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  • Actors: Jens Albinus, Peter Gantzler
  • Directors: Lars von Trier
  • Format: PAL
  • Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: 15
  • Studio: Diffusion Pictures
  • DVD Release Date: 23 Jun 2008
  • Run Time: 99 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (43 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B001716E2E
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 24,834 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)

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From one of the world's most controversial and fêted directors comes an office comedy! Ravn is the seedy owner of an IT company who has invented a 'Boss Of It All' to take responsibility for all his unpopular decisions. When he decides to sell the company the buyers insist on dealing with the Boss and so Ravn decides to hire an actor to play the role. What could possibly go wrong? Lars Von Trier has created a hilarious comedy in his own inimitable fashion. ''A smart and witty fish-out-of-water parable and the screwball narrative delivers delicious pay-offs.'' (The Times - 4 stars) ''The Danish equivalent of The Office, the film is great.'' (London Lite - 4 stars) ''With a staggeringly brilliant body of work behind him, Lars Von Trier's latest is a truly funny film that ranks amongst his best to date.'' (Clash Magazine)

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Controversial yet always-interesting filmmaker Lars von Trier takes a surprising turn with THE BOSS OF IT ALL. Von Trier shackles his film to a traditional narrative structure, hitting cinematic heights he's been unable to reach since early efforts such as THE IDIOTS and BREAKING THE WAVES. Indeed, moviegoers who felt alienated by esoteric works such as DOGVILLE and MANDERLAY should find themselves on more comfortable ground here. THE BOSS OF IT ALL is set in Denmark, and revolves around Ravn (Peter Gantzler), the unassertive founder of a popular technology company. Ravn has invented a fictional, svengali-like boss (Svend) of the company, whom he claims is pulling the strings from America. In fact, Svend is a front that the lily-livered Ravn uses whenever he has to make an unpopular decision. But when Ravn decides to sell the company, he has to corral an unemployed actor, Kristoffer (Jens Albinus), into playing Svend, thus introducing him to a group of co-workers who all have wildly different expectations of what this shadowy figure will be like.


The strength in von Trier's film lies in the subtle interplay between Gantzler and Albinus. Albinus's 'Svend' gets into a mind-boggling array of tangled and complicated situations with Ravn's co-workers, and his woeful yet hilariously overwrought acting really hits some comic high points as the movie unravels. Von Trier shoots in a 'mockumentary' style which is sure to draw comparisons to both the British and U.S. versions of THE OFFICE, but THE BOSS OF IT ALL is really a work that inhabits its own peculiar universe, standing as a fine testament to a director who is not afraid to confound, surprise, and even alienate his own audience.

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85 of 91 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Lars Can Do Comedy, 15 April 2008
By Film Me (London) - See all my reviews
This confirms Von Trier as one of the most consistently brilliant and provocative directors working today. He's taken a brilliant concept and made an extremely funny film, whilst still maintaining his provocative style. He appears at the start to denounce the film saying it is only a cosy comedy with no preaching or swaying of opinion. A relief some might say after Dogville and Manderlay. Of course, with Von Trier there is no such thing as a simple comedy. This is a return to his Dogme films, albeit with a different set of 'rules'. Automavision will probably go unnoticed by large parts of the audience and in many ways doesn't particularly add to the film. What really hits home is Von Trier's genuine touch for comedy and timing in particular. Highly recommended!
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63 of 68 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Massive Return To Form For Von Trier, 21 May 2008
By Molly (Leeds) - See all my reviews
I'm a fan of Lars Von Trier, but I didn't like his last effort, Manderlay. This is much lighter in tone and shows that Von Trier has a great comic touch, which may surprise some given his earlier darker works. The plot itself involves a great set-up that I'm sure will be stolen by Hollywood before long. I'd say this is definitely in his top three films.
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52 of 56 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Lars von Trier is the real boss of it all, 3 Jun 2008
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I have only ever liked two of Lars von Trier's films - 'Breaking the Waves' and 'The Idiots' - now a third can be added to that list. 'The Boss of It All' is a comedy about an actor who is hired to be the fictional president of a Danish IT company so the company can be sold to an Icelandic company - the president of which will only deal with the president. Ravn, the real boss of the company, has invented a 'boss of it all' to deflect mistakes and criticism onto.

The film uses a technique called Automavision which lets a computer decide, randomly, when the camera should tilt, pan or zoom once the camera has been set in a fixed position and like von Trier's other restrictive set of rules, Dogme95 (which is even mentioned within the film), the film is all the better for it. The audience is also reminded that they are just watching a film by some asides from von Trier while he is filming the action.

The comedy revolves around Icelandic cultural antipathy towards the Danes, the ludicrousness of office work and culture and straight farce as more is revelead about the fictious boss of it all. The film has been compared to the TV comedy 'The Office' and while there are similarities, mainly the fact that they are both set in offices, 'The Boss of It All' is a far superior work.
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3.0 out of 5 stars Unique, For Better or Worse
The most accessible film of Von Triers I have watched, a much more comfortable watch than Dogville certainly. Read more
Published 28 days ago by Mr. T. Brandon

5.0 out of 5 stars Up there with his best
The man's a genius! This is a great return to form for Von Trier and is genuinely funny too. Let's hope he keeps along this route rather than returning to the Dogville, Manderlay... Read more
Published 8 months ago by Cory The Clown

3.0 out of 5 stars Missing something
The Boss of It All and I didn't see quite eye-to-eye. The concept for the film is good and has clear comic potential - Ravn is the boss and owner of an IT company, but has... Read more
Published 9 months ago by R. W. Mackenzie

4.0 out of 5 stars Another way of doing comedy
"The Boss of it all" is an office comedy set in a Danish company whose boss, Ravn, has concealed the fact that he is the boss from his workers by inventing an overseas president... Read more
Published 10 months ago by G. Brack

3.0 out of 5 stars Light Danish humour
Lars Von Trier has made some extremely provocative movies in recent years, ("Dogville" and "Dancer In The Dark" spring to mind) but with "The Boss Of It All" he has proven that he... Read more
Published 11 months ago by Rocky McShanty

4.0 out of 5 stars Not quite lost in translation
Watching a film with subtitles is always tricky, but something in The Boss of it All overcame this. Since so much of the film is related to overlapping reality and pretence,... Read more
Published 11 months ago by Simon Thomas

2.0 out of 5 stars A good plot for a comedy ... but somehow didn't catch my attention
In this comedy the plot is wonderful, an actor who is hired to play the boss in a real office has so many funny elements! Read more
Published 11 months ago by David Calcano

4.0 out of 5 stars Hilarious take on office life.
Lars von Trier pops up a number of times through this movie, seen in reflection behind the camera peering through the office window. Read more
Published 11 months ago by doublegone

3.0 out of 5 stars The Boss of It All
A quirky, unusual film which focuses on the office environment for laughs. I spend all day sat in an office and don't particularly want to spend my leisure time looking at other... Read more
Published 12 months ago by Ash

3.0 out of 5 stars Dryly Amusing
This film has quite a decent premise but for me was hindered by slow pacing and just the all round cross cultural oddness of it. Read more
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