This documentary by first-time director Boynton proves democracy and capitalism are disturbingly intertwined.

| Sep 22, 2020

Full Review | Original Score: B+ | Feb 1, 2013

Our Brand Is Crisis is not just for political junkies and should be widely seen and discussed.

| Mar 1, 2007

The movie is both frightening and ironically funny, sometimes both.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Nov 24, 2006

Absolutely riveting study of boneheaded intervention by James Carville consultants in Bolivian politics. Nearly as grotesque as Woody Allen's "Bananas".

| Oct 4, 2006

Crisis is angry and intrigued at the same time, and so are we.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Sep 20, 2006

Subject matter dominates over filmmaking craft in Rachel Boynton's somewhat sloppy but otherwise riveting documentary.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Aug 18, 2006

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.

| Original Score: C | Aug 17, 2006

Politics and mass communication are the volatile subjects of Rachel Boynton's information-packed documentary.

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/4 | Jul 27, 2006

It's tough not to root for them to succeed. That's a testament to Boynton's skill with the narrative.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Jul 27, 2006

Our Brand Is Crisis scares me...

| Original Score: B | Jul 2, 2006

It's a galling and provocative experience to viewers of any political persuasion, and a reminder to the left of how easily idealism can run amok.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Jul 1, 2006

Insightful if not altogether objective.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jun 24, 2006

Boynton's film explores the inescapable link between American democracy and capitalism and why what seems to work for us can be so disastrous elsewhere.

| Original Score: B | Jun 17, 2006

Boynton asks: That's the democracy we want to export? For well-paid political consultants like Carville, it's a rhetorical question.

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/4 | Apr 14, 2006

Boynton's main concerns are the exportation of American image advisers to other countries, and the notion that this faith in marketing is inherent in America's democratic ideology.

Full Review | Apr 14, 2006

Unlikely as it sounds, a documentary that details with jaw-dropping candor how contemporary political campaigning works at the highest levels of government is set not in this country but in the far-off reaches of Bolivia.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Apr 13, 2006

It takes awhile to get to its point, but it has one.

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/4 | Apr 13, 2006

Rachel Boynton's painfully timely film is actually a full-court tragedy -- the sorry tale of a battle won and a war lost.

Full Review | Apr 13, 2006

Fascinating doc about how Bolivia markets its chief executive.

| Original Score: B+ | Apr 11, 2006