The Boss (2016)

Movie
German title	The boss
Original title	The boss
Country of production	United States
original language	English
Publishing year	2016
length	99 minutes
Age rating	FSK 12
Rod
Director	Ben Falcone
script	Melissa McCarthy , ; Ben Falcone ; Steve Mallory
production	Ben Falcone, ; Melissa McCarthy, ; Will Ferrell , ; Adam McKay
music	Christopher Lennertz
camera	Julio Macat
cut	Craig Alpert
occupation
	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; Kristen Schaal : Sandy; Annie Mumolo : Helen; Timothy Simons : Stephan; Eva Peterson : Chrystal; Ben Falcone : Marty; Margo Martindale : Sister Aluminata; Michael McDonald : Bryce Crean; Cedric Yarbrough : Tito;

The Boss (alternative title: The Boss - Dick im Business ) is an American comedy film from 2016 by director Ben Falcone , which was released in German and Austrian cinemas on April 21, 2016. The film also premiered on April 21, 2016 in German-speaking Switzerland. It stars Melissa McCarthy , Kristen Bell and Ella Anderson . The film tells the story of the once richest woman in America, Michelle Darnell, who tries to get back on her feet after being in jail and losing everything. Michelle is helped by her former colleague Claire, who takes her in.

action

Michelle Darnell is America's 47th richest woman and has established herself as a successful entrepreneur. With big pompous shows she preaches to her viewers how to get rich. Michelle herself had a difficult fate herself, which she hides from the public and her employees. She grew up mostly in a monastery under the direction of Sister Aluminata. The monastery always tried to place her in a family, but this always failed and she was brought back. But she found that you can achieve your goals by working ambitiously and so she became the 47th richest woman in America. With her closest colleagues, her bodyguard Tito and her secretary Claire, she talked about mundane everyday things like teeth whitening.

But when she is fleeing a talk show because she has asked the presenter about her childhood in the monastery, Michelle is arrested on suspicion of insider trading and has to go to jail. She loses all her money and remains in jail for a few months. When she comes out again, she finds that she has lost all her money and possessions. Many of her former friends and business partners turn her away. Including Tito and her former business partner Bryce Crean. Michelle does not know that her former Renault affair is behind the rejections. Of all people, her former colleague Claire, who has always treated her the worst, takes her on. She lets Michelle live with her and her little daughter Rachel. Claire now works for a smaller company led by Dana Dandridge. After Bryce Crean's rejections, Michelle is not doing well and she lingers on the couch for many days. Claire doesn't like this and she tells Michelle to go to Dandelion Club with her little daughter Rachel, a group that sells biscuits under the direction of Sandy. She is committed to animal welfare and the children earn badges as a result.

Michelle sees success in the biscuit sale and wants to start her own business with children. She does this in order to secure herself financially and to show the overambitious mother from Dandelion Club, Helen, that she can handle the income better than Helen and that the children have more fun and joy in their group. Michelle builds a new company and, with the help of Rachel, recruits many students for her new group. She also engages Claire by using her brownie recipe and asking her to bake brownies. After some thought, Michelle even gets Claire to quit her job.

synchronization

role	actor	Voice actor
Michelle Darnell	Melissa McCarthy	Anke Reitzenstein
Claire	Kristen Bell	Maria Koschny
Renault	Peter Dinklage	Peter Flechtner
Ida Marquette	Kathy Bates	Regina Lemnitz
Dana Dandridge	Cecily Strong	Daniela Thuar
Sandy	Kristen Schaal	Anna Grisebach
Helen	Annie Mumolo	Cathlen Gawlich
Marty	Ben Falcone	Bernd Vollbrecht
Bryce Crean	Michael McDonald	Gerald Schaale
Tito	Cedric Yarbrough	Tilo Schmitz

reception

The film received mostly negative reviews. At Metacritic , the film received a Metascore of 40/100 based on 37 reviews, with Rotten Tomatoes 20 percent of 128 reviews were positive.

The film service believes The Boss is a "predictable comedy about the talented comedian Melissa McCarthy, which could not develop its potential in the face of an imprecise and inefficient script and lame gags". It goes on to say that the "visual language and [the] tone of voice" do not "find a uniform line".

Web links

Individual evidence

[FSK-1] Certificate of Release for The Boss . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry (PDF).

[2] The Boss. In: synchronkartei.de. German synchronous file , accessed on April 30, 2016 .

[3] The Boss at Metacritic (English)

[4] The Boss at Rotten Tomatoes (English)

[5] The Boss - short review . In: Filmdienst.de . Retrieved April 30, 2016.