“surprisingly scabrous and scathing satire” “surprisingly scabrous and scathing satire” Read more. “Alongside the excellent Bardem (No Country For Old Men, Spectre), there are also terrific performances from Official Competition’s Manolo Solo” “a narrative that offers plenty of twists and turns and will keep the audience guessing as to the outcome until the final frames.”
“The most nominated film in the history of Spain’s Goya Awards (it eventually took home six of the 20 trophies it was up for)” “Javier Bardem is at his charismatic and calculating best in this pitch-black Spanish workplace comedy” "A perfectly paced and pitched, entertaining, engrossing watch from start to finish." Here's a snapshot of the ***** 1/2 review from Stuff Media's James Croot Blanco’s right-hand man, Miralles, is distracted by marital woes and flailing professionally – a weakness his boss isn’t above exploiting for the good of the company… Blanco’s own marriage to world-weary fashion boutique owner Adela hasn’t been sacred for years… With each chaotic plot turn of anti-corporate comedy, it becomes clearer that Blanco is the blandest possible incarnation of pure evil: a man with nary a principle, much less a personality, to his name.” - Guy Lodge, Variety. Among various downsizing measures, longtime employee Jose is summarily dismissed, and doesn’t take it well… Within factory walls, meanwhile, everything is far from hunky-dory.
Once the visitors are gone, however… a little harsh housekeeping. We first encounter him giving a smarmy pep talk to the employees at his company… All smiles and handshakes and repeated mentions of community, it’s a performance for the benefit of a local journalist, visiting to big-up the factory in a commissioned puff piece… You shudder to think how fast it would vanish if you did anything but. “‘Don’t treat me like a boss,’ Blanco keeps telling people with a thin gray smile. Everything must be perfect – Julio, risking his own sanity, will ensure that it is, no matter who he must seduce and destroy. In a few days’ time, the national committee deciding the award outcome will come to inspect the premises. Javier Bardem, renowned for his memorable portrayals of villains in No Country for Old Men and Skyfall, adds another sinisterly charming, immoral character to his repertoire as the titular “good boss” in this dark Spanish satire which bagged all the top awards at the 2022 Goyas (the Spanish Oscars).īenevolent patriarch Julio Blanco, CEO of a family company manufacturing precision industrial scales, is determined to win a prestigious business award.
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