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Cast |
Melissa McCarthy, Kristen Bell, Peter Dinklage, Ella Anderson, Tyler LAbine, Kathy Bates, Cecily Strong |
Director |
Ben Falcone |
Screenplay | Ben Falcone, Melissa McCarthy, Steve Mallory, |
Music | Christopher Lennertz |
Cinematography | Julio Macat |
Editing | Craig Alpert |
Sound formats | Dolby Digital, Datasat |
Made in | 2016 |
Produced by | Gary Sanchez Productions, On the Day, Universal Pictures |
Official Site | IMDB page | ScreenIt Report | CommonSenseMedia Report
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Genre | Comedy |
Language | Moderate impact, frequent |
Nudity | None |
Sex | None |
Violence | Low to mild impact, infrequent |
Prejudice | None |
Blasphemy | None |
Drug abuse | None |
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Topics to talk about |
Suggested age limit 16 + |
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Scale (Max) | 20 | |
What the Critics say | ||
Cape Argus / The Star Jake Coyle McCarthy's mediocre effort at the business of comedy. | 5 | |
Die Burger Laetitia Pople Tiran van 'n baas bietjie oordrewe. | 10 | |
Cape Times Frank Scheck A schmaltzy tale of rivalry. | 15 | |
ScreenIt Jim Judy The Boss ends up being sacked in terms of overall entertainment. | 8 | |
Metacritic.com 37 critics | 8 | |
Rottentomatoes critics 134 critics | 9 | |
Rottentomatoes tomatometer Tomatometer : Melissa McCarthy remains as fiercely talented as ever, but her efforts aren't enough to prop up the baggy mess of inconsistent gags and tissue-thin writing that brings down The Boss. | 4 | |
Movie Review Query Engine MRQE critics | 9 | |
CommonSenseMedia Staff evaluation McCarthy's hard-edged comedy squanders its potential. | 5 | |
What the People say | ||
Metacritic.com users 51 users | 9 | |
Rottentomatoes users 21968 users | 10 | |
Internet 9277 Netizens Do you have to be immoral to be funny???? | 11 | |
Average .. 43% | 9 |