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Where my love for Lakeith Stanfield started. This movie is actually so gas I need to do my yearly rewatch.
May 6, 2025
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God I love this movie so damn much. I watched it again recently as part of a local film club, and it's just as good as I remember it being when it first came out. For a movie that is effectively a comedy, it touches upon so many themes and genres. It's just the right kind of weird.
Nov 1, 2024
"𝗜𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗴𝗲𝘁 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝗮 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗯𝗹𝗲𝗺 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗻𝗼 𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗮 𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗼 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗹 𝗶𝘁, 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗱𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗴𝗲𝘁 𝘂𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗯𝗹𝗲𝗺"
cassius green, upon getting a new job as a telemarketer, is encouraged to use his "white voice" in order to do well at the company. as he continues mounting successes, he eventually gets promoted to "power caller," getting caught in the middle between his fellow workers trying to unionize and the higher ups trying to further drive a wedge between them
absolutely insane, stellar performances from the entire cast, particularly lakeith stanfield and david cross as cassius. you may have been spoiled for one of the twists in this movie, watch it anyway. it will be an absolute roller coaster regardless
i'm genuinely surprised this didn't massively blow up. i know i'm biased bc i love absurdism and it's not for everybody, but especially in light of a lot of anticapitalist/eat the rich media that made waves in recent years (parasite, the menu, triangle of sadness, etc.) it feels like the only reason this one didn't reach more ubiquity is that boots riley probably didn't want to play ball with the "hollywood" of it all (related, u should watch maggie mae fish's video essay on the movie as well lol)
anyways, this movie is great, one of my all time favorites. peep "i'm a virgo" too if you wanna watch more of riley's stuff
Apr 15, 2024
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I love this movie with my whole heart and I’ve rewatched it about a thousand times. It was one of the first movies where I felt crazy connected to a character.
Jun 12, 2025
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People love underground artists until they go main stream and that shit sucks. Anyways this song goes hard 🧎🏼♀️
May 6, 2025