Movie Review: “My Boss’ Daughter”

The summer movie season is over, and there are no new blockbusters. The fall movie season is upon us, and so far, there is nothing to look forward to.

“My Boss’s Daughter” is a romantic comedy starring Ashton Kutcher and Tara Reid. This movie was written by David Dorfman and directed by David Zucker.

Tom Stansfield (Ashton Kutcher) is a shy young man who has trouble approaching his boss about a promotion and his boss’s daughter about a date. Lisa Taylor (Tara Reid) is his boss’s daughter with whom he has a serious crush. Lisa persuades Tom to housesit, in her place, for her dad. He feels that if he does her this favor that he can get close to her and win her over.

Tom’s boss, Jack Taylor (Terence Stamp), is a mean-tempered boss who has an opening for a promotion in which Tom is interested. Tom believes that if he does a good job housesitting he can also get the promotion.

At first, Tom thinks this job will be simple and easy. All he has to do is sit around the house and perform a few chores. However, the age-old comedy concept comes into play: If something can go wrong, it will.

All of a sudden, several strange and annoying houseguests unexpectedly visit the house and cause havoc. So what started out as an easy job, has now become a nightmare.

Molly Shannon, Michael Madsen and Carmen Elektra play a few of the uninvited and unruly houseguests who drop by, create trouble and destroy the house.

The movie has a few funny moments, but it is just not enough for a comedy. This film also includes elements and themes that audiences have seen before. There is nothing unique, new, fresh or even interesting about this picture.

One would expect a better comedy from the writer of “Anger Management” and the director of “Airplane,” however, the cast was poor and the plot was weak.

Furthermore, Lisa Taylor comes home early and apparently does not notice any of the problems taking place right under her nose. In fact, the only actor worth mentioning is veteran Terence Stamp, who did a fine job both with comedy and his portrayal as a mean-spirited boss and dad.

This movie is not worth seeing. I suggest movie fans to go see the summer hits that are still playing.