Like a Boss - Rotten Tomatoes

Like a Boss is another perfectly pleasant, mid-tier comedy doomed to be forgotten, if not for the fact it features the potential birth of the next great comedy ... Home TopBoxOffice Tickets&Showtimes DVD&Streaming TV News What'stheTomatometer®? 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Rating: R(DrugUse|CrudeSexualMaterial|Language) Genre: Comedy OriginalLanguage: English Director: MiguelArteta Producer: MarcD.Evans, PeterPrincipato, JoelZadak, ItayReiss Writer: SamPitman, AdamCole-Kelly ReleaseDate(Theaters): Jan10,2020  wide ReleaseDate(Streaming): Apr7,2020 BoxOffice(GrossUSA): $22.1M Runtime: 1h23m Distributor: ParamountPictures AspectRatio: Scope(2.35:1) Cast&Crew TiffanyHaddish MiaCarter RoseByrne MelPaige SalmaHayek ClaireLuna KaranSoni JoshTinker JacobLatimore Harry BillyPorter Barret JimmyO.Yang Ron RyanHansen Greg JenniferCoolidge Sydney JessicaSt.Clair Kim NatashaRothwell Jill AriGraynor Angela LisaKudrow ShayWhitmore MelissaSaint-Amand Jess VeronicaMerrell Zaylee LanaYoung ShayWhittmore CarolineArapoglou Brook CatherineCarlen AuntMargo AaronDominguez Justin MiguelArteta Director SamPitman Screenwriter AdamCole-Kelly Screenwriter MarcD.Evans Producer PeterPrincipato Producer JoelZadak Producer ItayReiss Producer TiffanyHaddish ExecutiveProducer NicolasStern ExecutiveProducer JasShelton Cinematographer JayDeuby FilmEditor ChristopheBeck OriginalMusic TheresaGuleserian ProductionDesign JenniferR.Blair ArtDirector ShannaWorsham SetDecoration SekinahBrown CostumeDesigner AllisonJones Casting BenHarris Casting ShowallCast&Crew CriticReviewsforLikeaBoss AllCritics(155) |TopCritics(43) |Fresh(33) |Rotten(122) FullReview… RachelCharleneLewis BitchMedia FullReview… ClarisseLoughrey Independent(UK) FullReview… EdPotton Times(UK) FullReview… WendyIde Observer(UK) FullReview… TaraBrady IrishTimes FullReview… TimRobey DailyTelegraph(UK) FullReview… LonitaCook KCTV5Newsat9 FullReview… LauraPotier OuttakeMag FullReview… RobinHolabird KUNR(Reno,NV) FullReview… NickLevine NME FullReview… RichardCrouse RichardCrouse FullReview… CandiceMcMillan SeattleRefined ViewAllCriticReviews(155) AudienceReviewsforLikeaBoss Jan15,2020 There'slittleelseasenergy-zappingasacomedyfumblingforitsfunny,andthatsummarizesthedisappointingLikeaBoss,whichisfarfrombeingboss-like.TiffanyHaddishandRoseByrnestarasbestfriendswhoownamakeupcompanytogetherandSalmaHayekistherichCEOwhowantstobuytheircompanyanddrivethemapart.That'saboutthestorybecausethemoviefeelslikeitwasoneofthoseimrpov-heavyvehiclesdesignedforthelikesofaMelissaMcCarthywherethescenesarebarelysketchedinwiththeassumptionthattheperformerswilldiscoversomethingfunnyinthemomentonthedayoffilming.Exceptthisneverhappened.LikeaBossconstantlyfeelsstraining,groping,strugglingforanycomedyfromscenetoscene.Thereisn'toneinterestingcomicdynamicorasetpiecethatfeltreallysmartlysetupanddeveloped.Therearen'teventhatmanysetpiecesoutsideasequencewheretheladieseatghostpeppersandcannothandletheheat.There'sonepartwheretheydestroyadroneandhavetohideit.Nothingcomesfromthis.There'sonepartwheretheladiesaresmokingajointanditfallsintoababy'scrib,andyou'rewaitingfortheescalation,butthat'sit.Nothingofconsequencehappens.Mostlythemovieissodesperatelygraspingforwhateveritcanfindtobefunny,andeveryactorfeelslikethey'reinadifferentmovie.Istartedmentallycheckingouthalfwaythrough.Ichuckledafewtimesbutmydispiritedsighsoutnumberedthem.IlikeHaddish.IlikeByrne.IlikeHayek.IlikedirectorMiguelArteta(anunexpectedBeatrizatDinnerreunion).IlikethatthisisanR-ratedcomedyaimedatempoweringwomen.Theproblemisitstillneedstobefunny.Thebestfriendsforeversayhowmuchtheyloveoneanotherbutthey'realsoexplainingalloftheirproblemsandsolutionsinexposition-heavyvomitsessionstoassisttheaudience("Iknowyou'vealwayshavetrustissuesbecauseofyourmothers,and…").Forthescarybossantagonist,Hayek'scharacterisweirdlyimpotentandtooeasilyfoiled,includingbeingupstagedatherowncompany'slaunchpartyanddecidingtodonothingtostopherusurpation.LikeaBossisalimpandflailingcomedythatjustmademesad. 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