My Boss's Daughter

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My Boss's Daughter

PG-13

Released Aug 22, 2003

1h 26m

Romance

Comedy

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A misunderstanding leads Tom Stansfield (Ashton Kutcher), a mild-mannered publishing house employee, to house-sit for his boss, Jack Taylor (Terence Stamp), instead of Jack's daughter, Lisa (Tara Reid), who goes partying. While Lisa is away, her older brother hides some drugs in the bathroom, which the family's pet owl ingests, causing it to behave erratically. Lisa comes home and starts to take a liking to Tom, but the situation is interrupted by an upset drug dealer and other mayhem.

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Critics Consensus

Offensive, incoherent, and ineptly acted and directed.

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Heather Havrilesky

Salon.com

Painfully awkward and out of sync from the first scene, in which Kutcher, horribly miscast as a big dork, swoons over Tara Reid, horribly miscast as a dreamy love interest.

Jul 16, 2019

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Scott Tobias

AV Club

The only real physical comedy in My Boss's Daughter comes from Zucker, Dorfman, and Kutcher stumbling over each other, but it's unlikely anyone will laugh.

Jul 22, 2014

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Nell Minow

Common Sense Media

Kutcher comedy is crude, offensive, and all-around bad.

Rated: 1/5

Dec 26, 2010

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Richard Propes

TheIndependentCritic.com

Everything about this film stinks.

Rated: .5/4.0

Sep 17, 2020

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M. K. Terrell

Christian Science Monitor

The real disaster is the slapstick-ridden script, which a great supporting cast is powerless to salvage.

Rated: 1/4

Jul 22, 2014

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John Wooley

Tulsa World

A pretty good cast and a pretty good director are pretty much wasted in My Boss's Daughter.

Rated: 1.5/4

Jul 22, 2014

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Jace E

No lie, this might be the worst movie that I have ever watched in my entire life. If I could give this 0 stars, I would. I honestly cannot think of a single redeemable quality in this movie. The plot is chaotic (not in a good way), the characters are all shallow and ridiculously dumb, and I was tempted to turn it off more than once. Best Character: None Best Quote: None Best Scene: None

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

05/21/25

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megan h

I like to wonder about what the actors thought when they got this script and were making it. It’s so bad.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

04/16/25

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The P

I'm so glad I'm seeing this for the first time in 2024, as someone who grew up in the peak of corny over the time it's so bad it's good comedies, prime Adam Sandler movies and when they made spoofs of everything, this so brings me back to that era. this is such nostalgic nonsensical humor. actually makes you laugh out loud at the absurdity. just goofy. and I miss these character archetypes. back when everyone looked original and felt like someone you'd know in your hometown. have a couple beers, smoke a j and put this one on with friends and just have a feel good time.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

03/19/25

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Ed R

Terrible writing, horrible plot, and an all around terrible movie.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

02/18/25

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steve d

My god is the script bad.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

03/30/23

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Audience Member

One of those abysmal movies you just want it over, like an equivalent to desperately getting someone you do not want in your house out the door. (F)

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

02/17/23

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David W. Zucker

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Synopsis

A misunderstanding leads Tom Stansfield (Ashton Kutcher), a mild-mannered publishing house employee, to house-sit for his boss, Jack Taylor (Terence Stamp), instead of Jack's daughter, Lisa (Tara Reid), who goes partying. While Lisa is away, her older brother hides some drugs in the bathroom, which the family's pet owl ingests, causing it to behave erratically. Lisa comes home and starts to take a liking to Tom, but the situation is interrupted by an upset drug dealer and other mayhem.

Director: David W. Zucker
Producer: Gil Netter, John Jacobs
Screenwriter: David Dorfman
Production Co: Dimension Films
Rating: PG-13 (Drug Content|Crude Humor|Language|Sex-Related Humor)
Genre: Romance, Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Aug 22, 2003, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): May 23, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA): $15.5M
Runtime: 1h 26m
Sound Mix: Surround

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