An IT company hires an actor (Jens Albinus) to serve as the company's president in order to help the business get sold to a cranky Icelander (Fridrik Thor Fridriksson). Read more
| Starring | Jens Albinus, Peter Gantzler, Benedikt Erlingsson, Iben Hjejle |
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| Director | Lars Von Trier |
| Genres | Comedy, World Cinema |
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An IT company hires an actor (Jens Albinus) to serve as the company's president in order to help the business get sold to a cranky Icelander (Fridrik Thor Fridriksson).
| Starring | Jens Albinus, Peter Gantzler, Benedikt Erlingsson, Iben Hjejle, Friðrik Þór Friðriksson, Henrik Prip, Mia Lyhne, Casper Christensen, Louise Mieritz, Jean-Marc Barr, Sofie Gråbøl, Anders Hove |
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| Director | Lars Von Trier |
| Studio | High Fliers |
| Original title | Direktoren for det hele |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 39 mins LOVEFiLM Instant: 1 hr 35 mins |
| Certificate |  DVD LOVEFiLM Instant |
| Genres | Comedy, World Cinema |
| Language | DVD: Danish LOVEFiLM Instant: Danish, Icelandic, English, Russian |
| Subtitles | LOVEFiLM Instant: English |
| Released | Production year: 2006 To Watch Online: LOVEFiLM Instant: 10 Sep 2009 To Rent: DVD: not available To Buy: DVD: 23 Jun 2008 |
| Watch now | Included in all packages with LOVEFiLM Instant. Subscribe. |
THE BOSS OF IT ALL finds Trier in an uncharacteristically subtle mode, opting for allegory and inviting us to both love and hate him as we negotiate a series of oppositions pivoting on the notion of power...
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A new genre, a new hit
A Lars Von Trier comedy? Of course, being him, it's fairly dark but also genuinely funny. He might irritate some and will certainly do in this film when he ... read more »
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We’re not in Slough Any More...
Wonderfully judged dry-as-a-bone comedy from Lars Von Trier, a likeably eccentric bunch of desk jockeys are led by an excellent central performance from Jens ... read more »
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Subtle, Splendid, Sublime.
This was my first Von Trier film - an odd place to start, possibly, but it was not without its rewards.
Jens Albinus is fantastic as The Boss of It ... read more »
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THE BOSS OF IT ALL
Von trier is a wildly erratic director and is capable of making great films along with utter rubblish . Sadly this is in the latter bracket .
A smug,... read more »
Lars von Trier tries his hand at comedy! There's usually a mischievous twinkle in his eye even when Denmark's most daring director (and its most celebrated neurotic) is tackling such serious subject matter as slavery (Manderlay), hypocrisy and exploitation (Dogville), and gun culture (Dear Wendy - which he wrote). But the sour ironies that underpinned these films are quite different from the playful delight that sparks The Boss of It All. In the opening voice over von Trier promises no... Read more
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