, and thoroughly original, Sorry to Bother You loudly heralds the arrival of a fresh filmmaking talent in writer-director Boots Riley.

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Urs P

That movie is bonkers in the best way possible

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

04/14/24

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Ole S

I really wanted to like this movie and a lot of the actors are great but the movie is terrible. Don't waste your time! Trust me!

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

04/07/24

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Alec C

Zany and self-satirizing, this bizarre comedy shows us the insanity of the corporate ladder and the people running it! Cassius Green is trying to earn a decent living by getting a job at a telemarketing firm, only for things to go hilariously wrong. Savagery is in every scene as all social inequalities are shown in shocking twists and turns!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/12/24

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Alec B

A total mess of a satire . . . its all over the place and it disguises randomness as originality.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

01/05/24

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Glen M

an inventive Classic film a work of genius

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

12/09/23

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Ally Moore J

TRIPPY, WEIRD, SILLY, THIS WAS ODDLY ENJOYABLE AND WATCHABLE!

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

12/07/23

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Hannah Giorgis

The Atlantic

Sorry to Bother You is as much a character-driven story about the gentrification of Oakland -- and the Bay Area writ large -- as it is an absurdist anti-capitalist fable.

Sep 10, 2019

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Jourdain Searles

Bitch Media

A hilarious, intelligent, and socially relevant satire of American business and capitalism, and hands-down one of the best films of 2018.

Feb 5, 2019

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Simon Childs

New Statesman

While Sorry to Bother You is off-the-wall and hilariously bizarre, its message is firmly grounded in the recognisable injustice of a system whose decadence is seeing it teetering on the edge of collapse.

Dec 20, 2018

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M.N. Miller

Ready Steady Cut

Stanfield’s talent is undeniable; a method actor at heart and now should become a household name.

Rated: 4.5/5

Aug 16, 2022

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Brian Eggert

Deep Focus Review

If the ultimate goal of Sorry to Bother You is to expose the big-money puppeteers controlling our culture and turning everyday people into corporate, even literal slaves, then Riley was mostly successful.

Rated: 3/4

Mar 11, 2022

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Taylor Baker

Drink in the Movies

...Boots Riley goes for broke, and you'll either go for that or you won't.

Rated: 55/100

Aug 22, 2021

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Synopsis

In an alternate reality of present-day Oakland, Calif., telemarketer Cassius Green finds himself in a macabre universe after he discovers a magical key that leads to material glory. As Green's career begins to take off, his friends and co-workers organize a protest against corporate oppression. Cassius soon falls under the spell of Steve Lift, a cocaine-snorting CEO who offers him a salary beyond his wildest dreams.

Director: Boots Riley
Executive Producer: Michael Y. Chow, Michael K. Shen, Kim Roth, Poppy Hanks, Philipp Engelhorn, Caroline Kaplan, Gus Deardoff
Screenwriter: Boots Riley
Distributor: Annapurna Pictures
Production Co: Significant Prods.
Rating: R (Graphic Nudity|Drug Use|Pervasive Language|Some Strong Sexual Content)
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jul 13, 2018, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Oct 9, 2018
Box Office (Gross USA): $17.5M
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)

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