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Boosters follows up Riley’s 2018 movie, Sorry to Bother You, an absurdist black comedy starring Stanfield as a code-switching telemarketer who gains success but loses his identity.
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Jada Yuan, Vulture, 13 Mar. 2026
The film mixes absurdist comedy and action, including a preposterous rooftop escape and a thrillingly disorienting car chase on desert roads.
—Jordan Hoffman, Entertainment Weekly, 11 Mar. 2026
The film is fiercely feminist, a little punk, more than a bit surreal, leaning much heavier on absurdist romance than horror and, ultimately, an unnatural force of nature.
—Mark Meszoros, Boston Herald, 5 Mar. 2026
That aside, the film’s barrage of scenes, sketches, shout-outs and absurdist scenarios leading up to the climactic wine-making championship are largely harmless flights of farce.
—Los Angeles Times, 27 Feb. 2026
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Jada Yuan, Vulture, 13 Mar. 2026
The film mixes absurdist comedy and action, including a preposterous rooftop escape and a thrillingly disorienting car chase on desert roads.
—Jordan Hoffman, Entertainment Weekly, 11 Mar. 2026
The film is fiercely feminist, a little punk, more than a bit surreal, leaning much heavier on absurdist romance than horror and, ultimately, an unnatural force of nature.
—Mark Meszoros, Boston Herald, 5 Mar. 2026
That aside, the film’s barrage of scenes, sketches, shout-outs and absurdist scenarios leading up to the climactic wine-making championship are largely harmless flights of farce.
—Los Angeles Times, 27 Feb. 2026
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“Absurdist.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/absurdist. Accessed 17 Mar. 2026.
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