I Love Boosters Review Praises Keke Palmer in Boots Riley's 1h 45m Fashion-Crime Fantasia
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Updated · The New York Times · May 21
I Love Boosters Review Praises Keke Palmer in Boots Riley's 1h 45m Fashion-Crime Fantasia
8 articles · Updated · The New York Times · May 21
Keke Palmer anchors “I Love Boosters” as Corvette, a broke Bay Area aspiring designer who shoplifts luxury goods and resells them through her Velvet Gang.
Boots Riley frames the 1h 45m film as a vivid clash between fashion and justice, with monochrome store worlds, reality-bending sci-fi and a playful Tune-Yards score driving its comic-crime energy.
Demi Moore plays Christie Smith, a high-end designer and Corvette’s main foil, portrayed as a self-mythologizing mogul who steals ideas and sells runway looks at six-figure prices.
The review says Palmer gives the movie its grounding force, balancing comedy, swagger and flashes of vulnerability even as Riley’s stylized vision turns increasingly outlandish.
Does the film fairly critique fashion's ethics, or just create a convenient corporate villain?
Will Boots Riley's unique anti-Marvel aesthetic make Neon's biggest film a commercial success?
Can a film celebrating theft succeed as a 'popcorn hit with a revolutionary heart'?