‘I Love Boosters’ Review: Keke Palmer Takes Charge in Boots Riley’s Playfully Out-There Riff on Shoplifting, Sisterhood and Fashion Madness
“I Love Boosters” might have had the makings of a more conventional commercial comedy, but the way Riley works it's like a deliberately ticky-tacky version of “The Devil Wears Prada” meets “Set It…
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‘I Love Boosters’ Review: Keke Palmer Takes Charge in Boots Riley’s Playfully Out-There Riff on Shoplifting, Sisterhood and Fashion Madness
“I Love Boosters” might have had the makings of a more conventional commercial comedy, but the way Riley works it's like a deliberately ticky-tacky version of “The Devil Wears Prada” meets “Set It Off” meets “Ghostbusters.”
By Owen Gleiberman
Read full article →‘I Love Boosters’ Review: Keke Palmer Deconstructs Capitalism With Absurdist Stakes In Boots Riley’s Surreal Sophomore Film
As SXSW kicks off its 40th edition in Austin, Texas, writer/director Boots Riley kicked off the 2026 film and television festival with a surreal, hyperpop love letter to creatives living under capitalism. In I Love Boosters, Corvette (Keke Palmer), Sade (Naomi Ackie) and Mariah (Taylour Paige) squat in an abandoned chicken restaurant while they make […]
By Glenn Garner
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