The Boss (2016)

After getting out of prison for insider trading, a self made financial wizard (Melissa McCarthy) finds her empire and assets sold off by the government. Since she screwed so many people over, she's a pariah so she's forced to move in with her former assistant (the appealing Kristen Bell) and her daughter (Ella Anderson). McCarthy has talent to burn to be sure but I sure wish she chose better vehicles. This one is fun for about the first third or so before jumping the shark and sinking into a morass of sentimental twaddle and dumb action. McCarthy proved in the little seen ST. VINCENT that she can play something else besides loud, uncouth broads. Here, as usual, she just steamrolls over everybody in her path. Kathy Bates has about five minutes of screen time as McCarthy's mentor but in those few minutes she manages to show everybody up including McCarthy. Directed by Ben Falcone. With Peter Dinklage,  Margo Martindale, Tyler Labine, Gayle King and Cecily Strong.