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  • 2007
  • Not Rated
  • IFC Films
  • 1 h 39 m
  • 2007
  • Not Rated
  • IFC Films
  • 1 h 39 m

Summary In this comedy, the owner of an IT firm wants to sell up. There is just one problem: back when he started the firm he invented a fictitious boss to hide behind when there were unpopular decisions to make. The would-be buyers insist on negotiating with the boss in the flesh and so the owner resorts to employing a down-at-heel actor to pla...

Directed By: Lars von Trier

Written By: Lars von Trier

  • 2007
  • Not Rated
  • IFC Films
  • 1 h 39 m
  • 2007
  • Not Rated
  • IFC Films
  • 1 h 39 m

The Boss of It All

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 17 Critic Reviews
71
User Score Generally Favorable Based on 16 User Ratings
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Summary In this comedy, the owner of an IT firm wants to sell up. There is just one problem: back when he started the firm he invented a fictitious boss to hide behind when there were unpopular decisions to make. The would-be buyers insist on negotiating with the boss in the flesh and so the owner resorts to employing a down-at-heel actor to pla...

Directed By: Lars von Trier

Written By: Lars von Trier

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91
The first of von Trier's efforts to be certifiably farcical.
By Marc Mohan FULL REVIEW
88
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.
By Glenn Kenny FULL REVIEW
75
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.
By Ty Burr FULL REVIEW
70
Screwball office comedy.
By Andrea Gronvall FULL REVIEW
70
For all its slightness, pic is helmer's least pretentious and most sheerly enjoyable for years.
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The Boss Of It All, though clever as a piece of genre deconstruction, isn't terribly funny.
By Scott Tobias FULL REVIEW
50
It's a modest and mildly funny effort, with good scenes and touches of incisive satire, but it's not quite funny enough, and it's undermined by its camera technique.
By Mick LaSalle FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Zentropa Productions, Memfis Film, Slot Machine, Lucky Red, Pain Unlimited GmbH Filmproduktion, Trollhättan Film, Liberator Productions, Orione Cinematografica, Zik Zak Kvikmyndir, Film i Väst, Sveriges Television (SVT), Det Danske Filminstitut, Filmstiftung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Nordisk Film & TV-Fond, Icelandic Film Center, Canal+, Zentropa Entertainments, Zik Zak Filmworks
Release Date May 23, 2007
Duration 1 h 39 m
Rating Not Rated
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Awards

Danish Film Awards (Robert)
• 3 Nominations
Bodil Awards
• 2 Nominations
Zulu Awards
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

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