The Boss (2016)

A titan of industry is sent to prison after she's caught insider trading. When she emerges ready to rebrand herself as America's latest sweetheart, not everyone she screwed over is so quick to forgive and forget.

Director:

Ben Falcone

Writers:

Melissa McCarthy, Ben Falcone

Stars:

Melissa McCarthy, Kristen Bell, Peter Dinklage

3 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Melissa McCarthy	...	Michelle Darnell
Kristen Bell	...	Claire
Peter Dinklage	...	Renault
Ella Anderson	...	Rachel
Tyler Labine	...	Mike Beals
Kathy Bates	...	Ida Marquette
Cecily Strong	...	Dana Dandridge
Mary Sohn	...	Jan Keller
Kristen Schaal	...	Scout Leader Sandy
Eva Peterson	...	Chrystal
Timothy Simons	...	Stephan (as Tim Simons)
Aleandra Newcomb	...	Mariana
Annie Mumolo	...	Helen
Presley Coley	...	Hannah
Dax Shepard	...	Kyle (as Dax Shephard)

Storyline

The story follows Michelle Darnell, a titan of industry who is sent to prison for insider trading, denounced by her former lover, Renault, who still holds a heavy grudge towards her for their breakup, after getting a promotion a few years ago. After doing her time, Michelle emerges, ready to re-brand herself as America's latest sweetheart, but not everyone she steamrolled is not so quick to forgive and forget. With nowhere to go and no one to scam, Michelle is forced to move in with former assistant Claire and her young daughter, Rachel. Now at her lowest point, Michelle wastes no time in devising a winner-take-all plan to rebuild her empire..

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Plot Keywords:

blow job | woman | female ceo | child swearing | business | 

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Taglines:

Watch your assets

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Genres:

Comedy

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for sexual content, language and brief drug use

Did You Know?

Trivia

Michelle Darnell wears turtlenecks throughout the whole movie.

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Goofs

After Michelle is released from jail she has nowhere to live and seems to have no money at all even though prior to being released she is told all her accounts had been frozen, not cleared out. It's unlikely that she would have lost all of her money for a crime whose jail sentence is only 5 months, particularly if she was significantly wealthy beforehand.

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Quotes

Michelle Darnell: [from trailer] Whoo! That batch is *burnt*!

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Crazy Credits

Out-takes are shown during the closing credits.

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Connections

Referenced in Jeopardy!: Episode #33.63 (2016)

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Soundtracks

Tambourine
Written by Charles Brown, Maxx Kidd (as Carl Kidd), Swizz Beatz (as Kasseem Dean), Eve (as Eve Jeffers), Sean Garrett
Performed by Eve
Courtesy of Aftermath/Geffen Records
Under license from Universal Music Enterprises

User Reviews

Not bad

Melissa McCarthy is hilarious... This movie is better than its rating. Yes there are things that would never happen and people gripe about that but this isn't a freaking documentary it's a comedy. It's supposed to be a bit ridiculous. It's a good movie if you want a laugh. I'm looking forward to the next one written by her and Ben Falcone.

Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

8 April 2016 (USA)

Also Known As:

Michelle Darnell

Filming Locations:

Atlanta, Georgia, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$29,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$23,586,645, 10 April 2016

Gross USA:

$63,285,885

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$78,844,582

Company Credits

Production Co:

Gary Sanchez Productions, On the Day, Universal Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

99 min 104 min (unrated)

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital Datasat

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1