Like a Boss is a 2020 comedy film starring Tiffany Haddish, Rose Byrne and Salma Hayek.
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- Like a Boss is a 2020 American comedy film
- It is directed by Miguel Arteta
- It is written by Sam Pitman & Adam Cole-Kelly
- The film stars Tiffany Haddish, Rose Byrne, Jennifer Coolidge, Natasha Rothwell, Billy Porter, and Salma Hayek
- It follows two friends who attempt to get their cosmetics company back from an industry titan
- The film was released on January 10, 2020, by Paramount Pictures
- Two friends with very different personalities decide to start their own beauty company, Mel & Mia’s
- Despite not agreeing on how they should run it
- One is more practical, while the other wants to earn her fortune quickly and live a lavish lifestyle
- Things take a turn for the worse when their company runs into debt, forcing them to turn to an unscrupulous benefactor who intends to steal the business out from under them
- And forcing the two to address their differences to save Mel & Mia’s
- On October 23, 2017, it was announced that Paramount Pictures had bought a female comedy spec Limited Partners specially a starring lead role for Tiffany Haddish
- The script written by Sam Pitman & Adam Cole-Kelly
- The film would be produced by Peter Principato, Itay Reiss, and Joel Zadak through their Principato-Young Entertainment (now known as Artists First)
- In July 2018, Paramount won the bidding war over the starring role for Haddish, and the film would be directed by Miguel Arteta
- Later the same month, Rose Byrne was cast in the film to play one of the lead roles
- In September 2018, Salma Hayek was cast in the film to play a supporting role
- In October 2018, Ari Graynor, Jacob Latimore, Karan Soni, Jimmy O. Yang, Natasha Rothwell, Jessica St. Clair and Billy Porter joined the cast of the film
- Principal photography on the film began in October 2018
- In July 2019, the film was re-titled Like a Boss
- Like a Boss is scheduled to be released on January 10, 2020 by Paramount Pictures
- It was previously scheduled to be released on June 28, 2019
- In the United States and Canada, Like a Boss will be released alongside Underwater and the expansions of Just Mercy and 1917
- It is projected to gross $10 to 12 million from 3,000 in its opening weekend
- On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 22%
- Based on 50 reviews
- With an average rating of 4.25/10
- The site’s critics consensus reads: “Like a Boss oversees a merger of powerful comedic talents, but the end results are likely to leave audience members feeling swindled out of their investments”
- On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 31 out of 100
- Based on 23 critics
- Indicating “generally unfavorable reviews”
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