Film Review: The Boss

The Boss gets to a hilarious point, and then avoids it the rest of the way.

Troop Badass.
Troop Badass.

Melissa McCarthy has been a central figure in the female-led comedic renaissance in modern cinema. 2011’s Bridesmaids kicked off a constant flow of adult comedies featuring female leads, and the results have been great. That isn’t to say that female-led comedies were never produced before, but they were few and far between — about one to every ten male-led adult comedies (a guesstimate). The Boss is the latest entry in the new wave of such films, and while it’s not nearly as funny as others, it gleefully crosses the politically incorrect line on a few occasions while criticizing some of our society’s most antiquated views of women of all ages. And when it does, unfortunately not often enough, it’s hysterical!

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Film Review: “What to Expect When You’re Expecting”

Elizabeth Banks and Brooklyn Decker in WHAT TO EXPECT WHEN YOU'RE EXPECTING

starring: Cameron Diaz, Jennifer Lopez, Elizabeth Banks, Anna Kendrick, Matthew Morrison, Rodrigo Santoro, Ben Falcone, Chace Crawford, Dennis Quaid, Brooklyn Decker, Rebel Wilson, Wendi McLendon-Covey, Chris Rock

written by: Shauna Cross and Heather Hach

directed by: Kirk Jones

MPAA: Rated PG-13 for crude and sexual content, thematic elements and language

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