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Tuesday, May 12
The Indiana Daily Student

Dude, where's my plot?

A young, good-looking businessman meets the girl of his dreams and it turns out to be his boss's daughter. In a hysterical attempt to date her, she thinks he's gay. He discovers her assumption and is embarrassed but ends up dating the beautiful daughter behind his boss's back. Laugh out loud scenes about the couple's hidden romance from the ass-hole father make for a fun, romantic comedy.\nToo bad that's not what "My Boss's Daughter" is about. While the previews make it look exactly like that, the dry and humorless movie takes place in one day and actually has more to do with the boss's owl than the boss's daughter.\nAshton Kutcher's character, Tom, thinks his boss's daughter Lisa (Tara Reid) is the hottest thing ever. When she invites him over for the evening, he sees the perfect opportunity to make his move on the bronze and blonde daughter. To his surprise, he's actually arriving to housesit and watch the family owl. \nThe owl, O.J., has more scenes than Reid. (Which is actually good considering the bird was a better actor.) Surprise surprise, the owl gets lose and the night is spent trying to catch the boss's beloved bird. \nThe night is also full of robbers, drug dealers, a teenage girl bleeding from the head, an attempted suicide, a live burial, restraining orders on family members and urine soaked living rooms and pants. If you're into those sorts of things and want to see them all in one movie, this is your best shot.\nSomeone ought to have a talk with Kutcher and Reid. Kutcher has wasted his talents before in "Dude, Where's My Car?," but most agree the guy's got talent -- it's just being wasted.\nReid, on the other hand, gives a performance in "My Boss's Daughter" that is worse than Mariah Carey's in "Glitter." The girl hasn't showed any believable emotion in her acting career, with the exception of the MTV New Years party a few years ago when she was totally blitzed.\nDon't be fooled by the previews that make "My Boss's Daughter" look funny. A movie starring Ashton Kutcher, "SNL's" Molly Shannon and was directed by David Zucker, the director of "Airplane!" would normally bring tears to an audience so consumed with laughter. But "My Boss's Dautgher" leaves viewers silent, and disgusted at the fact they wasted even $5.50 on a matinee.

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