Featured Audience Ratings

• Drew S

  
  I think The Boss of it All is the only von Trier film I truly dislike. Breaking the Waves was another, initially, and though I definitely still have my misgivings about it a second viewing sort of brought me around on the film's merits. This is a marginally clever treatment of… More
  I think The Boss of it All is the only von Trier film I truly dislike. Breaking the Waves was another, initially, and though I definitely still have my misgivings about it a second viewing sort of brought me around on the film's merits. This is a marginally clever treatment of viewership and an unconventional look at comedy in general, but in the scope of his filmography I don't think it really offers anything new. The idea of him creating a comedy so heavily reliant on cliche that he himself has to apologize through narration for the film is sort of interesting, but the novelty doesn't sustain 98 minutes' worth of viewing. It's funny how intent can so radically change a comedy's reception. This is, all told, the most generic office comedy of errors you could possibly imagine, and some people seem to think it's exceptionally funny. It's really not even remotely on its own terms, with von Trier's lampshading providing the only real chuckles, and even that isn't all that inspired. Not recommended, unless you're hellbent on watching all of his films.

• Anthony L

  
  Unlike many, I don't feel The Boss of it all is a departure from Von Trier's typical work or that it's his worst to date. It reminds me a lot of The Idiots in many ways, probably helped by the brilliant performance by Jens Albinus but also because it's just as… More
  Unlike many, I don't feel The Boss of it all is a departure from Von Trier's typical work or that it's his worst to date. It reminds me a lot of The Idiots in many ways, probably helped by the brilliant performance by Jens Albinus but also because it's just as funny, often uncomfortably so. It is probably destined to be compared with The Office though, a lazy comparison of an over-hyped series.

• Arash X

  
  Pretentious & unengaging, Comedy,Von Trier style

• Gordon A

  
  Disappointing update to the Dogme school restrictions with an automavision shooting system. Von Trier may have found it an interesting technical exercise but it added nothing to the format for me. The sense of humor is assumably hilarious in Denmark but it didn't tickle me. The… More
  Disappointing update to the Dogme school restrictions with an automavision shooting system. Von Trier may have found it an interesting technical exercise but it added nothing to the format for me. The sense of humor is assumably hilarious in Denmark but it didn't tickle me. The plot loses its tenuous grip on reality altogether at the end.

• Walter M

  
  [font=Century Gothic]"The Boss of It All" is a surprisingly deft comedy by Lars von Trier about an actor, Kristoffer(Jens Albinus), who is hired to impersonate the imaginary boss of a software company by the real boss, Ravn(Peter Gantzler), to seal a deal.(Ravn invented the… More
  [font=Century Gothic]"The Boss of It All" is a surprisingly deft comedy by Lars von Trier about an actor, Kristoffer(Jens Albinus), who is hired to impersonate the imaginary boss of a software company by the real boss, Ravn(Peter Gantzler), to seal a deal.(Ravn invented the imaginary boss, so none of the tough decisions would be blamed on him. He just wants to be liked, like everybody else.) But the meeting goes awry, and Kristoffer has to keep the charade up for a week, while the deal is completed...[/font] [font=Century Gothic][/font] [font=Century Gothic]Along with being a critique of corporate culture, "The Boss of It All" is also an example of Lars von Trier taking aim at actors.(To be honest, I've never known any director to have a kind word about actors.) But he also turns the camera on himself, quite literally in a couple of instances, and by admitting the thinness of Ravn's plan(yes Kristoffer is a bit of a numbskull, but he definitely could have used more information to go on), he also admits to the weaknesses in his script which does not have an especially strong plot and the ending is rather awkward. [/font]