My Boss's Daughter (2003)

9% of critics liked it
(67 reviews)
31% of users liked it
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Anarchic comedy veteran David Zucker directs hot young thing of 2003 Ashton Kutcher in the fast-paced romantic comedy My Boss's Daughter. Kutcher plays rookie executive Tom Stansfield, who wants to impress his demanding boss, Jack Taylor (Terence Stamp), and win the heart of said boss'… More Anarchic comedy veteran David Zucker directs hot young thing of 2003 Ashton Kutcher in the fast-paced romantic comedy My Boss's Daughter. Kutcher plays rookie executive Tom Stansfield, who wants to impress his demanding boss, Jack Taylor (Terence Stamp), and win the heart of said boss' conventionally attractive daughter Lisa (Tara Reid). In order to achieve these ends, he agrees to housesit at their palatial mansion for one night. Chaos ensues throughout the evening as rowdy houseguests show up with various means of disruption. Molly Shannon plays Jack's former employee Audrey and Andy Richter appears as Lisa's brother Red, who's on the run from nasty drug dealers. Cameos come from Carmen Electra, Ever Carradine, and the like. ~ Andrea LeVasseur, Rovi

Rating, Runtime: PG-13, 1 hr. 26 min.
Directed By: David Zucker
Written By: Will McRobb, David Dorfman
Genres: Comedy

In Theaters: Aug 22, 2003 Wide
On DVD: Feb 3, 2004
Studio: Miramax Films

Critic Reviews

J. R. Jones, Chicago Reader
I believe in a movie's right to die.
Christy Lemire, Associated Press
The spectacularly unfunny supporting cast -- including Dave Foley, Jeffrey Tambor and David Koechner -- doesn't help either. But luckily Kutcher is there to try to clean up the mess.
Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly
Zucker ... directs this mess like a substitute teacher soldiering through a day's work for a day's pay at a decertified school.
Ed Park, Village Voice
Zucker orchestrates the gags with great relish, lunging for the funny bone with sweetly idiotic characters, relentless slapstick, and topping sight gags.
Susan Walker, Toronto Star
A pink slip is in order for all concerned.
Carla Meyer, San Francisco Chronicle
Tries screwball and gross-out comedy and fails on both counts.
Nell Minow, Common Sense Media
Kutcher comedy is crude, offensive, and all-around bad.
Nick Schager, Lessons of Darkness
Few films are as consistently pathetic.
Tony Medley, tonymedley.com
I don't rate this at the bottom of the barrel because the film does have a few funny moments. But I wouldn't recommend it to anyone with the slightest inclination to good taste.
David Nusair, Reel Film Reviews
...not as bad as you might think...
Urban Cinefile Critics, Urban Cinefile
This cute and often surprising comedy is a brazen bid to clone Meet The Parents and it succeeds beyond this reviewer's worst fears.
John J. Puccio, Movie Metropolis
There is a much too conscious attempt in the film to be anti-PC, which backfires as badly as the film's characters, who are already running on empty.
John J. Puccio, Movie Metropolis
Kutcher and Reid not only don't light up the screen, they put out the candles.
Bob Bloom, Journal and Courier (Lafayette, IN)
The transfer to DVD has not improved this lame comedy despite the DVD cover's hype that this version is wilder, sexier and more outrageous.
Phil Villarreal, Arizona Daily Star
Some of the worst acting in a movie in 2003.
Garth Franklin, Dark Horizons
The simple premise pushes credibility beyond breaking point as ridiculous situations increase in number and size.
Dan Marcucci and Nancy Serougi, Broomfield Enterprise
It should have been called "My Boss's House" because there was very little focus on the boss's hot daughter.
Kamal 'The Diva' Larsuel, 3BlackChicks Review
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Coxxie M

Ashton, suck my Kush... nurr.
jay n

possibly the worst piece of slop ever foisted on an unsuspecting public
Sanjaya &

Funny!!! An outstanding comedy performance by Ashton Kutcher!!! He just make me wanna kick him, punch him, and u know all the bad things because of his stupidity....
Dean M

Outrageously funny with Ashton Kutcher who 'babysits' his boss's house that becomes a 'madhouse'. But I like the accidentally scenes on Terence Stamp where he was hanging on the tree that makes me laugh!
Deb S

Tom (Ashton Kutcher) works as a researcher at a publishing company who likes his co-worker Lisa (Tara Reid) who happens to be his boss's daughter. When she asks him to come over to her house he assumes they would go out together. As it turns out, she needed him to babysit her… More
Tom (Ashton Kutcher) works as a researcher at a publishing company who likes his co-worker Lisa (Tara Reid) who happens to be his boss's daughter. When she asks him to come over to her house he assumes they would go out together. As it turns out, she needed him to babysit her father's owl named O.J. while he went abroad on business. From the time Tom enters this house things go haywire from losing OJ, who ends up going fly crazy after ingesting some cocaine or was it heroin, to having all sorts of unsavory characters just let themselves in the house. Terence Stamp plays the psycho father, Jack Taylor pretty good. Can Tom do anything to get out of the mess he's in, keep his job, and most important--get Lisa to like him? Robber points a gun at Tom. Tom: *unzips pants* I've got a gun too, but you're just too afraid to use yours. Robber: *runs away* Lisa: That was so brave of you! Yeah right!! [Jack Taylor introduces his pet owl] Jack : This is O.J. Tom : O.J.? Like the murderer? Jack : No, like a football player. O.J. Simpson.
Sean S

This is a very silly movie with lots of unbelievable set-ups and jumps in story logic. However, it is a comedy and it is pretty funny for what it is, they do it joke a minute style so many of them miss but quite a few hit for me. Decent.
Lee K

This was very funny and left me wanting more Ashton is an actor im paying close attention too i predict seeing good things from him in the future
Patrick D

Frustrating as hell. Watch this if you want to be stressed out for 90 mins or so.
Wu C

Forgetable.