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The Boss
A well-established CEO and extraordinary motivational speaker, Michelle has everything going for her. Unfortunately she gets caught for insider trading and is sent to prison. When she comes back she tries to reestablish her as America's latest sweetheart but not everyone is fooled by her antics.
30 September 1985, Tallahassee, Florida, USA
22 August 1969, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA
4 June 1966, The Bronx, New York, USA
29 April 1978, Brampton, Ontario, Canada
28 December 1954, Chevy Chase, Maryland, USA
December 31, 2016
McCarthy is a brilliant physical comedian. But boy, does she need a decent director.
December 12, 2016
Te movie's principal strategy (streaming profanity in inappropriate places) feels so familiar, it's a non-starter.
April 10, 2016
Even though The Boss is co-written by McCarthy and her husband, director Ben Falcone (who should know his wife's strengths better), the film often strands its title character in shrill one-note caricature, mostly unchallenged.
January 01, 2017
You can put Melissa McCarthy in pretty much anything and expect to see it elevated as a result. Certainly she does this here: it'd be nothing at all without her. But even with her it's not enough.
December 04, 2016
The Boss is not actually good. Melissa McCarthy is actually great in it, however.
April 21, 2016
Dinklage is awful as the foppish villain, and aside from one uproarious, ad-libbed riff, McCarthy seems to be on autopilot.
December 18, 2016
[McCarthy is] deliciously dry, harsh, funny, a fine physical comedian. She excels as weird supporting characters... Since her early films, however, she's tried to push herself as an improbable leading woman.
April 08, 2016
I persist in believing that Melissa McCarthy is capable of starring in a movie that not only makes a scads of money but is -- you know -- good. The latest refutation of my belief is The Boss.
April 13, 2016
An opportunity to watch a comedic performer at the top of her game revel boldly in her own confident weirdness.
July 22, 2016
The Boss is sketch comedy, with none of the lines colored in.
April 11, 2016
The movie is all too neat a package for McCarthy's exuberantly inventive comic artistry.