Sorry to Bother You

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BBFC RatingSorry to Bother You

Certificate15
Year2018
GenreComedy, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Director(s)Boots Riley
LanguageEnglish
CountryUSA
Running Time1HR 52MINS
SeasonMain Programme

A mild-mannered call centre operator whizzes up the corporate ladder after he discovers a unique ability to adopt a "white voice" in writer-director Boots Riley's breathlessly inventive satire.

With Cassius Green's (Lakeith Stanfield) newly discovered talent, it's not long before he rises through the ranks of his company, moving closer to the inner circle of coke-snorting entrepreneur Steve Lift (Armie Hammer). But as Cassius soon discovers, Steve has some disturbing ambitions for him and the cost of success could be more than just alienation from both his colleagues and activist girlfriend Detroit (Tessa Thompson).

Bursting with ideas, visual panache and caustic wit, Riley acerbically lampoons office life and offers savage commentary on the young African-American experience. Joining a triumphant new wave of radical black cinema, Sorry to Bother You establishes Riley as a filmmaking force to be reckoned with.

- Paul Ridd, BFI London Film Festival

“It is so daring, it is so ambitious, it is so thrilling and weird and pointed and powerful. I never knew where it was going.” – CHRISTY LEMIRE, WHAT THE FLICK?!


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