Just back from Rachel Boynton's documentary Our Brand Is Crisis (currently at Film Forum). The film gives us a look behind the scenes of Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada's 2002 run for the Bolivian presidency, wherein the unpopular "Goni" tries to rescue his floundering campaign by bringing in the American consulting firm Greenberg Carville Shrum (who have since rebranded themselves [ahem] "Democracy Corps").
In other words, sort of like Some Kind of Monster, but for political junkies. Highly recommended.
Check out reviews by David Edelstein, Chris Barsanti, The Onion A.V. Club's Nathan Rabin, and Salon.com's Andrew O'Hehir for more... (yes, it's Salon, so you have to watch an ad first, but as of this writing, it's a fairly painless spot for Season 6 of The Sopranos).
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