My Boss's Daughter (2003)

When a young man agrees to housesit for his boss, he thinks it'll be the perfect opportunity to get close to the woman he desperately has a crush on - his boss's daughter. But he doesn't ... See full summary »

Director:

David Zucker

Writer:

David Dorfman

Stars:

Ashton Kutcher, Tara Reid, Molly Shannon

4 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Mark Aisbett	...	Commuter
Ashton Kutcher	...	Tom Stansfield
Jon Abrahams	...	Paul
Tara Reid	...	Lisa Taylor
Molly Shannon	...	Audrey Bennett
Terence Stamp	...	Jack Taylor
Andy Richter	...	Red Taylor
Tyler Labine	...	Spike
Michael Madsen	...	T.J.
Ryan Zwick	...	Delivery Boy
Patrick Cranshaw	...	Old Man
Angela Little	...	Sheryl
David Koechner	...	Speed
Carmen Electra	...	Tina
Ron Selmour	...	Darryl (as Ronald Selmour)

Storyline

When a young man agrees to housesit for his boss, he thinks it'll be the perfect opportunity to get close to the woman he desperately has a crush on - his boss's daughter. But he doesn't plan on the long line of other houseguests that try to keep him from his mission. And he also has to deal with the daughter's older brother, who's on the run from local drug dealers.

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Plot Keywords:

crush | publishing | secretary | drug dealer | reference to jfk | 

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Taglines:

There are some things you just don't do.

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Genres:

Comedy | Romance

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for crude and sex-related humor, drug content and language

Details

Official Sites:

Buena Vista Home Entertainment Official Facebook

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

22 August 2003 (USA)

Also Known As:

A Filha do Chefe

Filming Locations:

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Box Office

Budget:

$14,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$177,927 (South Africa) (5 December 2003)

Gross:

$251,843 (South Africa) (12 December 2003)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Dimension Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

86 min 90 min (R-rated)

Sound Mix:

DTS Dolby Digital SDDS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The 16 March 2001 draft of the screenplay lists David Zucker and Peter Tilden as writers. Tilden is not credited in the final film and Zucker only receives a directing credit.

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Goofs

When the mice escape and are running across the floor, they do not look like live animals. They have no legs, only run in a straight line, and their tails don't move.

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Quotes

[repeated line]
Jack Taylor: Audrey, get in here!

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Crazy Credits

After the credits end a voiceover says "I told 'em they'd see the ass, sooner or later"

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Connections

Referenced in The Benchwarmers (2006)

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Soundtracks

"Trying So Hard"
Written by Aaron Zucker (as Aaron Perry-Zucker), Sam Webster, Troy Gabrielson, Justin Gibson and Max Slavkin
Performed by The Exo Squad

User Reviews

This is not a comedy, it's a tragedy.

I didn't like one bit of this movie. It was more like a Greek Tragedy play than a modern day comedy. It made me feel bad. Feel bad because the jokes were pretty bad, the plot was pretty bad and it felt like it was going to go on forever. Add to that, that we have seen this type of movies for years. We know how it's going to end. It tries to be somewhat serious at times. The movie brings up some issues that would better be left in dramas or TV Series. Not in comedy films, featuring Ashton Kutcher and Tara Reid.

The plot is about Tom Stansfield, that is working for some big publishing company. He has some great ideas for books, but is afraid of his boss, who happens to be a huge monster. At one point he starts to like this girl, who also works for the company. She asks Tom if he could watch her and her fathers house for her when she goes to a party. It just so happens that her father is Tom Stansfield's boss.

Of course, Tom gets himself into numerous "hilarious" situations, which we all have seen dozens of times before. It's somewhat similar to Home Alone, in the way that Tom gets unexpected visits from a dozen uninvited guests that stir up some "fun" situations.

I found myself extremely annoyed at Ashton Kutchers character. Because he was never developed, and all he ever did was getting yelled at by different people, and never has the courage to stand up for himself. Instead he just utters a couple of lines and accepts what's happening to him. This kind of cheap character development is extremely annoying. In the end scene he just "pops" up and suddenly he has developed and is brave enough to stand up for himself (how this happens, we never know).

The jokes are old, the movie is short, the plot is weak, the actors are crap, everything about this film is below par. Add to that that this so called "comedy" actually makes you depressed! That, if anything, warrants a "Extremely Bad Comedy" stamp.

I give it a 3/10. We've seen it ALL before. Absolutely nothing new. And nothing funny...