Through a very entertaining and solid story, the film exposes the endless circularity of an unequal system where hypocrisy and the appearance of current false political correctness reign.

| Original Score: 7.5/10 | Aug 19, 2024

The Good Boss stands out precisely because of how real Blanco is, and how prevalent...In the mundanity of our capitalist-trapped lives, there's not much more sinister or proximate than men like Blanco, and the business world is full of them.

| Jul 12, 2024

Bardem soars in these settings: soothing, dissembling and manipulative. As a modern Machiavelli with an MBA in management, he is riveting.

| Sep 16, 2023

It's usually a black comedy that enjoys a compelling performance from Javier Bardem, but often loses its satirical balance and falls into weary boredom as it outlines his social critique of unemployment, injustice, and capitalism. [Full review in Spanish]

| Original Score: 5/10 | Aug 4, 2023

'The Good Boss' keeps you hooked throughout its clever screenplay depicting everyday scenarios with unique twists.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Apr 14, 2023

Bardem is in virtually every scene and obviously the movie revolves around him, but the supporting cast is completely convincing as well. Manolo Solo is particularly good as the constantly frazzled production manager.

| Apr 7, 2023

Fernando León de Aranoa makes a sharp, dark comedy that wonderfully satirizes the love/hate relationship between employee and employer without overdoing it on one side.

| Original Score: A | Feb 22, 2023

Bardem is superb (so what else is new?).

| Original Score: 3/4 | Nov 12, 2022

The latest in Bardem’s catalogue of bad guys so convincing, you almost forget who you should be rooting for.

| Oct 24, 2022

Javier Bardem is at his charismatic and calculating best in this pitch-black Spanish workplace comedy about a family-owned industrial scales business experiencing a week from hell.

| Original Score: 4.5/5 | Oct 12, 2022

Javier Bardem is magnificent in this darkly comic and timely workplace satire that mirrors the constant power struggles in today's world. [Full Review in Spanish]

| Original Score: 3/4 | Oct 8, 2022

An interesting comedy, with social content and good character development. [Full review in Spanish]

| Oct 6, 2022

An admirer of Alfred Hitchcock and the Coen brothers., [director] de Aranoa also appears to be a fan of Christopher Guest. The humor is bone-dry, wickedly deadpan, concise, and precise. De Aranoa isn’t interested in cheap laughs or broad physical comedy.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Oct 4, 2022

The ironically titled The God Boss features Javier Bardem in a powerhouse performance as a breed of beast on its way out.

| Oct 3, 2022

A pitch-black, workplace comedy fueled by Javier Bardem’s seductively slimy portrayal of a baron whose industrial-scale factory is decidedly out of balance.

| Original Score: B | Sep 30, 2022

Spot-on as corporate satire, infused with humanity thanks to a funny and committed cast, The Good Boss draws its inspiration from classic workplace comedies like Office Space and The Devil Wears Prada

| Original Score: 4/5 | Sep 21, 2022

With silver hair making him look older than his 53 years, Oscar winning actor Javier Bardem gives a nuanced performance that accumulates in power in The Good Boss.

| Sep 16, 2022

The Good Boss is both wildly funny, a bit shocking, and another superb performance from the unmistakable Javier Bardem.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Sep 14, 2022

The Good Boss suffers from superficiality, social and psychological. The characters are efficiently developed but not profoundly. They act more or less as we expect them to. Nothing here is deeply moving or disturbing.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Sep 11, 2022

Javier Bardem delivers another memorable performance as a wolf in sheep’s clothing.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Sep 10, 2022