The Boss

I thought this was a pretty funny take off on Mafia type movies. Almost every scene takes a jab at gangster cliches and/or standard filming and editing techniques. It is uneven though. Some of the actors seem to take their acting job not too seriously and seem amused over playing in this spoof.

If you liked William Hickey in "Prizzi's Honor", he resurrects his character, as Don Anthony in "Mob Boss". This is a very weak "Godfather" satire with few laughs. Stuart Whitman looks perplexed as to what he's doing in this schlock-fest? Morgan Fairchild's performance is one of the better efforts in the movie, and that alone is not a good sign for sure. Eddie Deezen vacillates between "Three Stooges" slapstick and a bad Woody Allen imitation. Fatally flawed, "Mob Boss" is so derivative that boredom quickly overcomes comedy and the film drags on with car chases, hidden weapons in a restaurant bathroom, and numerous other nonsense. - MERK

"Mob Boss" tries very hard to be funny, and, at times, succeeds. A send up of the gangster/organized crime genre, it chronicles the growth of a dying mob boss's nerdy son from the day he is pulled out of military academy to the time he becomes head of an organized crime syndicate. How funny you will find this depends greatly on how you view low brow humor (e.g. child being baptized urinating on pastor and mob officials), as well as if you are watching for the women (Morgan Fairchild, Brinke Stevens - who's a delight), and, subsequently, the nude scenes. I enjoyed it, and found parts amusing (such as when Eddie Deezen drops his gun into a restroom toilet), though it is most certainly not for all tastes.

Overall rating: 7 out of 10.

That's about the only redeeming quality in a movie that otherwise insults the viewer's intelligence by losing track of time, plot, and reason for being produced.

Plus, how that guy with the glasses ever got a gig in Hollywood is beyond me.

problem: what to do with morgan fairchild besides putting her in a tight dress?

answer: she is the perfect trophy girlfriend for a mob boss.

amazingly, this movie is never boring. it may be entirely daffy, but that is its aim and it hits the mark. this is ms. fairchild's happiest outing, and a smart role for eddie deezen, who brings his best REVENGE OF THE NERDS II and turns it up a notch. everyone in fact is well cast, and this is why the movie holds together so well.

for those who seek lunacy but don't want slapstick, or who simply want to see morgan fairchild without cringing.