"Sorry to Bother You," but You Have to Watch this Movie!

            Where to begin? The amazing way it imitated the clustered feeling working in a call center gives, the commentary on cellphone manufacturing companies using child labor in the Congo, and how detached from reality some insanely rich CEOs may be. The film tells the story of a call center employee who succeeds in his job by imitating a white person’s voice. The story takes place in the near future, not so far, managing to keep it credible. “Sorry to Bother You,” exemplifies how giant corporations screw their employees over, literally. 

            The setting is very well designed. Having hundreds of people in small cubicles fill a moderate office space, they brought to life the clustered feeling working in a call center gives. This film demonstrates how even the most soul-sucking job becomes bearable because of certain coworkers. 

            “Sorry to Bother You” uses the characters it contains to comment on hot issues. The commentary that stood out the most was that of cellphone manufacturing companies using child labor in Africa to obtain essential elements. Keeping recent reports of children mining cobalt for batteries in the Congo, the message this film sends hits deeper.  

            The time this film takes place in enables certain elements of the movie to be absurd, giving way to comedic relief. Some characters may appear odd and actions implausible, but with it taking place in the future, anything is possible.  This amazing comedy is so well constructed, it takes the comment it wants to make, and portrays it in an enjoyable form that truly resonates. 

This dark comedy portrays insanely rich CEOs as so detached from reality, that they treat their employees as guinea pigs. Lakeith Stanfield did a great job in leading this story forward, and Tessa Thompson provided a nice yin-and-yang effect, giving way to great chemistry on screen!

            Check the movie out when you can, and give it time to simmer, it took me a good twenty-four hours to realize I actually liked it. So again, sorry to bother you, but please watch this movie!