While “The Boss” makes some attempts to give Michelle realistic characteristics, citing her relationship with her former mentor and her troubled past, she ultimately comes off as a ruthless businesswoman with little sense of professionalism. After a change of heart, Michelle, Claire and Claire’s boyfriend steal the contract from Renault in an overexaggerated sword fight, saving the company. But, too afraid to get close to them, Michelle sells the company to Renault. While facing off against the rival Dandelions, Michelle begins to get close to her assistant, Claire, and her daughter. Her solution? Selling brownies in a slightly altered version of the Girl Scouts, the Darnell Darlings.
Upon her release, a now-penniless Michelle is forced to crash on her former assistant’s couch, all the while figuring out how to get back on her feet. This successful image is short lived, however, as Michelle’s nemesis Renault turns her in for insider trading.
The camera quickly cuts to a rich and successful adult Michelle preaching to devotees of big business, telling them that “people pull you down” in what’s sadly the only insight into her background. In one of its only attempts at characterization, the movie opens to a scene of a young Michelle Darnell, rejected from foster home after foster home. Its efforts to be simultaneously humorous and redemptive fall flat, leaving viewers unsure of what to make of the movie, and its few efforts at character development are poor at best. With poor character development, a vaguely developed plot, and crass humor all around, “The Boss” takes a moderately interesting concept and runs it into the ground. Starring: Melissa McCarthy, Kristen Bell, Peter Dinklage
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