Sorry to Bother You (2018)

Cast

Armie Hammer
as Steve Lift
Tessa Thompson
as Detroit
Rosario Dawson
as Voice in Elevator
Lily James
as Detroit's White British Voice

Get more information about Sorry to Bother You (2018) on IMDb

Genres & Description

Comedy Fantasy Sci-Fi

7.1 / 10

In an alternate version of Oakland, Cassius Green gets a telemarketing job and finds the commission paid job a dispiriting struggle as a black man selling to predominately white people over the phone. That changes when a veteran advises him to use his "white voice," and the attitude behind it to make himself more appealing to customers. With a bizarrely high-pitched accent, Cassius becomes a success even as his colleagues form a union to improve their miserable jobs. Regardless, Cassius finds himself promoted a "Power Caller" selling the most morally abhorrent but lucrative products and services as his connection to his girlfriend and colleagues fades away. However, Cassius' conscience arises anew as he finds himself in the midst of his boss' bizarre world of condescending bigoted decadence and his sinister plans to create the perfect subservient work force with Cassius' help.

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Comments on this trailer
Comments may include spoiler!

Neha Tandon

Need me some more Hammer😘 - @Friday, November 23, 2018 3:17 PM

Shelia Paige

Can't wait to see this one nice👍👍👍👍👍 - @Saturday, November 17, 2018 7:49 PM

Kikunis

Excellent movie. It's refreshing to see a US movie which central theme is class struggle. I appreciate Spike Lee's works, but he's way too focused on the race issue (important, yes, and necessary in a society racist to the bone), disregarding the class themes. This movie talks about BOTH issues, and that's why I truly liked it. Watch it :) - @Saturday, November 17, 2018 3:17 PM

Kobi Luke

SPOILER ALERT; DO NOT WATCH THIS TRAILER. The trailer gives away the WHOLE plot of the film not just the premise. LITERALLY!!!! - @Friday, November 16, 2018 7:17 PM

Cindy Chinthia

1:25 Glenn? - @Saturday, November 10, 2018 7:43 AM

Nick

The movie was top class and out of this world. The only people who would dislike this are KKK remnants and people who feel threatened by people of color. - @Friday, November 9, 2018 8:07 PM

Jimmy Bussenius

Interesting, I have to see this after reading some reviews. I thought it was suicide doing a movie in Hollywood criticizing capitalism - @Sunday, November 4, 2018 10:52 AM

Jacob McCaslin

People horsin’ around in the comments haven't seen the movie yet.. - @Thursday, November 1, 2018 11:18 PM

Dire Straits

There is a reason Danny Glover tells him to use his white voice. Sadly although they will never admit it even black people trust a white voice over a black one. - @Saturday, October 27, 2018 10:11 PM

WillBrink

Hard to describe this one as anything but utterly creative, refreshing, and all over the place, and can't really be categorizeed. It's funny, it's dark, it's strange. Directed by Boots Riley, it has a stellar cast all around. It was obviously done on a budget, but they did a solid job of using it wisely. It's rare to see modern movies working on so many levels and clearly not just trying to appeal to the lowest common denominator of viewers. It takes a look at culture, greed run amok, friendship, an alternative future, and horse-humans... See it! A- - @Saturday, October 27, 2018 10:08 PM

Top Bull****s

The actor is really good but the movie is the worst movie i've ever seen and i've seen way too many movies.Do not waist eaven a minute. - @Wednesday, October 24, 2018 9:12 PM

BstinkiN

Saw this movie yesterday. Not at all what i was expecting. It starts off what i was expecting, then takes a hard right turn without warning hahaha - @Monday, October 22, 2018 6:30 PM

Manu Shapopi

The most wtf movie ever. If you agree, like this and don't spoil anything for those who didn't watch it yet. - @Wednesday, October 17, 2018 11:45 AM

RdA

LOL @ "I'm not talking about Will Smith white & Terry Crews with hair! - @Tuesday, October 16, 2018 10:35 PM

Lucrezia Grey

rewatched the trailer to see if there was any clue on how crazy this movie got... it's not just about the call centers.... - @Monday, October 15, 2018 5:32 AM

Божественная Свет

looks funny az.... 👌 - @Friday, October 12, 2018 12:37 PM

raquel ribeiro

Gleen? - @Friday, October 12, 2018 1:43 AM

justin case

is this like a black wolf of the 22nd jump street ? - @Friday, October 12, 2018 12:03 AM

Albee_ Fuqtifanno

Oh my was I disappointed. Here is a film touted by America's critics as the finest of satire, the film proved to be hopeless.The theme is Faustian: sell your soul to the devil and reap the earthly rewards, and the production itself, the look and 'feel' of the film, has the lack of spirit and the failure of the film is inescapable. The film's critics stems from their desire for something non-Hollywood; new, fresh, different. And I share their desire. But this film? Amateur Night. Only that. - @Thursday, October 11, 2018 7:35 PM

Reese Vale

this reminds me of blackkklansman without the police and klans - @Wednesday, October 10, 2018 4:54 PM

Sakajeua

this looks so bad why does it have good ratings on imdb - @Wednesday, October 10, 2018 2:30 PM

Mike2014

There is so much black on white hate now-a-days that this sheet isn't funny. This won't be a big hit sadly. - @Tuesday, October 9, 2018 9:46 PM

ppssiihhooddeelliikk

Yet another race baiting low IQ movie. - @Tuesday, October 9, 2018 7:55 PM

fazly rabby prince

guys how is the movie ? welp me and save my time - @Tuesday, October 9, 2018 4:17 PM

