{"id":328798,"date":"2026-03-14T04:20:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-14T04:20:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/328798\/"},"modified":"2026-03-14T04:20:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-14T04:20:08","slug":"i-love-boosters-receives-unanimous-rotten-tomatoes-score","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/328798\/","title":{"rendered":"I Love Boosters Receives Unanimous Rotten Tomatoes Score"},"content":{"rendered":"

After premiering at SXSW 2026, director Boots Riley’s I Love Boosters<\/a>, starring Keke Palmer and Demi Moore, lands a perfect score on Rotten Tomatoes.<\/p>\n

I Love Boosters is a unique science fiction thriller<\/a> that doubles as a dark comedy. The film follows The Velvet Gang, a team of skilled shoplifters, as they scheme against a powerful fashion tycoon. The satirical story exposes the fashion industry while covering a wide range of issues, such as social and economic inequalities, as well as corporate greed and corruption.<\/p>\n

After debuting at SXSW, I Love Boosters, written and directed by Riley, has opened to unanimous praise, currently boasting a 100% critics’ score on Rotten Tomatoes. Early reviews commended the film\u2019s sense of humor, talented ensemble cast, and Riley\u2019s storytelling abilities, making it one of the festival\u2019s early hits.<\/p>\n

Early festival screenings can skew toward overwhelmingly positive reviews, given the smaller number of people present. However, a perfect score, even when judged by fewer viewers, is still a major achievement and could draw more people to theaters when I Love Boosters releases on May 22, 2026.<\/p>\n

For Riley, the reception to the film echoes the positive response to his first feature, Sorry to Bother You, which became a hit following its release in 2018. It earned widespread critical acclaim for its political commentary. That film introduced audiences to Riley\u2019s distinctive voice as a creator, and the early reaction to I Love Boosters suggests critics are once again responding well to his brand of satirical content.<\/p>\n

The movie also continues a run of well-received projects for Palmer. In recent years, she has appeared in several successful films, such as Jordan Peele’s Nope<\/a>. Her performances in past projects have helped cement her place in the entertainment industry as a versatile actor capable of taking on roles in several genres.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Moore has experienced a major resurgence within the past few years. Her performance in the body-horror film The Substance<\/a> debuted with its own perfect Rotten Tomatoes score following its premiere at the Cannes Film Festival. The film went on to become one of the most talked-about genre releases of its year. It even received five Academy Award nominations, including Best Actress and Best Picture, a rare accomplishment for a horror movie. The Substance took home the Oscar in 2025 for Best Makeup and Hairstyling.<\/p>\n

I Love Boosters will premiere in theaters on May 22, 2026.<\/p>\n

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Release Date<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMay 22, 2026<\/p>\n

Director<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBoots Riley<\/p>\n

Writers<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBoots Riley<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"After premiering at SXSW 2026, director Boots Riley’s I Love Boosters, starring Keke Palmer and Demi Moore, lands…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":328799,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[156,409,111,139,69],"class_list":["post-328798","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-entertainment","tag-movies","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/328798","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=328798"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/328798\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/328799"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=328798"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=328798"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=328798"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}