Keke Palmer & Marvel Star’s New Comedy Draws Near-Perfect Reviews & RT Score

Keke Palmer‘s upcoming crime comedy movie has drawn strong reviews, leading to an almost-perfect score on the review-aggregating site Rotten Tomatoes. I Love Boosters features several Marvel stars in the cast, including Don Cheadle and Will Poulter. The film’s cast also includes Naomi Ackie, Demi Moore, Eric André, Adam DeVine, and Eiza González. Boots Riley wrote and directed the movie. Its plot revolves around a team of shoplifters who target a ruthless fashion heavyweight.

What critics are saying about I Love Boosters in reviews

I Love Boosters has garnered mostly positive reviews. Joe Gross of The Austin Chronicle wrote, “What’s most striking is Riley’s optimism; for a guy whose work can feel apocalyptic, he maintains an inspired belief in the power of community and the contradictory realities of life under extreme capitalism.”

The Mary Sue‘s Rachel Leishman noted, “It is weird, out there, and you may want to suddenly dress in monochrome outfits for the foreseeable future, but there is so much more to I Love Boosters’ outrageousness.”

Glenn Garner of Deadline also praised Riley, declaring that the filmmaker “knocks it out of the park with another absurdist, stylized take on modern society, as Palmer’s performance grounds his writing to its real-world implications.”

Meanwhile, The Hollywood Reporter‘s Angie Han observed, “Watching it feels less like being transported into a different universe than putting on X-ray goggles to look at our own — and finding, buried under all the frustration and despair, a joyful and unruly sense of hope.”

I Love Boosters gets an incredible score on Rotten Tomatoes

At the time of this article’s composition, I Love Boosters has a 97% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes from 31 reviews. The movie had its world premiere at this year’s SXSW on March 12, 2026. It will debut in US theaters on May 22, 2026. The aforementioned Rotten Tomatoes rating will likely change as the film’s release date approaches and more reviews come out, but the overall critical consensus on the movie appears to be positive at this point.

Source: Comingsoon.net