just watch it!

I like movies that are aware of what they are selling... without [any] greater aspirations than to make people laugh and that's it.

Pretty good movie overall. First half was nothing special but it got better as it went along.

The film's masterful storytelling did its job. The message was clear. No need to overdo.

This show is one of the top shows out at the time of writing this review. It's not a show for everyone as it's political based, and I'm not really a guy to get into "serious" kind of t.v. shows, but the series catches you by surprise and after a few episodes I was hooked, Kelsey Grammar plays a great part and makes the show, the story is compelling and it twists and turns at any given moment which keeps the viewer on alert at all times, If your having doubts about watching this show, give it a few episodes and I guarantee you will love it. I'm half way through the second season now and really not looking forward to it ending! Great Show!

As an American political drama, 'Boss' has two obvious precedents: 'The Wire', and the real life political drama currently underway in Washington DC. 'The Wire' was written by a journalist who knew everything about Baltimore, and felt very real: it's politicians were often shown as corrupt and ambitious, but also trying to do their best for their city while held by overwhelming constraints. I mention real, national politics to make one specific point: that whatever the personal issues, the fight between the President and Congress is dramatic because it's not just a story of clashing egos: there is a huge ideological and policy gulf between Obama and the tea-partiers. And in this respect 'Boss' is very disappointing. For the "Boss" himself, a fictional Chicago mayor, politics is all about horse-trading, making deals, staying in power. But in spite of the fine (and false) sounding speeches the candidates make, there's little sense of anything being at stake beyond the careers of the characters; for sure, Mayor Kane is a Democrat (Democrats have Chicago sewn up in the real world); but after watching a whole series, I have little sense of what Kane is in politics to do, or the real world factors outside the political arena limiting his ability to do so. Indeed, the series portrayal of the real world in general is quite weak, it's a cardboard land occasionally visited by its political protagonists, a place they go to mine votes, but not somewhere a viewer can really believe exists. This wouldn't matter is the remaining element, the political deal making, was convincing, but it isn't. Some examples: (i) the mayor asks key people to deliver votes for him, but how they do this is never made clear (ii) the mayor is implicated in a pollution scandal, so his response is to publicise how much another city is suffering, so that he can appear its rescuer (iii) when the scandal doesn't go away, he regains popularity by deliberately arresting his own daughter (iv) when his aide is caught leaking, he has the aide murdered, virtually at the aide's own request. This is a fantasy version of machine politics, and the back-plot (the mayor has a terminal disease) is simultaneously unnecessary and underdeveloped. Add some over-tricksy direction (lots of scenes cut out of temporal order for no particular reason) and the result is a decidedly patchy drama: there's promise in the premise, but it's played out as sanctimonious soap opera.

10 minutes into the first episode of the 2nd season (the first time I ever saw Boss) I was completely hooked.1. The story/plot is powerful and interesting. While it is delightfully twisting, intricate, shocking, and complicated, I was able to "jump aboard" without seeing the first season. (Damn! I sure wish I had seen season one...)2. Kelsey Grammar just blows me away. His portrayal of Kane is just fantastic. Wow. He must be seen.Having said all this, I just read that it's been cancelled, and the last episode I just watched is the last one. Period. What the hell?!! It never fails. As soon as some quality television comes along, I get sucked in, then it gets cancelled due to poor ratings. It never fails. And it never fails to tick me off. Just take a look at all of the other user ratings for this show... I'm not the only one who is captivated by the excellence of the writing, acting, and production of "Boss". What gives? What the heck is wrong with the t.v. viewing public/audience?!! I suppose the cancellation of great shows like "Boss" makes room on the schedule for what the viewers all really want and need: More Honey Boo-Boo spin-offs. More Kardashians. More "Housewives of XXX". Perhaps some more hoarders, ghost hunters, rose bearing bachelors, or dancing c-list "celebrities", Great. The viewing public is getting just what it apparently wants, and just what it deserves. God forbid some quality drama sneaks in there somewhere.

From the second I started watching Boss, I was enthralled. Whereas some of my other favorite shows may take several episodes to get me hooked, this one only took a few seconds. In my opinion, the show excels greatly at all the things that make TV great: Stellar performances from the majority of the cast; impeccable writing (that is so perfectly understated while also keeping me on the edge of my seat and constantly shocking me); and "cinematic", polished, and a creative directing and editing. The show is smart, dark, sexy, and full of mystery.They've taken a city, Chicago, and placed us full-force into its politics, with the cities mayor, Tom Kane. The show is about Kane's power, and it's exhibited in such impressive ways through absolutely amazing writing. The added twist, the mayors degenerative brain disease, thickens the plot and raises the stakes.The plot-lines that these characters are involved in run so deep, it's almost hard to keep up at times. Every single character, save Kane's daughter, Emma, in my opinion, exhibit equally interesting and engaging plot-lines.