SCNDL3SS96

lol just the sales world - @Tuesday, October 9, 2018 2:44 PM

La Ratatouille

[QUOTE/] _It is critical that workers believe they have a chance to ascend, so they will keep working. And it’s critical that the wealthy believe they’ll never fall off their perches, so they’ll keep taking chances, keep investing._ *_The wealthy now have control of the US political system._*_ They can donate as much as they want to candidates who, after they win office, are beholden to their donors._ *_The wealthy grow wealthier, the middle class shrinks and the number of poor people swells._*_ By depicting a clash between workers and management, Sorry to Bother You couldn’t feel more relevant. In fact, by looking at the present moment through the lens of class warfare, the film will eventually be seen as ahead of its time._ [/QUOTE] https://www.theguardian.com/film/2018/aug/19/sorry-to-bother-you-is-this-the-most-anti-capitalist-film-ever (I would never have thought that I would quote an article from The Guardian) We are all together in this *insane worldwide rat race.* I *invest* myself in 2 projects : *Multilingual kindergartens* to open kids to other cultures & *"Maurice île durable"* ( *"Smart Mauritius"* , a microcosme). Things that I enjoy & that can be useful for us, the People, the Servum Pecus in order to build & live in a better society. - @Monday, October 1, 2018 2:40 PM

Daniel Vidigal

I saw that trailer and for a minute i thought that Danny Brown had his teeth redone and was now acting too. - @Tuesday, September 25, 2018 11:38 PM

Hamza Sgayar

This is diffirent !! - @Sunday, September 9, 2018 5:18 PM

DividualRecordings

This Looks Spectacular! - @Friday, September 7, 2018 4:01 PM

Jane Seymore

L?! - @Thursday, September 6, 2018 5:22 AM

CelticBlood

more neomarxist propaganda. Blacks always the victims,poor them. These poor little things that.commit more than 52 por cent of the crimes and kill everybody,especially other blacks. "they were.enslaved",so as chinese people and look where they are. Chinese are the best at.everything and blacks just bad.about.everything and.whyning about everything,thinking they are always victims of the white man. The white man that help them for more than 50 years through welfare state and what they have done with this help? NOTHING!But they are always victims and white people get shot and killed by cops many times more than blacks - @Monday, September 3, 2018 7:24 PM

Derek Masuda

The production design is quite interesting as well! - @Monday, September 3, 2018 5:36 PM

YourFriend Wez

Glen!!!! - @Wednesday, August 29, 2018 5:19 PM

GenieY23

Why would I pay to watch this movie if this trailer showed it all? - @Saturday, August 25, 2018 2:01 PM

Lewis Copland

Ho'boy, I see the right-wing is out in force in the comments and totally failing to grasp the point of the movie. - @Saturday, August 25, 2018 10:46 AM

davevad9

Looks great. Makes me think a lot of Linsay Anderson's 1974 film 'Oh, Lucky Man.' Shame this seems like it's not getting a UK theatrical release. - @Friday, August 24, 2018 6:01 PM

Jose Buldias

It's funny how y'all are making a point to say its racist when they say use your white voice but forget that this joke ain't nothing new! When Richard Pryor was doing jokes y'all was laughing and agreeing with his sentiment. - @Wednesday, August 22, 2018 8:01 PM

Abu-Bakr Sharif

Tessa Thompson O M G!!!😍😍😍 - @Tuesday, August 21, 2018 3:42 AM

cine pobre

I am a North Korean Mexican Italian and do best with my Barry White voice - @Sunday, August 19, 2018 11:52 PM

yereverluvinuncleber

Most strange but I don't get it. Probably as I'm English and white and rather posh. - @Sunday, August 19, 2018 10:29 PM

justgivemethetruth

Did I see Steve Yuen from Walking Dead in there? Ugh, that is sad. - @Sunday, August 19, 2018 8:18 PM

Joe X

Worst movie I've seen in forever. Dont waste money on this. Its not funny. 1 or 2 laughs throughout. Rest of the time your trying to figure out wtf was going through their minds when they made this trash. - @Saturday, August 18, 2018 11:40 PM

Mateen Missaghi

GET OUT - @Saturday, August 18, 2018 8:11 PM

Danny Karel

It's amazing how much of the movie this trailer gives away - @Saturday, August 18, 2018 7:13 PM

Uli Kdmabaalz

Better dead than red - @Thursday, August 16, 2018 7:40 AM

Jeff Lima

Well, I gotta give them credit for not giving away the whole movie in the trailer. - @Monday, August 6, 2018 5:54 PM

eden cofa

bring it to australia! - @Monday, August 6, 2018 7:30 AM

MrRobot600

Seems boring. I know the film is not completely about telemarketing, but from the trailer it seems to show its a central point. Hopefully, the trailer is just a bad representation of the movie. - @Monday, August 6, 2018 7:04 AM

who knows

I worked in a telemarketing call center many moons ago (many many... many). The most successful guy was able to change his voice to fit the region he was calling. If he called NY, he sounded like a new yorker. If calling Texas, he had a texas accent. "how ya doin' there good buddy" (his actual words) - @Sunday, August 5, 2018 5:37 AM

morganfitzp

Why does Hollywood still give us trailers that reveal the entire plot of the movie? - @Saturday, August 4, 2018 5:49 PM