Our Brand Is Crisis

The film is based around the 2002 Bolivian Presidential Election and the Gonzalo "Goni" Sanchez de Lozada Campaign. The movie starts by introducing us to "Goni" and his flailing campaign and then quickly brings in GCS, Greenberg Carville Shrum, (yes, the... Full review

American mercenary consultants led by James Carville go to Bolivia to influence and control the 2002 Bolivian Presidential Campaign. They claim to represent the candidate who stands the best chance of improving the plight of the Bolivian people, but in... Full review

I'm sometimes asked why I enjoy foreign films, documentaries and independent cinema. The answer is simple, I love learning most things international, and I'm always in search of a different perspective. And you should already know, I have little use... Full review

I have rewatched Our Brand Is Crisis and am changing my review. The documentary film provides amazing access to a group of people (mostly Amercians) trying to change the outcome of a presidential election in Bolivia through instrumental and deceptive... Full review

This film is a documentary about how a group of American political consultants, led by James Carville, helped elect a president in Bolivia.It is a cliché that colonialism is a natural byproduct of the industrial revolution. The need for export... Full review

The film maker and movie are NOT patronizing in any way. The only patronizing is done by the GCC (consulting agency which James Carville is a member). For the most part, it is a great inside look into political campaigns... Full review

It's amusing and yet horrifying to watch the gang from Greenberg, Carville, and Shrum twist this election around to help an unpopular, clearly unqualified candidate win. They are gleeful at every positive turn of the polls. In one scene, Rosner... Full review

Want a reminder of why so many people around the world think Americans are clueless, ignorant and narrow-minded? Go see "Our Brand is Crisis." Rachel Boynton seems shocked that Bolivians use modern campaign techniques: polls, focus groups, etc. Who would... Full review

How to remake the image of a once unpopular president, who is now a candidate and how to market him and sell him to voters, is the basis of this excellent documentary. Rachel Boynton chronicles in vivid detail about the... Full review

Boynton makes the system endlessly fascinating;....Again, the Dolby stereo soundtrack has some acceptable variance in quality depending on source material;.... ... Full Review

Our Brand Is Crisis" is particularly strong at detailing the various ways GCS goes about influencing the Bolivian electorate they want to persuade. Because these Washington, D.C.-based operatives epitomize the state of the art in campaigning, the film lets us in on the way politics works in this country as well. ... Full Review

Director Rachel Boynton follows the collaboration and the resulting chaos in her excellent film, Our Brand is Crisis . The Our Brand is Crisis DVD also includes the theatrical trailer and a commentary track by director Rachel Boynton, whose insights into documentary filmmaking and anecdotes about her time in Bolivia are both entertaining and interesting. ... Full Review

The final image of Our Brand is Crisis is its first: a poor, dispossessed protestor dead in the street mere yards away from the closed doors of his government. Unfortunately, Rosner and CGS experiment in democracy has real-world consequences. ... Full Review

That would be our brand of democracy and "Our Brand Is Crisis" shows how groups like GCS don't study the impact of their outcomes, instead assuming what's good for the U.S. is good for all. This is a strange and troubling melding of different socio-political forces that make you wish that American marketing would just go away, instead of influencing a sovereign nations right to self-rule. ... Full Review

Many movies have action that takes place in Washington D.C. - it's a great way to show how severe a situation is, and the upcoming Transformers 2: Revenge of the Fallen is one of the films that is currently seeking... ... Full Article

Warner Bros. has picked up the feature remaket rights to Our Brand is Crisis , a political documentary by Rachel Boynton, only difference her is that the doc will be reimagined as a dark comedy of which George Clooney will... ... Full Article

In an era when videos posted directly on You Tube can instantly be seen by millions, its a wonder that anyone actually bothers to shoot films anymore. Yet the art of filmmaking remains an International creative itch thats currently being ... Full Article

As Condoleezza Rice recently explained, the civil war in Iraq is not a crisis, but an opportunity, a happy thought that should brighten the spirits of the families of 30,000 dead Iraqis (give or take). ... Full Article

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. ... Full Article

The subtext of "Our Brand is Crisis," a riveting documentary by Rachel Boynton about the American political consultants who helped elect Gonzalo Sanchez de Lozada, popularly known as Goni, as president of Bolivia in 2002 goes something like this. American-style ... Full Article