I Love Boosters (2026)
I Love Boosters is a 2026 comedy movie directed by Boots Riley and Merrill Garbus, with a running time of 1h 53m. It stars Keke Palmer, Naomi Ackie and Taylour Paige.
Boots Riley returns with a crime comedy that runs on righteous mischief. A crew of shoplifters works the high-end stores of a cutthroat fashion mogul, lifting her merchandise and reselling it cheap to the people who could never afford it, a scheme they call fashion-forward philanthropy. Keke Palmer, Naomi Ackie, Taylour Paige and Poppy Liu anchor a sprawling ensemble, with Demi Moore and Don Cheadle circling the fallout. The tone stays loose and absurd, closer to a heist prank than a thriller, and the satire keeps its sights on wealth, branding and who gets to own beautiful things.
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What is I Love Boosters about?
Boots Riley returns with a crime comedy that runs on righteous mischief. A crew of shoplifters works the high-end stores of a cutthroat fashion mogul, lifting her merchandise and reselling it cheap to the people who could never afford it, a scheme they call fashion-forward philanthropy. Keke Palmer, Naomi Ackie, Taylour Paige and Poppy Liu anchor a sprawling ensemble, with Demi Moore and Don Cheadle circling the fallout. The tone stays loose and absurd, closer to a heist prank than a thriller, and the satire keeps its sights on wealth, branding and who gets to own beautiful things.
When was I Love Boosters released?
I Love Boosters was released on 21 May 2026.
How long is I Love Boosters?
I Love Boosters runs 1h 53m.
Who made I Love Boosters?
I Love Boosters was directed by Boots Riley, Merrill Garbus and Nate Brenner.
Where can I watch I Love Boosters?
I Love Boosters is available on Amazon, AppleTV and Fandango at Home.
Where to watch I Love Boosters
Rent: Amazon, AppleTV, Fandango at Home
Buy: Fandango at Home
Cast
- Keke Palmer as Corvette
- Naomi Ackie as Sade
- Taylour Paige as Mariah
- Poppy Liu as Jianhu
- Eiza González as Violeta
- Demi Moore as Christie Smith
- LaKeith Stanfield as Pinky Ring Guy
- Will Poulter as Grayson
- Don Cheadle as Dr. Jack
- Kara Young as Crying Black Mother
- Jason Ritter as Upstanding Community Member
- Eric André as Futuristic Police Tank Cop
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A few thoughts on I Love Boosters
Follow Boots Riley into his TV series I'm a Virgo, another swing at capitalism built from the same absurdist DNA. For the sound of his politics, The Coup's Party Music turns the same anger into funk and horns. On the game side, Grand Theft Auto V shares the appetite for satirizing wealth and consumer Los Angeles through a crew pulling scores.
Heist crews who trade punchlines instead of gunfire
I Love Boosters keeps its shoplifting crew loose and funny even as the stakes rise, and these capers share that same loose-limbed energy. The Gentlemen, Money Train, Queenpins, The Big Hit, All About the Benjamins, Confess Fletch, Employee of the Month and The Pickup all build a crew, a scheme and a running joke about who actually deserves the score.
Comedies that turn luxury and status into the joke
Boots Riley aims I Love Boosters squarely at a fashion mogul's empire, mocking who gets to own beautiful things. Holy Man, Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory, Mannequin, Romy and Michele's High School Reunion, Coming to America and Beverly Hills Cop all find their comedy in the gap between glossy wealth and the people locked out of it.
Absurdist crime comedies that never play it straight
The register in I Love Boosters stays loose and strange, closer to a heist prank than a thriller, and these films share that same tilted logic. Raising Arizona, The Big Lebowski, Bad Santa, The Fisher King and Kiss Kiss Bang Bang all let their crime plots go sideways into something funnier and sadder at once.