The Good Boss

2021 [SPANISH]

Comedy / Drama

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Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Certified Fresh 92% · 112 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 87% · 100 ratings
IMDb Rating 7.1/10 10 15754 15.8K

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Plot summary

Julio Blanco is the proprietor of Básculas Blanco, a Spanish company producing industrial scales in a provincial Spanish town, which awaits the imminent visit from a committee that will decide if they merit a local Business Excellence award: everything has to be perfect when the time comes. Working against the clock, Blanco pulls out all the stops to address and resolve issues with his employees, crossing every imaginable line in the process.

Top cast

Javier Bardem as Blanco
María de Nati as Ángela
Almudena Amor as Liliana
Manolo Solo as Miralles
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by brentsbulletinboard 7 / 10

Wait for the Payoff

It would appear comforting that there are still companies out there that genuinely care about the welfare of their employees, treating them like members of a big, loving family. And that's the image that Blanco Scales tries to convey, one that's placed the organization in the running for a regional business award, one of many such honors it has received over the years. Making this possible is the company's owner, a kindly paternal sort who seems concerned about the well-being of his staff - that is, insofar as it affects the company's welfare. This approach, however, often leads to undue meddling in the lives of workers, so much so that the boss will go to almost any lengths to achieve his goals by way of his employees and their families, especially when it comes to reflecting the proper image he's trying to project, a practice ultimately fraught with troubling complications. Writer-director Fernando León de Aranoa's latest serves up a biting satire about the business world and the extremes to which businesses will go to present squeaky clean, politically correct portraits of themselves to an easily gullible public, tactfully burying the compromises and questionable tactics they often must do in realizing that goal. This offering is a perfect vehicle for Javier Bardem as the oily protagonist, playing the part with just the right amount of insincerity to be convincing without looking cartoonish, in a role backed by a superb ensemble of supporting characters. It's regrettable that the picture gets off to a painfully slow start during much of the first hour, but the film more than makes up for this shortcoming in the second half, turning wickedly funny and occasionally disquieting in the second half. Be patient with this one, giving it ample time to develop; you won't be disappointed with the payoff.
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Reviewed by teresa_rosado 8 / 10

The selfish boss

I didn't have a very clear idea of what this film would be about, but, as the story advances, we clearly understand that the title is an ironic one because this boss puts his own interests above everything and even when he seems to think of his employees' well being, he is actually putting his business success on the top of the list. Any adversity is fought with money or a more radical measure. In the end, he doesn't really care about the father that lost his son, as long as the so desired prize is on the wall of his living room. Balance is a very important issue, his own balance, and if he needs to unbalance other peoples´lives, that's ok with him.

Bardem does what we expect, a brilliant performance, the story is a subtle criticism to a society that only values money, power, populism and the human being is just an instrument to the good boss will and needs. Well written and directed with some interesting twists.

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