‘The Good Boss’ Film Review: Dark Comedy Adds Another Memorable Portrait to Javier Bardem’s Gallery of Rogues
thewrap.comdon’t need to be in the office five days a week. And the scale is always tipped in favor of someone higher up, as writer-director Fernando Léon de Aranoa would like you to believe.
And with the help of a terrific Javier Bardem, he makes a pretty good case.Bardem’s Blanco is the CEO of Básculas Blanco, a Spanish company that manufactures industrial scales.
It’s a heavy-handed metaphor that slots right into an unsubtle script, but Bardem’s performance keeps us watching all the way to the end.We know Blanco considers himself a good boss because he tells everyone at every opportunity.
He’s the capo of his company, generously doling out advice, forgiveness and favors to every employee who comes on bended knee.The movie is set during an important week for Blanco — he’s competing against two other companies for “the Oscar of scales,” an award he’s fully determined to win.
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