Ukubuyela kwicala lemiboniso bhanyabhanya, emva kokuphumelela kwakhe iOscar «Phakathi kweeglasi", kwiminyaka emi-5 eyadlulayo, UAlexander Payne ubuya nefilimu «Ukudambisa«, Ifilimu enembali ekhethekileyo.
Iya kuba nokuphoswa kwayo kunye UPaul Giamatti, i-protagonist efanayo yefilimu ekhankanywe ngasentla, kwaye baya kuhamba naye UReese Witherspoon kunye noSacha Baron Cohen. Ngoku ifilimu i-satire yentlalontle, igxile "kubantu abancinci." U-Giamatti uya kudlala umntu obhinqileyo, kwaye ngubani oye waziqinisekisa ukuba ubomi bakhe buya kubona ukukhanya kunye nokuphucula ukuba uqhuba inkqubo yokunciphisa ubungakanani bakhe. U-Witherspoon oselula uya kudlala intombazana ethandekayo eya kudibana ne-protagonist kwinkqubo yakhe yokuba mncinci, kwaye uBaron Cohen uya kuba ngumphambukeli omncinci aza kuhamba naye ebalini.
Abadlali abathathu sele bevumile ukuba bathathe inxaxheba kwifilimu, kodwa abakafuni ukusayina izivumelwano, ekubeni u-Payne kulindeleke ukuba ahambise iskripthi sokugqibela, ukuze aqale ukusebenza kunye ne-definitive. Kwaye abo bethu baqhubeka bemangaliswa yindlela abalinganiswa abaninzi ngayo, u-Payne akabhalanga kuphela iskripthi, akayi kulawula kuphela ifilimu, kodwa uya kuyivelisa kunye noJim Burke, FoxSearchlight.