Quartile rating: 6/10 · 1 rating
A family fired by a company owned by LVMH (Group owned by French billionaire, Bernard Arnault) seeks reparation from their previous employer with the help of the movie director.
Thanks Boss! is a provocative French documentary in which filmmaker François Ruffin weaponizes cinema as activism, staging a guerrilla campaign against LVMH's Bernard Arnault on behalf of a dismissed working-class family. Its novelty is genuinely high — the hybrid activist-documentary form, blending Michael Moore-style confrontation with sincere class-war storytelling, gives it a distinctive and singular voice. The plot is engaging as a real-world David-vs-Goliath story, though its structure is somewhat loose and episodic. Acting is not really applicable in the traditional sense; the protagonists are non-actors whose authenticity is uneven. Cinematography is functional and deliberately rough, fitting the guerrilla style but not visually distinguished. The ending delivers a satisfying resolution that feels earned given the stakes, though it is somewhat conventionally triumphant.