The Boss (2016)

Rally smooth and easygoing and funny. Really liked this one !

I don't know what movie these other reviewers were watching, but my husband and I laughed our backsides off watching this movie. Come on people - it's fun and entertainment! Ton's of 1-liners. Melissa McCarthy is her classic usual hilarious self. Kristen Bell is a wonderful addition to the movie and Peter Dinklage you can tell had a blast working with Melissa. I won't go on and on about the details of the film like some people do as I'd rather get those from watching the film myself! Just watch and remember it's for entertainment and enjoy. We recorded this movie and backed it up so many times to re-watch scenes because we were laughing so hard many times we couldn't hear it. Some classic lines and totally enjoyed this movie!!

Melissa McCarthy stars in "The Boss" from 2016, also starring Kristen Bell and Peter Dinklage.McCarthy plays a tycoon businesswoman Michelle Darnell, who loses everything when she's found guilty of insider trading and goes to prison. When she is released, she has nowhere to go, so she hits up her ex-assistant Claire (Bell) for a place to stay. Claire has a young daughter, Rachel, and Claire asks Michelle to take her to a Young Dandelions meeting - the Young Dandelions are similar to the girl scouts. There, she gets the idea to recruit some of the Dandelions and go into business selling Claire's fabulous brownies. It takes off, with Claire as 50% partner. But an ex-boyfriend and enemy (Dinklage) is anxious to ruin Michelle yet again.I have no problem with swearing, no problem with sex, but if there's one thing I have no tolerance for is vulgarity. And the humor here is vulgar and geared to the lowest common denominator. Why someone as talented as Melissa McCarthy does this type of film is beyond me. She's better than this - either she or Hollywood don't think so. Is it because she's overweight? If so it's even more insulting.I'm a huge fan of Kristen Bell's and wish this had been a better role for her.There were some funny slapstick scenes and the premise was good, as was the cast, but the script was bad. And tasteless.

Maybe if I had stuck it out and watched more of this film it would've grown on me, the way other of Melissa McCarthy's movies have. But, I just couldn't do that to myself. I couldn't sit through the painfully bad acting and poor writing. Just ten minutes in and it was already a stinking mess of awfulness. Unfortunately, I don't have much more to say about this movie, but I have a feeling it wasn't going to get any better. Why does Hollywood allow such crap to get made? I've seen bad movies, and this one has now taken the top spot. Maybe if it had been an 8 minute movie, I'd have given it more than 1 star.