Spanish with English subtitles
With Javier Bardem, Manolo Solo, Almudena Amor, Óscar de la Fuente
A smash hit in Spain starring Academy Award® winner Javier Bardem, The Good Boss is an acerbic character study and a darkly funny social satire of the workplace.
Blanco, the charismatic owner of a family-run factory, is under pressure as he covets a local award for business excellence. Everything needs to be perfect! But the veneer of the perfect company cracks as Blanco has to deal with a vengeful fired worker, a depressed supervisor, and an infatuated ambitious intern. To win the competition, the manipulative “good boss” shamelessly meddles in his employees’ private lives and crosses every line imaginable, unknowingly starting an explosive chain reaction with wild consequences.
Press
“With a style reminiscent of the Coen brothers’ trademark cinematic sarcasm, León de Aranoa artfully spins a story of bad behavior trying to pass itself off as good.” – Jordan Mintzer, The Hollywood Reporter
“Smart and surprising. A scale proves to be an apt and rich metaphor for how to keep a company going in this slyly engaging workplace comedy.” – Kyle Smith, Wall Street Journal
“The star delivers a masterclass in reptilian charm as the unscrupulous head of a provincial firm. Impressively slick!” – Mark Kermode, The Guardian
“Played with an inspired fusion of mundanity and menace by Bardem - his natural earthy charisma tamped down beneath shapeless suiting, wire-rimmed glasses and a lank, frosted swadge of executive hair - he’s curiously riveting, and the best reason this amusing but gazpacho-temperature satire has for being.” – Guy Lodge, Variety
