Sorry to Bother
You starts off by presenting itself as a movie trying to attack how much
we rely on ignorance about what wealthy companies do with our freedom. It also
critiques the way capitalism consumes the existence of those who aren’t in the
top one percent. Finally, the movie tries to address racial discrepancies in
how people are treated based on how they sound.
All of the above
makes it seem like you’re about to watch a movie with a strong political
statement, masked with enough comedy to keep you glued. I have to apologize to
those who found this movie entertaining and its message worth experiencing
because, to me, this movie was crap.
The acting
didn’t jump out at you. Our lead, Cassius (Lakeith Stanfield), is looking for a
job in an economy that seems to have drained the whole society. He lives in his
uncle’s garage and is barely getting by. He lands a job in telemarketing and
tries to make as many sales as possible to earn enough commission to build a
life.
On TV, there’s a
constant ad for a company offering people free food, accommodation, and no
utility bills—if they’re willing to sign their lives away. The catch? You’ll
live in a dormitory-like setting with no privacy.
Cassius
considers this but chooses not to be trapped. At work, his colleagues are
organizing to push back against the company, but instead of joining them, he
stabs his friends in the back. He takes a promotion due to his outstanding
performance, choosing money over loyalty.
Things start to
unravel quickly. He loses his girlfriend and soon discovers the cruel
intentions of the company offering a “free life.” He then realizes who he’s
really working for.
If you still
choose to see this movie, I wish you luck because I think the message has been
better extracted here in this review.
To me, it felt
like a short film stretched over too many reels. The message could have been
delivered in 15 minutes instead of the over-an-hour-and-a-half runtime they
used to convey it. People are already aware of these issues and, frankly, don’t
care.
Yes, we know
what Facebook is doing with our personal data, but we still don’t care. We
continue to post on social media despite all the negative things we’ve heard.
Fake news is
spreading, and we’ve become workhorses for these companies. We don’t get paid
for the money we help them make but are fed anxiety and fleeting pleasures
instead.
Yes, everyone is
aware of the crimes committed by these tech giants, but we don’t care because
we’re hooked. We’re hooked, and this movie kept losing itself in the obscure
reality of things, failing to entertain even a little.
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