Bullock certainly deserves the support, drawing upon her serious and comedic sides to create a character who might as well have been plucked directly from the world of studio filmmaking: Coffee-jittery and nicotine-deprived, Bodine embodies all the hallmarks of a distaff power agent or studio chief.

Ironically enough, the thing this David Gordon Green-directed smarthouse satire could use most is a good old campaign of its own (the awards-season kind, naturally) to raise its profile, especially given audiences’ typically allergic reaction to anything remotely political in theaters. marketing tactics in the 2002 Bolivian election, first captured in Rachel Boynton’s documentary of the same name. The movie itself is something more of a mess, though designedly so, fictionalizing the incursion of U.S. So, Hollywood, you say you want strong roles for women? How about an American campaign strategist who doesn’t hesitate to stand up to or stare down the candidate poised to become Bolivia’s next president? She’s not the next Erin Brockovich (it’s one thing to litigate carcinogens out of the local water supply and quite another to pump toxins into the system), but as played by Sandra Bullock, “ Our Brand Is Crisis” political spin doctor Jane Bodine is easily one of the best female roles of the last 10 years - which makes it all the more satisfying to learn that it was originally written for “Gravity” co-star George Clooney.

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