As if.And then, as so many half-baked raunchy comedies are wont to do, the film attempts a head-spinning, 180-degree turn toward sentimentality at the end.
Her secret plan is to seize full control by turning the partners against each other. Luna, who lusts after Mia and Mel’s signature product “The One-Night Stand Kit,” agrees to take on the hands-on boutique’s half a million in debt in exchange for 49 percent of the business. Enter Claire Luna, the ruthless beauty tycoon ( Salma Hayek, who lent a sharp edge to Arteta’s 2017 drama Beatriz at Dinner). Naturally, the company is heading for bankruptcy. Here’s what passes for plot: The boutique, known as Mia & Mel, reflects the philosophy of its co-owners, who refuse to push product by making women feel bad about themselves. What a waste, not just of the two stars but of director Miguel Arteta ( Star Maps, The Good Girl, Duck Butter), an indie icon whose subversive spirit is quickly snuffed by this slick studio package. This film never comes close to that level of inspired raunch, losing steam through each of its meager but achingly redundant 83 minutes. Ladies-gone-wild comedies can come up aces: Haddish hit the sweet spot with Girls Trip, as did Byrne with Bridesmaids. The duo work their butts off for laughs that the putatively femcentric script by two first-time screenwriters, Sam Pitman and Adam Cole Kelly, ungallantly fails to provide. But what actors! The comic tornado known as Tiffany Haddish seizes the role of Mia Carter, the creative wiz behind a DIY cosmetics company she runs with her numbers-minded best friend, Mel Paige, played by her up-for-anything costar Rose Byrne. So it’s not a good sign that the actors are spritzing up a storm in Like a Boss. The trick to creating successful screen farce is to make sure audiences don’t see you sweat.
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