Synopsis
An IT company hires an actor to serve as the company's president in order to help the business get sold to a cranky Icelander.
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Cast
- Jens AlbinusSvend E, Direktoren for det hele, Kristoffe
- Peter GantzlerRavn
- Benedikt ErlingssonTranslator
- Henrik PripNalle
- Mia LyhneHeidi A.
- Casper ChristensenGorm
- Louise MieritzMette
- Sofie GråbølKisser
- Anders HoveJokumsen
- Lars von TrierNarrator
Recommendations
- 90
Village Voice
Colors and angles and sound levels don't match from one cut to the next. The movie is ugly as sin to look at. But it's all intentional on the part of von Trier. - 88
Premiere
The result is a kind of very faux documentary style, which, along with the subject matter, has suggested to some the influence of the BBC television series "The Office." Von Trier says he's never seen an episode, and I believe him. - 75
New York Post
Funny is not a word often used to describe von Trier's output, but "Boss" definitely is that, thanks to a breezy script and a bright cast. - 75
New York Daily News
With echoes of "Dave," in which Kevin Kline takes over for the comatose U.S. President he resembles, Kristoffer begins to feel the power given to him and to make his own decisions, leading to some hilarious situations and an unpredictable ending. - 75
Boston Globe
The Boss of It All finds the common ground between business and acting -- panicky improvisation -- and wonders whether applause or an executive comp package is the greater reward. - 70
Variety
For all its slightness, pic is helmer's least pretentious and most sheerly enjoyable for years. - 70
The New York Times
Like all of Mr. von Trier's films, The Boss of It All is a cold, misanthropic work that places no faith in institutions and in humanity itself. But it's also very funny. - 67
Entertainment Weekly
This satire of empty-suit capitalism has scalding moments, but most of it suggests Being There meets The Office gibberized into theater of the absurd.
