Too much of everything

The movie's neither hopeful in contrived ways, nor hopeless in different contrived ways. Somehow it manages to be wonderful

The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.

The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

They put these bosses in terrible wigs and no person would ever be able to spend 1 minute around these idiots without mentioning or staring at the wig. The bosses rarely have a clue what their company actually does and all but one person who works for them has a hard luck story. There's always one employee that gets fired and the rest get 20k. This is a classic CBS crapfest.

I've watched all of the US episodes, all of the Canadian episodes, and several of the UK episodes. And it is enjoyable. I don't know how 'real' it is. But does that matter much? Idk. Perhaps. Perhaps not.As far as the entertainment value goes=A+. It does convey the message it intends;rich CEO's getting back in touch with the common worker. Often The CEO(or whoever it is:the company) decides to 'give back' to the employees;Bonuses, vehicles, mentorship, monetary compensation, vacations, and so on...it does seem most give something, if not a lot. But, but, but, is this not misleading? As this is a TV show, and this is 'assuming' none of it is 'scripted-why does it take a TV show to do something like this. A)The lucky individual selected to participate, who meets the 'corporate' is in effect like a lottery winner. This could actually be a negative;let's go get a corporate job in the hopes of striking in rich on 'undercover boss', by making friends with the 'rich one at the top'. B)The company chooses to 'give back'/'compensate' the 'good workers'/'inspiring stories/people' BECAUSE they are aware this is a TV show-it will make the company and themselves look good. I am not say all(perhaps not any-it's just an observation) do this. But it does seem plausible. Z)-Z)-Z)---Perhaps it's faked-=it's scripted. There is one episode that one 'employee' says something to the effect of 'you should be proud of your employees'-yet still implying he doesn't know it's undercover boss-but why would you say 'you should be proud'-z=it's possible it's all faked-for the benefit of a)ratings and b)company/corporation...blah=back to the point-it is a good, entertaining show. Watch with a grain of salt. I try to always believe it's real. Sometimes it doesn't seem to be completely. But that doesn't ever make it less enjoyable. I love it! Perhaps in time Corporations and CEO will care enough to give and listen without the cameras rolling. That is the hope. It shouldn't take a TV show to make the desk jockeys to want to go into the field and develop a rapport with employees, to get their hands dirty, to actually give a damn what is happening in their company as far as people and work and what goes on and on and on and to stop putting their bottom line above the value. I should be laughing right now. ha ha ha.Money.Give me some!Kay, I'll stop.Please enjoy the show.

Oookaaaay!...So someone comes to your work place being stalked by a film crew and from day one gets the easiest jobs and a taste of all the various possibilities in different areas of the business.Yep-that definitely sounds like your average Joe/Josephines first day on a new job!I know if I saw someone getting treated like that from day one at work I'd have no suspicions about their purpose.It couldn't be that due to the recession and the modern days media regard for its general audience as having an extra gullible,low IQ that this program is nothing but one long staged advertisement for businesses in trouble?Just a thought..........

During these tough times it's nice to see a show that is made in an effort to put the masses at ease. For many years I personal have said that most boss figures in companies have lost touch with what really goes on with front line business. This show is now putting those leaders to the test and it proves that many are not qualified to work in their own companies. It was a very touching episode, and the boss for the premier was very likable...however about 50% of the show seemed staged. I would have felt better if there had been some more honest interaction. On a final note... I do feel that this show has some very good qualities and I actually feel that the boss from the pilot was quite sincere about making changes for the better in policy for his front line workers.