The Boss' Wife

1986

Comedy

13
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 39% · 1 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 39% · 50 ratings
IMDb Rating 4.9/10 10 814 814

Plot summary

Daniel Stern stars as a stockbroker trying to climb the corporate ladder. There's only one thing stopping him...his boss' beautiful and flirtatious wife! THE BOSS' WIFE is a full-bodied, high-spirited, bedroom comedy about lust, love and lechery.

Director

Ziggy Steinberg Photo
Ziggy Steinberg

Top cast

Melanie Mayron Photo
Melanie Mayron as Janet Keefer
Stanley Ralph Ross Photo
Stanley Ralph Ross as Ticket Taker
Fisher Stevens Photo
Fisher Stevens as Carlos Delgado
Christopher Plummer Photo
Christopher Plummer as Mr. Roalvang
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761.58 MB
1280*714
English 2.0
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23.976 fps
1 hr 22 min
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1.38 GB
1912*1066
English 2.0
NR
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23.976 fps
1 hr 22 min
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by torrascotia 5 / 10

Its Exactly What You Think It Is.

The Boss' Wife is one of a very long line of 80's sex comedy farces, in which the title and poster told you everything you needed to know. These movies always had a nymphomaniac woman who seems hell bent on coming onto an average Joe type character. With the added complication that the guy was married, she was or both are in this movie. And she is obviously his bosses wife, further adding to the tension and providing the name of the movie.The narrative is obvious, a guy has a promotion on the line and his boss has invited him to a social weekend to talk business, but the bosses wife has other ideas. This is your typical farce type of humour, much like that found in Frasier, of ridiculous situations, in that case of a sexual nature. This movie is so cliched that you even know exactly what moves the bosses wife will try on the average joe character while seated at the dinner table. There is some nudity thrown in, some bad accents and uncomfortable scenes, however it does actually fire along at a face pace. Its very much a movie of its time and there is no pretence its anything other than advertised. Its an average 80's movie that has the feel of a TV movie, particularly as the opening credits roll with a font I haven't seen since Heart to Heart. Watchable if you want to watch an 80's movie about a nymphomaniac bosses wife from the 80's, because that is exactly what it is.
Reviewed by paul_haakonsen 4 / 10

But where was the comedy...?

I had never heard about this 1986 comedy from writer and director Ziggy Steinberg prior to sitting down and watching it for the first time here in 2024. In fact, I didn't even know who was starring in it when I opted to watch it.The storyline in "The Boss' Wife" was mediocre. I can't claim that I was particularly entertained throughout the course of the 83 minutes that the movie ran for. The narrative was bland and sort of devoid of comedy, and that made sitting through the movie not a particularly enjoyable thing.Something that spoke in favor of the movie was the cast ensemble. There were some good talents on the cast ensemble, just a shame that they had so little to work with. The movie had the likes of Daniel Stern, Fisher Stevens, Martin Mull, Robert Costanzo and Christopher Plummer on the cast list.Sure, "The Boss' Wife" was watchable, but it was also a very forgettable movie. And come tomorrow, I am sure that the movie has faded from my memory already. And this is definitely not a movie that I will be returning to watch a second time.My rating of this lackluster comedy from 1986 lands on a very generous four out of ten stars.
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