![]() ![]() Like Jonathan Winters, Chris Farley, early Steve Martin and Robin Williams, she shines when disrupting order-when unthinkable desires suddenly seize her characters, or unacceptable thoughts make their way from their brains and express themselves as uncalled-for, bizarre or hurtful observations. She's the kind of actor who can crash through a wall spouting gibberish and make you believe that it's something that a person might actually do. McCarthy is a brilliant physical comic, in a particular mode: id-monster, reptilian brain clowning. If that description were the main motor driving "The Boss" it might've at least had some zing. I said up top that Melissa McCarthy plays a disgraced businesswoman trying to re-invent herself. ![]()
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