Great Film: My Boss's Daughter
This is not a comedy, it's a tragedy.
I didn't like one bit of this movie. It was more like a Greek Tragedy
play than a modern day comedy. It made me feel bad. Feel bad because
the jokes were pretty bad, the plot was pretty bad and it felt like it
was going to go on forever. Add to that, that we have seen this type of
movies for years. We know how it's going to end. It tries to be
somewhat serious at times. The movie brings up some issues that would
better be left in dramas or TV Series. Not in comedy films, featuring
Ashton Kutcher and Tara Reid.
The plot is about Tom Stansfield, that is working for some big
publishing company. He has some great ideas for books, but is afraid of
his boss, who happens to be a huge monster. At one point he starts to
like this girl, who also works for the company. She asks Tom if he
could watch her and her fathers house for her when she goes to a party.
It just so happens that her father is Tom Stansfield's boss.
Of course, Tom gets himself into numerous "hilarious" situations, which
we all have seen dozens of times before. It's somewhat similar to Home
Alone, in the way that Tom gets unexpected visits from a dozen
uninvited guests that stir up some "fun" situations.
I found myself extremely annoyed at Ashton Kutchers character. Because
he was never developed, and all he ever did was getting yelled at by
different people, and never has the courage to stand up for himself.
Instead he just utters a couple of lines and accepts what's happening
to him. This kind of cheap character development is extremely annoying.
In the end scene he just "pops" up and suddenly he has developed and is
brave enough to stand up for himself (how this happens, we never know).
The jokes are old, the movie is short, the plot is weak, the actors are
crap, everything about this film is below par. Add to that that this so
called "comedy" actually makes you depressed! That, if anything,
warrants a "Extremely Bad Comedy" stamp.
I give it a 3/10. We've seen it ALL before. Absolutely nothing new. And
nothing funny...
Cast
- Tom Stansfield played by Ashton Kutcher
- Lisa Taylor played by Tara Reid
- Hans played by Kenan Thompson
- Old Man played by Patrick Cranshaw
- T.J. played by Michael Madsen
- Jack Taylor played by Terence Stamp
- Ken played by Jeffrey Tambor
