The Boss (2016) on Netflix
Michelle Darnell heads three Fortune 500 companies. A rival reports her insider trading, and she serves five months in prison before moving in with Claire, her former assistant.
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- IMDb5.4/1051,521 votes
- Rotten Tomatoes22%
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Plot summary
In 1975, a young Michelle Darnell is sent back to the Chicago orphanage she was adopted from, and over the next several years she passes between that home and others. In the present, she runs three Fortune 500 companies and writes best-selling self-help books. At an event at the United Center, she and her rival Renault clash over a stock deal she closed through insider trading, and he reports her to the SEC. A disastrous television interview follows, then her arrest and a five-month prison sentence. Renault takes over her companies, the government freezes her assets, and her home is foreclosed. With nowhere left to go, Michelle turns to Claire, her former assistant.
Cast
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about The Boss (2016)
Can contain spoilers, watch the movie first.
- Universal was at first unable to decide even on the gender of the film's antagonist; before Peter Dinklage was finally cast, the studio also considered Oprah Winfrey, Jon Hamm and Sandra Bullock for the part.
- The film was initially announced under the title Michelle Darnell, and is based on a character that McCarthy had created for the comedy troupe Groundlings.
- Pre-release tracking projected an opening weekend of $20 to 24 million from 3,480 theaters; the film took $985,000 from early Thursday screenings, $8.1 million on its first day, and $23.6 million over the weekend, finishing first at the box office.
- Melissa McCarthy's real-life daughter, Vivian Falcone, plays the 10-year-old Michelle, one of three young actresses used for the character alongside Chandler Head at five and Isabella Amara at fifteen.
