In this day and age it's tough to avoid getting political, especially when it comes to family gatherings, and with Thanksgiving just over the horizon, it's likely that there will be many a political argument over the dinner table. Ike Barinholtz and Tiffany Haddish star in THE OATH, an upcoming dark comedy which finds the progressive family appalled when it's announced that citizens are being asked to sign a loyalty oath to the President on the day after Thanksgiving. Naturally, not everyone is onboard with that idea and the recent NSFW trailer for THE OATH lets the expletives fly as family member turns against family member. In addition to Barinholtz and Haddish, THE OATH also stars John Cho, Carrie Brownstein, Billy Magnussen, Meredith Hagner, Jon Barinholtz, Nora Dunn, and Chris Ellis.
The official synopsis for THE OATH:
A controversial White House policy turns family member against family member in THE OATH, a savagely funny dark comedy about surviving life and Thanksgiving in the age of political tribalism. When Chris (Ike Barinholtz), a high-strung 24-hour progressive news junkie, and his more levelheaded wife Kai (Tiffany Haddish) learn that citizens are being asked to sign a loyalty oath to the President, their reaction is disbelief, followed by idealistic refusal. But as the Thanksgiving deadline to sign approaches, the combination of sparring relatives, Chris’s own agitation and the unexpected arrival of two government agents (John Cho and Billy Magnussen) sends an already tense holiday dinner gathering completely off the rails. As timely as it is outrageous, THE OATH is a gleefully wicked reinvention of the traditional holiday comedy for our divisive political times.
THE OATH will hit theaters on October 12, 2018.