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The Boss

The Boss

Comedy · 2016

A titan of industry is sent to prison after she's caught for insider trading. When she emerges ready to rebrand herself as America's latest sweetheart, not everyone she screwed over is so quick to forgive and forget.

Movie details

The Boss

“Watch your assets”

2016 Comedy 1h 39m

Critical arithmetic

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TMDB

5.8 / 10

Community rating

A titan of industry is sent to prison after she's caught for insider trading. When she emerges ready to rebrand herself as America's latest sweetheart, not everyone she screwed over is so quick to forgive and forget.

CriticWise case file

What this film says about your taste.

Not a recommendation score. A measure of how closely the film’s taste signals resemble yours.

The archetype split

Who fights over The Boss?

The split comes from the same five-axis model used by the test, not audience ratings or review sentiment.

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Ben Falcone

Written by

Ben Falcone · Melissa McCarthy · Steve Mallory

Melissa McCarthy

Melissa McCarthy

Michelle Darnell

Kristen Bell

Kristen Bell

Claire

Peter Dinklage

Peter Dinklage

Renault

Kathy Bates

Kathy Bates

Ida Marquette

Tyler Labine

Tyler Labine

Mike Beals

Timothy Simons

Timothy Simons

Stephan

Kristen Schaal

Kristen Schaal

Scout Leader Sandy

Court is in session

Put The Boss on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Popcorn Loyalist

“It owes the canon nothing.”

The movie pursues immediacy and audience pleasure without begging institutions to certify its worth.

The prosecution The Big-Idea Head

“Easy pleasure, short half-life.”

It moves efficiently through the moment but offers little reason to keep arguing once the credits end.