A raucous capitalist critique, I LOVE BOOSTERS follows a group of shoplifters who take aim at a cutthroat fashion maven in this careening comedy of carefully-controlled chaos from the imagination of writer-director Boots Riley (SORRY TO BOTHER YOU), starring Keke Palmer, Naomi Ackie, Taylour Paige, Poppy Liu, Eiza González, LaKeith Stanfield, Will Poulter, Don Cheadle and Demi Moore.
“There is simply no one making movies like Boots Riley…. Riley, who wrote and directed I LOVE BOOSTERS, has once again delivered a wildly original film that’s meant to provoke discussion and make the audience laugh…. An imaginative anti-capitalist satire that will likely be more visually engaging than many other movies heading to theaters this year.” —Monica Castillo, The Playlist
“Not content with making a modest comedy about stylish shoplifters, Boots Riley’s imaginatively outlandish fast-fashion satire I LOVE BOOSTERS continues the director’s penchant for maximalist social statements…. Sometimes the film is an outright farce, at other points it’s a heist flick, sex comedy, sci-fi adventure and grotesque body horror movie filled with carnival-esque music composed by Tune-Yards. Likewise, the whiplash style juggles minimalist costuming with kaleidoscopic abstract fashion, Looney Tunes inspired pratfalls with jarring claymation, and existential dreamscapes with warped visions of reality.” —Robert Daniels, Screen Daily
“I find it hard to wish Riley would rein himself in when the excess is so much a part of the film’s joy — the sense that we need not limit our imaginations to what the cynical billionaires or disingenuous politicos
insist we must.” —Angie Han, Hollywood Reporter
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