Like A Boss one unfunny comedy
If there are laughs to be had in Like A Boss, you will have to be incredibly high on something, or have set the bar low enough to chuckle at anything.
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Whoa! This is one unfunny comedy.
If there are laughs to be had, you will have to be incredibly high on something, or have set the bar low enough to chuckle at anything.
A choppy, sloppy vibe sets in very early, and only strengthens as the minutes tick by.
Rose Byrne and Tiffany Haddish star as Mel and Mia, BFFs whose cosmetics biz will be DOA unless someone answers an SOS.
This triggers the first of many WTF? entrances to be made by psychotic beauty tycoon Claire Luna (Salma Hayek). This so-called angel investor has a devilish plan to take over the company by pitting the corporate one (Mel) against the creative one (Mia).
Much of what transpires effortlessly defies all logic, and clinically avoids what are conventionally recognised to be “jokes”.
After giving Mel and Mia a backstory that justifies their close bond in and out of office hours, Like a Boss does nothing with it whatsoever.
Hints that Like a Boss might be heading down a road where a case is made for women to be more supportive of each other in the workplace remain just that: hints.
As for comedic chemistry, Byrne and Haddish can barely keep anything consistent from scene to scene. One moment, they can be casually riffing like old pals. The next, it is as if they have met for the first time.
Meanwhile, Hayek chews more scenery than Godzilla in his last five movies.
LIKE A BOSS (M)
Director: Miguel Arteta (Beatriz at Dinner)
Starring: Rose Byrne, Tiffany Haddish, Salma Hayek.
Rating: *
Does not show up to work
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