The Boss

lazy shit

Terrible writing and a handful of clichés make The Boss a barely funny slog. Given the cast, it seems most of the fun had was behind the scenes rather than in them. Disappointing and just bad.

Brutally unfunny. I forgot I watched this a couple months ago until I saw a commercial for the bluray last night.

Another so-called comedy with a premise that would fit on the back of a stamp and the feeling it was written and filmed in one afternoon. McCarthy lifts it above truly awful but even she can't work miracles with a script this criminally weak. Threatens to become somewhat watchable for a short period midway through before deciding, like me writing this review, that it simply can't be bothered.

Glacial dick joke scenes. Not giant dicks made of ice, that would be something.

If the premise of The Boss is something you find funny - and not sacrilegious; there's only one Bo$$, after all - then you'll probably get at least a small kick out of it. The best I can do is tell you that I did not find it very funny, that the plot is paper thin and filled with cliches, and that Melissa McCarthy really needs to stop writing her own scripts and focus on projects with talented filmmakers writing strong scripts and properly directing her - that's where she's most successful.

Another exercise in "why did I watch that"? I've never been a fan of Melissa McCarthy but this was pretty terrible. Plot is predictable, but could have been done better and the set pieces are largely unfunny. I only found myself laughing in the final act, when things just get ridiculously stupid. It's so out of control, it just made me laugh (almost) out of pity.

Amiable enough comedy coasts for much of its runtime on McCarthy's considerable appeal (even while playing an abrasive and potentially unlikable character), as well as her expert physical and verbal timing in successfully executing some admittedly cornball gags. Runs out of steam during the last third, resorting to ridiculously maudlin melodrama; a more hard hearted approach would have been immensely more satisfying. A sad albeit brief waste of Bates in support.

A much funnier effort than the McCarthy-Falcone-led Tammy, it still is concrete evdience that McCarthy excells in material written for her, not written by her.

Well, without McCarthy and Dinklage, this would rather suck. The McCarthy-Bell relationship could have had potential, but they decided to go with the usual jokes below the belt you've already seen hundreds of times.

McCarthy is a comedic force, but they don't give her a lot to work with. I wish she could've been in the 90s golden age of SNL cause she would've killed there.

Having seen McCarthy succeed in Paul Feig's films, I can only assume the blame for this failure lies at the feet of her husband-turned-writer/director. At any rate, nobody in the crew seems to know how to write a funny joke, turning a completely adequate comedy premise (that even includes an emotional throughline) into a painful experience.

Why do people still drink the Melissa McCarthy kool-aid?

Melissa McCarthy is always funny, even if the movies is garbage.

It could not be less funny. McCarthy has now officially entered her Adam Sandler phase, where she cocoons herself inside unbelievably lazy filmmaking and just acts aggressively loud and obnoxious all the time. My beloved Kristen Bell deserves much better...

It falls into that trap that nearly every comedy falls into now where they try to make the dramatic points very important and they just end up dragging down the movie as the whole third act is wrapping up some contrived conflict. However the first 2 acts has a lot of funny in it so I can't say I didn't enjoy watching it. The only parts I didn't like of those first 2 acts were the few slapstick bits. Those plus the ending were not congruent to the reality of the rest of the film.

The Boss is not the foulest of Melissa McCarthy R-rated comedies: That's a hard bar to clear, after all. But in every other respect--its quality, its message--it's the worst I've seen. If I was giving this Boss a performance review (and, I guess, technically I am), every "needs improvement" box on the sheet would be marked. Letter of reference? Ha! What The Boss really deserves is a pink slip. (pluggedin.com)

Melissa McCarthy is a national slapstick treasure, up there with Lucille Ball. As such, she's reason enough to see any movie -- even The Boss, a weak-kneed comedy that would topple without her. She co-wrote the script with her husband Ben Falcone, who doubles as director as he did in Tammy. The result this time is just as hit and miss. But when it hits, yowsa.

Yet another hilarious McCarthy comedy! I kept cracking up which is not very common for me while watching a movie. The dialogues were very well written and the movie didn't lack of some good ol' McCarthy action. I also loved the McCarthy-Bell combination, they should do more movies together. The story dragged a little in the last third but apart from that I liked the storyline. Definitely gonna watch it a second time.

Alcohol likely inflates my score quite a bit, but I had a good time with The Boss. It's wholly unoriginal and only moderately funny, but it's never boring.

This is a funny film. Melissa McCarthy is great in the lead role and there are plenty of funny moments and scenes. Overall I recommend this comedy.

Melissa McCarthy is a funny woman, which makes this movie even more disappointing. They could have added an interesting feminist slant (while still keeping it funny), but they invariably went for the cheap jokes rather than stretching a bit.

Melissa McCarthy plays a tyrant par excellence, but THE BOSS is nevertheless a rote, disappointing vessel for her talents. While the core of its premise is solid, the film never recovers from some of its more questionable choices--as well as its inability to find a consistent comedic pitch--and is crowded on the margins with eye-rollingly cartoonish and cliched characters.

For us this was pretty much a waste of time with not much to see here. :( I actually forgot to rate this film, because as soon as we finished watching I forgot that we'd seen it!

I will say that I enjoyed McCarthy, Bell and Bates. The film's issue is that the laughs are few and far between. Especially those over exaggerated jokes where you're waiting to bust your gut but everything falls flat. They just try way too hard too often. It has a few shining moments but it's nothing that I would recommend going out of your way to see. 3 STARS

Melissa McCarthy was downright hilarious as was expected. Kristen Bell played the grounded character and held her own comedically which was also expected. There were enough full laughs coupled with enough character growth to make this film feel authentic. It still had the wild antics as well which helped make it memorable. A good solid date night film.

They basically remade Troop Beverly Hills (1989) and just added swearwords because they didn't have anything else sensible to add.

I struggle to think what to write as this comedy is so middling. It has some decent jokes. It passes the time. You'll forget it in a week. That's about it.

Whilst not overly comedy funny, still entertaining enough to watch if you need to pop something on while your eating your dinner.

was this supposed to be funny in any sort of way? I mean, Melissa is great, but the character she's given has literally not a single interesting trait, so she works with what she has, which is not much.

Blindingly mediocre and incredibly lazy. I suppose I am to praise McCarthy for being the only good thing in this movie, but shame on her for agreeing to be in it.

Show 'em who's the boss of repulsive comedy