Kamila Bell This is a coming of age storyline that you've seen in one form or another for decades. It takes a truly unique voice to make yet another one worth watching.

Hattie I didn’t really have many expectations going into the movie (good or bad), but I actually really enjoyed it. I really liked the characters and the banter between them.

Philippa All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.

Billy Ollie Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable

fredthehatter All the actors are really good in this movie but Jens Albinus is a pure genius, his performance in "the boss of it all" outclasses any actor i've ever seen (i'am a cinéphile and i watch a lot of movies from all over the world ).Of course, Lars von trier has a lot to do about that performance, since that movie, he's my top director as well.I've seen a lot of comedies but how many comedies can you watch all over years and still being interested and even laugh of the jokes you already know perfectly well ?That's the only one i know. Because Lars von Trier set the scenes with humour and intelligence combined and his actors have a lot of self-derision, particularly Jens Albinus.That's where all his genius come from, that and his actors skills. there is a lot of good actors but none as good as him with half his self derision, that's what makes him unique.It's really difficult to choose your preferred movie but if i had to make that choice, "The boss of it all" would be the one.Simply a masterpiece ...

Joseph Sylvers Even when trying to make a frivolous film, Lars Von Trier still makes a minor classic, swimming in themes of pretension and acting, wanting to be liked, the hierarchies of power, exploitation, and cinematic comedy itself. A man who owns a company, w...(read more)ants to sell up, but in is a bind, because he created an imaginary president to take the blame for all stern management decisions, and now his buyer will only speak with the president. He hires an incredibly pretentious actor to do the one time gig, but things go wrong when he accidentally introduces himself to the employees, and has to spend a week riding out the role, till the deal is complete. There's narration in the opening of the movie about this being a an attempt to make a non-political comedy(it fails), that pokes fun at "artsy -fartsy culture"(success)" and that alone was enough to make me want to stop. But this is the trick of all films by this guy, their grueling at times, but also strangely magnetic, and the end is always, always worth the wait, and there's no difference h ere. The "Automotovision" is a bit distracting at first, but I forgot it was there for the most part, all of the actors, two from another Trier film "The Idiots", and Iben Hjejle (of High Fidelity), give great performances. Though Trier makes plenty of use of location changes, at ironic times, the cinema, the Mary go round, etc. Iben Hjejle at one point says "life's like a dogma film, it's hard to hear the words sometimes but there still there", and that's an example of Trier's self mockery as much, as a good rule for viewing the movie in general, don't mind the camera, keep an eye of the characters. Enormously entertaining, and maybe brilliant.

Robert_Woodward The Boss of it All, Lars Von Trier's latest film to be released in the UK, is a surprisingly effective comedy, in which the director cleverly skewers the slippery hierarchy and buck-passing in business culture. The film is largely set in the offices of a Danish IT firm managed by one Ravn (Peter Gantzler), who supposedly reports to a never-before-seen superior. Ravn is actually at the top of the command chain, but has invented another level in the company hierarchy so that he can credit unpopular decisions to 'the boss of it all.'When Ravn decides to sell the firm to an Icelandic competitor, he needs the boss to put in an appearance, and consequently hires an actor, Kristoffer (Jens Albinus), to play the part. Complications ensue as Kristoffer inherits the ill will and misunderstanding generated by Ravn under the boss's guise. Kristoffer's encounters with 'the six', the original employees used by Ravn to start up the firm, are both painful and hilarious to watch, as the bewildered actor muddles through love affairs, ducks out of punch-ups and squirms through boardroom meetings in which he has as little clue as we do about what the business does.Ravn and Kristoffer's meetings outside the office give rise to some very funny set pieces outside of the office (including some superb visual gags at the zoo). Ravn's scheming personality is increasingly exposed and Kristoffer grows increasingly confident in his acting. This is a film where the story adds layer upon layer to the comedy: it gets funnier and funnier as the plot thickens. The finale, where Kristoffer wrestles with Ravn, 'the six', the Icelandic magnate and his interpreter, and even himself, is the film's glorious high point, culminating in one moment of outstanding absurdity.Roughly edited and devoid of musical backing, this is both funny and thought-provoking cinema. That Von Trier interrupts on occasion to remind us we are just watching a story is thus puzzling and unnecessary. This remains however a minor quibble with an excellent film.

stensson This will be a little hard to understand, for those who are not familiar with Scandinavian office culture and enterprise democracy. For those who are, it's funny.The unemployed actor gets a job. He's supposed to act as executive, during some sensitive business with an Icelandic buyer. It doesn't develop like he has imagined, but in fact it doesn't develop like anyone has imagined.There's lots of kicking here in every direction and not at least against cultural snobbism. It's von Trier back to the basics, but not that easy to grip for people outside a Scandinavian environment.