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I Love Boosters

A wildly inventive, politically charged heist satire with big visual imagination and a genuinely hopeful streak. It sounds like a rare studio-scale comedy that turns anti-capitalist rage into something playful, colorful, and emotionally generous.

74% (150,851)

I Love Boosters

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Movie · Comedy · Science Fiction · R

2026 · 1h 53m · ★ 74% (151K)

Booster: Somebody who steals clothes from a store and sells them at a discount price, aka community service.

Director: Boots Riley

Starring: Keke Palmer, Naomi Ackie, Taylour Paige

Overview

A group of shoplifters take aim at a cutthroat fashion maven by stealing from her stores and reselling them at a lower price — what they call 'fashion-forward philanthropy'.

Director

Boots Riley

Production

Savage Rose Films, Waypoint Entertainment, Ryder Picture Company, Annapurna Pictures, NEON, Metro Designers Productions

Cast

Keke Palmer, Naomi Ackie, Taylour Paige, Poppy Liu, Eiza González, Demi Moore, LaKeith Stanfield, Will Poulter, Don Cheadle, Kara Young, Jason Ritter, Eric André, Kate Berlant, Adam Devine, Viggo Mortensen, Jermaine Fowler, Najah Bradley, Kerris Dorsey, Rachel Walters, Jamel Chambers

Curator Review

Verdict

A wildly inventive, politically charged heist satire with big visual imagination and a genuinely hopeful streak. It sounds like a rare studio-scale comedy that turns anti-capitalist rage into something playful, colorful, and emotionally generous.

Best for

  • viewers who like bold satire and genre-bending comedy
  • fans of heist movies with a political edge
  • people drawn to vivid production design, costumes, and visual invention
  • audiences who enjoy Black ensemble comedies with a leftist perspective

Skip if

  • you want a straightforward crime caper with grounded realism
  • you dislike surreal humor or aggressively stylized filmmaking
  • you prefer restrained, plot-first storytelling over digressions and ideas
  • you are not in the mood for overtly political or anti-capitalist themes

Overview

I Love Boosters sounds like Boots Riley doing what he does best: turning a genre setup into a riotous argument about class, labor, and collective action. The premise is simple enough to hook you, but the appeal is clearly in the escalation — a fashion-world heist comedy that treats theft as both spectacle and social commentary.

Worth noting

The response suggests a movie that is maximalist in the best way: bright, weird, funny, and visually alive. The costume and design chatter points to a film that wants to be seen, not just watched, and the comparisons to left-field classics hint at a tone that’s anarchic but not cynical.

Bottom line

What makes it especially appealing is the sense of optimism underneath the chaos. This isn’t just a takedown of wealth and status; it’s a movie about community, mutual aid, and the possibility of collective joy. If that balance lands, it should be one of the more distinctive comedies of the year.

Top Letterboxd reviews

Framesofnick (3.5★) · 10080 likes

very few movies have brought forth the anti capitalist nature of 2003’s cat in the hat to the modern age while also looking like 2003’s cat in the hat

demi adejuyigbe (5★) · 7677 likes

norma rae meets set it off. the ocean's 8 we deserved. incredibly hopeful, sprawling, beautiful black leftist satire. brought a tear to my eye. an instant favorite for me. community is everything. boots is truly one of my favorite artists. too much to say, i'll probably write an essay on my second viewing. make your movie.

zoë rose bryant (4.5★) · 6878 likes

a live action leftist looney tunes bursting at the seams with color and creativity so bold and bright to remind you it’s not just blockbusters that demand to be seen on the big screen. equal parts hysterical, brutally honest, and infectiously hopeful for the future. absolutely adored. boots riley’s brain should be studied for science.

justinwuah (4.5★) · 6367 likes

anti-capitalist and pro-pussy eating? when martin scorsese was talking about absolute cinema this is actually what he meant

cinemonika (4★) · 4390 likes

I got 3 words to describe this film: fashion forward filanthropy 😌

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Themes

anti-capitalism, class struggle, community and solidarity, heist comedy, fashion industry satire, Black ensemble storytelling, surrealism, mutual aid

Topics

satire, heist, crime comedy, science fiction, anti-capitalist, surreal, ensemble, fashion, leftist, stylized

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