(laughter) >> jane bodine. pat. what are you doing here? i thought you retired or gave up or something. >> what happened to your they m? you still have a great sense of humor. >> how many times have you gone against pat candy? >> three or four times. how many times has he beat you is this. >> three or four times. if security beats you up, you are doing your job right! get that beating on tape. wake up. this is war. only one wrong in this and that is losing. >> maybe check and see if anyone understood that. (speaking spanish) gracias. >> you should feel something in the interview like tears. could you just turn toward the camera. >> whoa, whoa, look at him. this is it! ♪ >> this actually kind of matters, jane. this country could go under. we're talking about people's lives. you like to pretend you're not one of us. if you fight with monsters for too long, you become a monster. >> eddie, is this your neighborhood, where you live? >> what are we going to do? e are trying to save people's lives. these are at stake and i'm not going to stand by

sandra bullock plays jane bodine, a political strategist who comes out of retirement to help reelectn unpopular former bolivian president. "vanity fair" calls the movie "an arresting, quickly -- quirky film -- a character study of a cynic reaching her limit." here is the trailer for the film. >> she is the brightest and most innovative. >> the best campaign strategist in the game. >> responsible for the greatest political upset in history. >> you are a fighter, jane. i'm giving you another shot at the title. >> it is a presidential campaign in south america. a fragile democracy. an economy that is in real trouble. our candidate is considered arrogant and out of touch with people's lives. >> how far are you behind? >> 28 points. >> the opposition has hired their own american, pat candy. >> jane bodine, what are you doing here? i thought you retired, or gave up, or something. >> what happened to your hair? >> you still have a great sense of humor. >> how many times have you gone against candy? >> three or four times. how many times has he beaten you? >> three or four times. we will hav

sandra bullock plays jane bodine, a political strategist who comes out of retirement to help reelectbolivian president. it is called "a character study of a cynic reaching her limit." here is the trailer for the film. >> she is the brightest and most innovative. >> the best campaign strategist in the game.

sandra bullock plays jane bodine, a political strategist who comes out of retirement to help reelectrmer bolivian president. "vanity fair" calls the movie "an arresting, quickly -- quirky film -- a character study of a cynic reaching her limit." here is the trailer for the film. >> she is the brightest and most innovative. >> the best campaign strategist

it stars sandra bullock as jane bodine, a quirky american political strategist hired to help a struggling bolivian presidential candidate. i caught up with sandra last week at new york restaurant lamani over a plate of one of french fries. >> listen, please. everybody. everyone -- there's only one wrong in this, only one and that is losing. >> how do you describe calamity jane? >> extremely human. lot of issues, you know. she struggles with addiction, mental health issues, but she happens to be absolutely brilliant at what she does which is she can manipulate situations for her garngs her win or for someone else's win or whoever else hires her. >> stand up on the level, come on, you, bigger. >> who did you get study for this role? so many famous political rove. did you look at one? >> i went and the lived with karl rove and he's amazing and it right. i'll show you how i won for bush and going to show you >> bunked up him? >> really nice guest room. it wasn't like camping, it was gaslamping. you know, sadly you didn't have to do much studying because we're surrounded by it every >> yeah. >

sandra bullock plays jane bodine, a political strategist who comes out of retirement to help reelect an unpopular bolivian president. it is called "a character study of a cynic reaching her limit." here is the trailer for the film. >> she is the brightest and most innovative. >> the best campaign strategist in the game. >> responsible for the greatest political upset in history. >> you are a fighter, jane. i'm giving you another shot at the title. >> it is a presidential campaign and south america. a fragile democracy. a candidate in real trouble. our candidate is considered arrogant and out of touch with people's lives. >> how far are you behind? >> 28 points. >> the opposition has hired their own american. >> i thought you retired or gave up, or something. >> what happened to your hair? >> you still have a great sense of humor. >> omni times have you gone against candy? >> three or four times. >> comedy times has he beaten you? >> three or four times. we will have to take risks. if security beats you up, you are doing your job right. get the beating on tape. wake up. there is only

sandra bullock is jane, aka calamity jane bodine. billy bob thornton is pat candy. both are political strategists and long time nemesis who are sent to bolivia to help win the presidential election for rival candidates. now with these two, it's all about one upsmanship, whether it's face to face or on the >> i do not believe this. that is candy's bus. overtake that bus. hey. six points you went down. john: "our brand is crisis" is a political comedy that plays the predictable dirty tricks card by creating a non-crisis. but the film deals from the bottom of the deck and ends up being an uncomfortable mix of slapstick set against a backdrop of serious social upheaval. bullock and thornton are terrific together. unfortunately, they're not together enough. "our brand is crisis." this brand isn't worth buying into. for kcci 8 news, this is john pascuzzi at the movies. alyx: next week, john pascuzzi reviews the next bond movie. 6:53, waking up to a chilly start to your morning. it is 35 degrees. son of a polish immigrant who grew up in a brooklyn tenement. he went to publ