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Boss, The (15)

Boss, The (15)

Comedy

A titan of industry is sent to prison after she's caught 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.
More information on this production is available at www.thebossmovie.co.uk.

The critical consensus

It’s a proficient but forgettable comedy well-suited to the raucous nature of its star.

***(*)(*)Eddie Harrison, The List, 06/06/2016

It is probably too much to expect a mainstream comedy to sustain the level of malice, greed, misanthropy, and cynicism that propels The Boss early on. Without these elements, though, the film drifts off into dreary conventionality.

**(*)(*)(*)Geoffrey MacNab, The Independent, 08/06/2016

Melissa McCarthy’s moderately funny take on a down on her luck, obnoxious entrepreneur is eventually tamed by Hollywood’s love of a sentimental ending.

**(*)(*)(*)Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian, 09/06/2016

There are some laughs but The Boss sweats and strains to little effect.

**(*)(*)(*)Allan Hunter, Daily Express, 10/06/2016

Melissa McCarthy’s talents save this minor comedy about a disgraced business mogul forced to reinvent herself.

***(*)(*)Wendy Ide, The Observer, 12/06/2016

Fitfully funny but failing to really build to much of anything, The Boss is mostly a bust. Even its main character would have a hard time buying it.

**(*)(*)(*)James White, Empire Online, 02/06/2016

Where and when?

General release. Check local listings for show times.

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