'Sorry to Bother You' is the savage satire I've been waiting for

For a while now, I've been wondering when we were going to get a smart, appealing satire which captures that shock and awe of the Trump era without overtly calling out any specific people. Get Out got the ball rolling a year ago but there have few movies willing to swing for the fences since it. Instead, the marketplace have been oversaturated with superheroes.

Thank God for Boots Riley's debut film Sorry to Bother You, a wild and adventurous black comedy that lampoons corporate America, reality television, consumer culture and more without ever feeling preachy or pandering.

The film centers on a lovable loser played by breakout star Lakeith Stanfield who takes a telemarketing job just to make ends meet and gets plunged into a labor struggle and a mysterious conspiracy involving a cult-like nouveau form of slave labor called Worry Free.

I kind of don't want to delve too much further into the plot than that because it'll spoil the offbeat turns this plot takes into totally uncharted territory. There will certainly be comparisons made the whimsical work of Michel Gondry, and yes, Get Out too, but Riley's film has a funky rhythm and sense of humor that's entirely its own.

Even though this is Riley's first official screenplay and directing gig, you'd think he'd been making films for years, the movie is that assured and well-paced.

He's aided by a first-rate cast of scene stealers like Tessa Thompson, Terry Crews, Danny Glover, and Steven Yeun, just to name a few.

And there are also hilarious vocal performances from comedians Patton Oswalt and David Cross, that contribute to a plot twist spoiled to some extent by the trailer but still work when played out over the course of this film.

Really from the opening scene I was hooked by this movie's take on our current universe where the meme is supreme and achieving maximum wealth through minimal effort is the most prized skill of all.

This is certainly one of the best films I've seen this year, and hopefully one that will earn a broad audience and awards love (it definitely belongs in the original screenplay race) at the end of this year. I was heartened to see it already has nearly grossed a million dollars in just 16 theaters, which bodes well, and even though it takes some defiantly strange turns, I think it's just the kind of experimental, provocative kind of picture that can sometimes catch on with audiences.

It almost reminds me of early Spike Lee, unafraid to be confrontational to 'go there' on some taboo topics, without forgetting to still be fun at the same time. Definitely catch it you can while it's still in theaters, this is going to be a movie people will be talking about for a long, long time.

And I can't wait to see what Boots Riley does next!