Like a Boss: reviews

What the critics say average 4.4 from 9 outlets

• 7.0 VarietyLisa Kennedy Its economic message might be fuzzy. Its feminism, too. But best-friend comedy Like a Boss rides Tiffany Haddish and Rose Byrnes?s frisky and believable chemistry to laughs ? some worn, some crude, but more than a few delivered deftly and consistently enough to keep audiences smiling if not doubled over. Read
• 6.3 New York PostSara Stewart Thankfully, director Miguel Arteta (?Beatriz at Dinner?) gets a solid half-hour of funny out of this thing before clunkiness sets in. Read
• 5.0 The Hollywood ReporterJohn Defore Quite funny for much of its running time, the film feels like it simply runs out of steam in its third act, settling for a lazy, pandering resolution and seeming happy to have made it to the 83-minute finish line. Read
• 5.0 The A.V. ClubKatie Rife If you?re looking for something truly groundbreaking?or hilarious?Like A Boss isn?t it. Read
• 5.0 Entertainment WeeklyMaureen Lee Lenker The film tries to replicate the formula that made 'Bridesmaids' sing, pairing a heartfelt story exploring the complexities of female friendship with bawdy, over-the-top comedy. But the first half of the equation only partly succeeds, and the latter falls totally flat. Read
• 3.8 Chicago Sun-TimesRichard Roeper Imagine how great it would be to see a vehicle worthy of the respective likability, comedic chops, intelligence, onscreen charisma and beauty of Tiffany Haddish and Rose Byrne. No, I mean you?re really going to have to imagine that, because 'Like a Boss' is not that movie. Read
• 3.7 The Washington PostMichael O'Sullivan 'Like a Boss' is the perfect airplane movie: something that won?t distract you terribly much while you work the New York Times crossword puzzle during a long flight, periodically looking up at the screen when the 2-year-old in the seat behind you kicks the back of your chair. Oh well. At least that way you won?t fall asleep. Read
• 3.0 Los Angeles TimesKatie Walsh If there?s one word to describe the girl-power comedy ?Like a Boss,? it?s incomprehensible. Structurally, industrially, philosophically and emotionally incomprehensible. What should have been an easy breezy buddy comedy is rather a flabbergasting tone salad. Read
• 1.0 New York TimesManohla Dargis Actors make lousy choices all the time and if Like a Boss makes money no one will care that it?s formulaic, unfunny, choppy, insults women and seems to be missing much of its middle. Read