"Now's not the time for nuance!"
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Co-starring Poppy Liu, Eiza González, LaKeith Stanfield, Will Poulter, and an unrecognizable Don Cheadle, the film is an unabashed cry against overseas sweatshop factory working conditions and the twisted economics of fast fashion, doubling as a call to unite for workers' rights against corporate mistreatment. Everyone dials it up to eleven as they elevate the often bizarre but cautionary material about societal division.
Riley employs hyper-stylized stop-motion animation, miniatures, basic effects, and other inventive yet tried filmmaking techniques to fully realize his gonzo allegorical tale of consumer revenge. His bedazzled cast of all-star players hype up the material through physical comedy, wild costuming, and big performances that highlight how the wealthy elite have effectively divided members of the working class against each other.
After his first wildly ambitious film, Sorry to Bother You, and dizzying television series, I'm A Virgo, Riley has refined his high-concept, anti-gravity cinematic style and surreal socialist aesthetic to better results. I Love Boosters wondrously balances its absurdly maximalist realities with some unfortunately very real elements of our current economic wasteland to advocate for the labour movement while criticizing runaway capitalism. It's a comically sophisticated fairytale vision of democratic socialism that is entertaining throughout. Finally, it also features maybe the most creative and artistic depiction of cinematic cunnilingus ever.
I Love Boosters screened at the opening night of the 2026 Seattle International Film Festival as part of the New American Cinema program.
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