Review of Sorry to Bother You (2018) by Hajin — 25 Jul 2018

This movie starts off really strong. The first 40 minutes or so is fantastic -- it's quirky, but absolutely hilarious. There's solid pacing, some great scenes, and just a great vibe to it. It might have a message, but it's self aware in a way and keeps it light.

But then, the tone starts to shift and the comedy starts to fade out. The jokes become less frequent and not as funny. The main plot drags a little and a few subplots that never have a payoff pop up. And then near the very end, it just really takes a nose dive in quality and gives up funny and quirky for just flat out weird, but - again - weird with no real payoff.

It started off so great, but it feels like they didn't really know exactly what to do with the story in the second half. It's a shame though, because this would be a classic if it had stayed more tonally consistent and there were better writing in the second half.