Sorry to Bother You

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Sorry to Bother You was something of an interesting experience to watch in theaters. I watched this movie  having occasionally seen ads, and never sure of what exactly the plot was going to be. It was enough to get my interest. It started off by going in what seemed like a normal direction. The film follows Cashis Green (played by Lakeith Stanfield) as he rises through the ranks as a telemarketer. For most of the movie, he seems like he's kind of just going through the motions. His girlfriend Detroit (played by Tessa Thompson) and his friends (played by Steven Yeun and Jermaine Fowler) are much more extreme with their personal beliefs, going so far as to quit their jobs until they get better pay. This kind of movie seems like one of you've seen multiple times before, but writer and director Boots Riley tells the story in a unique, almost drug trip kind of way. Without giving anything away. Once the character Steve Lift (played by Armie Hammer) enters into the film, this movie really takes a weird direction that I really didn't see coming. This movie has a pretty strong anti-capitalist leaning, but is easily the best movie since Fight Club to really tackle this subject. It's weird. It's surreal, but you can never really predict where exactly it's going to go or how it's going to get there, which is why I really do have to recommend watching this movie.

9 / 10