Provides big laughs throughout.

| Original Score: B | Aug 29, 2021

Falcone and McCarthy have landed somewhere in between and, with jokes as good as these, that's good enough.

| Jan 7, 2021

The plot comes together discordantly, with flashbacks and transitions so ineffective they appear as if pilfered from different films.

| Original Score: 1/10 | Dec 4, 2020

An affinity for Melissa McCarthy's comedic stylings will determine your level of patience with understanding why The Boss seemed like a good outfit for her usual shenanigans.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Sep 30, 2020

At its funniest when McCarthy takes a gag and wrings every possible laugh out of it.

| Original Score: 3.0/4.0 | Sep 4, 2020

Making your protagonist a greedy CEO is a hard obstacle to overcome.

| Original Score: C | Jul 13, 2020

I don't think Melissa McCarthy and her husband know what's funny about Melissa McCarthy.

| May 1, 2020

It felt like a really bad Adam Sandler movie.

| May 1, 2020

It just seems such a shame that while the idea and inspiration is there, it is not supported by a more relatable role model.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Nov 14, 2019

[Melissa McCarthy] and [Ben] Falcone may be bosses of comedy, but we think they both can make a movie that holds together better.

| Oct 16, 2019

A 25-minute sitcom episode overstretched and underfilled to make 90 minutes feel like a life sentence.

| Original Score: 1/5 | Apr 2, 2019

The crudeness of the comedy won't be for everyone, but I took a fair measure of enjoyment in watching a Girl Scout gang war break out in a quiet, posh neighborhood.

| Original Score: 6.5/10 | Feb 21, 2019

Dinklage deserves better. Actually the whole cast deserves better.

| Original Score: D+ | Jan 15, 2019

[Melissa] McCarthy has an ability to elevate so-so material to a level that allows McCarthy to shine in every scene. It's just difficult to find those who can keep up with her energy.

| Original Score: C- | Dec 10, 2018

Rarely do I whip through a review as quickly as this, but there is so little worth mentioning here that I think I'd rather get back to my dessert tray than dwell on this any longer.

| Original Score: 3/10 | Oct 25, 2018

"The Boss" forces all its characters on us and doesn't have a direction that justifies any of the events in the film. A disappointing comedy that struggles to keep its story afloat.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Aug 31, 2018

McCarthy had been on an upswing with her films, like last year's Spy, but as disgraced business mogul Darnell, she's surprisingly unfunny.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Mar 22, 2018

Movies don't need to have sophisticated plots, but they do need to make sense.

| Mar 7, 2018

Peter Dinklage is far too talented to be showing up in garbage comedies like this

| Original Score: 1/5 | Dec 5, 2017

The Boss, directed by McCarthy's husband Ben Falcone, is a comedic flatline: poorly paced, flaccidly scripted, morally disjointed.

| Nov 20, 2017