The Good Boss

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Original title: El buen patrón
Year: 2021
Running time: 120 min.
Country: Spain
Director: Fernando León de Aranoa
Screenwriter: Fernando León de Aranoa
Music: Zeltia Montes
Cinematography: Pau Esteve Birba
Cast: Javier Bardem, Manolo Solo, Almudena Amor, Óscar de la Fuente, Sonia Almarcha, Fernando Albizu, Tarik Rmili, Rafa Castejón, Celso Bugallo, Yaël Belicha, Martín Páez, Daniel Chamorro, María de Nati, Mara Guil, Pilar Matas
Producer: Reposado Producciones, Mediapro, RTVE, TV3, MK2 Films
Genre: Comedy. Drama | Job/Employment
Synopsis: Awaiting a visit by a committee that could give his company an award for excellence, Blanco (Bardem) the owner of an industrial scales manufacturing business tries to resolve any problems from his workers in enough time.

Rankings Position

#6 Best Movies from 2021 (no animation films)
#8 Best Movies of 2021
#18 comedy_es
#63 Best Spanish Movies of all time

Awards: 2021: Satellite Awards: Nominated for Best Foreign Language Film

2021: 6 Goya Awards: including Best Film, Director and Actor (Bardem)

2021: San Sebastian Film Festival: Official Selection

2021: Forqué Awards: Best Film & Best Actor (Javier Bardem)

2021: Feroz Awards: Best Comedy, Actor (Bardem) & Screenplay

2021: Ariel Awards: Nominated for Best Latin-American Film

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2022: Platino Awards: Best Film, Direction Screenplay & Actor (Bardem). 11 Nomins.

Critics' reviews

"'El buen patrón' provides prime material for Bardem, who has to maintain a polished veneer even as his character's mendacity and troubles mount"

Ben Kenigsberg: The New York Times
"For a movie about control, in which Bardem's character demonstrates such a strong, manipulative hand, León de Aranoa might have exerted a bit more of his own"

Christian Blauvelt: IndieWire
"Bardem excels in capturing the smooth yet slimy sensibility of his character"

Chase Hutchinson: Collider
"Fernando León de Aranoa's corporate satire is too long and languidly paced to pull off its farcical inclinations, but it gets by on its star's magnetism."

Guy Lodge: Variety
"Slickly entertaining, considering its rather weighty subject matter (...) There’s lots on the menu, and León de Aranoa brings it all together in a smooth manner."

Jordan Mintzer: The Hollywood Reporter
"Bardem soars in these settings: soothing, dissembling and manipulative. As a modern Machiavelli with an MBA in management, he is riveting"

Stephanie Bunbury: Deadline
"'El Buen Patrón' is a portrait of a megalomaniac, and a satisfying parable of the inherent rottenness of capitalist greed"

Lina Fisher: Austin Chronicle
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