Like a Boss
Paramount Pictures | Release Date: January 10, 2020 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
33
METASCORE
Generally unfavorable reviews based on 31 Critic Reviews
Positive:
2
Mixed:
15
Negative:
14
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
55
SlashfilmHoai-Tran BuiJan 10, 2020
The problem with Like a Boss is that it spends so much time being a pale imitation of other female-led comedies that it overlooks what makes the film work: Haddish and Byrne. If you just let them riff, let them live together and let the cameras roll, you would get an infinitely better movie than the middling workplace comedy that Like a Boss turns out to be. Read full review
50
The PlaylistKimber MyersJan 24, 2020
Like a Boss is screamingly funny at times, thanks largely to the talented cast. Read full review
50
Entertainment WeeklyMaureen Lee LenkerJan 10, 2020
The film tries to replicate the formula that made "Bridesmaids" sing, pairing a heartfelt story exploring the complexities of female friendship with bawdy, over-the-top comedy. But the first half of the equation only partly succeeds, and the latter falls totally flat. Read full review
50
Original-CinLiam LaceyJan 9, 2020
Apart from the overall endorsement of women’s friendships — and the credible warmth between the two likeable stars — the script’s feminist message is hopelessly muddled. Read full review
50
The Seattle TimesMoira MacdonaldJan 9, 2020
If Like a Boss had a decent screenplay, and was competently directed, it might have been pretty good. Read full review
50
CNNBrian LowryJan 9, 2020
An R-rated gals-night-out comedy that, thanks to the talented cast, delivers a few genuinely amusing moments, but which falls a couple of glasses of chardonnay short of being a good time. Read full review
50
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Sarah-Tai BlackJan 8, 2020
The best moments of Like a Boss are just that – moments. The film has an obvious deficit of story – instead of any sort of satisfying sense of development, the audience gets 83 minutes of the same problem repeated over and over. Read full review
50
The A.V. ClubKatie RifeJan 8, 2020
If you’re looking for something truly groundbreaking—or hilarious—Like A Boss isn’t it. Read full review
50
The Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeJan 8, 2020
Quite funny for much of its running time, the film feels like it simply runs out of steam in its third act, settling for a lazy, pandering resolution and seeming happy to have made it to the 83-minute finish line. Read full review
50
Screen RantMolly FreemanJan 8, 2020
There's a real sweetness at the center of the film, but Like A Boss surrounds that heart with middling raunch comedy. Read full review
40
The Observer (UK)Wendy IdeFeb 26, 2020
Director Miguel Arteta, who brought a bracingly transgressive tartness to indie comedies Chuck & Buck and The Good Girl, delivers sloppily paced hack work here, while Tiffany Haddish and Rose Byrne, two fine comic actresses, are shackled to a screenplay so crassly tone-deaf, it makes you want to chisel off your own ears. Read full review
40
EmpireBeth WebbFeb 18, 2020
Haddish and Byrne play to their comedic strengths but Like A Boss falls foul of formulaic writing and a mistrust of the genre’s full potential. Stick to its groundbreaking peers for a taste of something sweeter. Read full review
40
Film ThreatAlan NgJan 10, 2020
As unoriginal and awkward as Like a Boss is, Byrne and Haddish do everything in their power to elevate the mundane script to something worth viewing. Read full review
40
TheWrapCandice FrederickJan 8, 2020
Like a Boss is vibrant and sometimes funny, but rarely heartfelt and entirely stale. While it hits a few sentimental notes, the film’s failure to delve into the friendship it celebrates, or to say anything significant about women’s relationships in business, ultimately hampers it. Read full review
40
The GuardianAdrian HortonJan 8, 2020
There are kernels of something interesting here: an interracial best friendship and business partnership in today’s America, or navigating best friendship on the cusp of middle age, or maintaining the ethics of your business and passion under the growth mandate of capitalism. It would take thought, and jokes constructed with a motivation other than how to include the word coochie. It would take an understanding that women want to see sex and their bodies talked about filthily on screen, but are smart enough to know that’s not always enough. Read full review
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