Menu

Discover

Genres

Appearance

  • light/dark mode
powered by
moviedb

The Boss of It All

2006-12-08 Comedy 1hr 39m

An IT company hires an actor to serve as the company's president in order to help the business get sold to a cranky Icelander.

More
Trailer
MUBI

Watch on MUBI

close
The Boss of It All
MUBI

Watch on MUBI

Storyline

An IT company hires an actor to serve as the company's president in order to help the business get sold to a cranky Icelander.

  • Released
    2006-12-08
  • Revenue
    $3,100,000
  • Budget
    $3,000,000
  • Runtime
    1hr 39m
  • Genre
    Comedy
  • Status
    Released
  • Language
    Dansk, English, Íslenska, Pусский
  • imdb-logo
    6.6
  • Production
    Zentropa Entertainments, Memfis Film, Slot Machine, Lucky Red, SVT, DR, Film i Väst, Liberator Productions, Orione Cinematografica, Pain Unlimited Filmproduktion, Trollhättan Film

Crew

Lars von Trier
Director
Lars von Trier
Writer
Meta Louise Foldager Sørensen
Producer
Keywords:
office it-expert

Stream and watch The Boss of It All

similar movies

He Was a Quiet Man

He Was a Quiet Man

Love Actually

Love Actually

The Branch

The Branch

The Intern

The Intern

The Apartment

The Apartment

Broken Flowers

Broken Flowers

Culture

Culture

Beware of Blondie

Beware of Blondie

Brazil

Brazil

Cherry Magic! THE MOVIE

Cherry Magic! THE MOVIE

Zero Motivation

Zero Motivation

Waydowntown

Waydowntown

In the Company of Men

In the Company of Men

Mr. & Mrs. Smith

Mr. & Mrs. Smith

Desk Set

Desk Set

His Private Secretary

His Private Secretary

EL SITE

EL SITE

Miljoonavaillinki

Miljoonavaillinki

Carpool Guy

Carpool Guy

Home Office: Un especial de Mirreyes contra Godínez

Home Office: Un especial de Mirreyes contra Godínez

Cast

Jens Albinus

Jens Albinus
The Boss of it All / Kristoffer / Svend E
Peter Gantzler

Peter Gantzler
Ravn
Fridrik Thor Fridriksson

Fridrik Thor Fridriksson
Finnur
Benedikt Erlingsson

Benedikt Erlingsson
Interpreter
Iben Hjejle

Iben Hjejle
Lise
Henrik Prip

Henrik Prip
Nalle
Mia Lyhne

Mia Lyhne
Heidi A.
Casper Christensen

Casper Christensen
Gorm
Louise Mieritz

Louise Mieritz
Mette
Jean-Marc Barr

Jean-Marc Barr
Spencer
Sofie Gråbøl

Sofie Gråbøl
Kisser
Anders Hove

Anders Hove
Jokumsen
Lars von Trier

Lars von Trier
Narrator (uncredited)

Videos and Photos

video-bd
The Boss of It All
The Boss of It All
The Boss of It All
The Boss of It All
The Boss of It All
The Boss of It All
The Boss of It All

Movie Reviews

Reviews for The Boss of It All
reviewer avatar

A Review by badelf 9

Written by badelf on 2025-01-20

The Boss of It All: Lars von Trier's Comedic Deconstruction of Control Who knew Lars von Trier could make us laugh? In "The Boss of It Al... read more

The Boss of It All: Lars von Trier's Comedic Deconstruction of Control Who knew Lars von Trier could make us laugh? In "The Boss of It All", he doesn't just satirize corporate culture - he dismantles artistic pretension with surgical comedic precision. The film opens with von Trier himself, reflected in a window, perched in a cherry picker camera dolly - a literal deus ex machina, playing God while simultaneously mocking the very concept of directorial omnipotence. Here, he's gleefully playing God and immediately undermining himself. Using Automavision, a computer program that randomly determines camera angles, von Trier literally relinquishes directorial control. It's a brilliant mirror of the film's narrative: Ravn hiring an actor to be a fictional boss, thus avoiding personal responsibility. The director becomes just another actor in his own absurdist play. Kristoffer, the hired "boss", embodies this perfectly. "I have to consult my character," he says - a line that skewers both corporate role-playing and Dogme 95's Rule 6, which demands that action must be motivated solely by character emotion. It's a delicious mockery of the very artistic constraints von Trier champions. Ultimately, von Trier's message is disarmingly simple: Don't take life - or art - so seriously. It's only life, after all. It may even mirror the "senior six" throwing the beloved Teddy Bear over the cliff. A comedy that's also a profound philosophical joke? This is vintage Lars von Trier!

Read Full Review (The thoughts and opinions expressed here are solely those of the reviewer.)
A Review by badelf

The Boss of It All: Lars von Trier's Comedic Deconstruction of Control Who knew Lars von Trier could make us laugh? In "The Boss of It All", he doesn't just satirize corporate culture - he dismantles artistic pretension with surgical com...

reviewer avatar

A Review by badelf 9

Written by badelf on 2025-01-20

The Boss of It All: Lars von Trier's Comedic Deconstruction of Control Who knew Lars von Trier could make us laugh? In "The Boss of It All", he doesn't just satirize corporate culture - he dismantl...

read more