Javier Bardem gives another remarkable performance as the titular character in "The Good Boss." It is on par with his criminally underseen turn as a beleaguered detective in "The Dancer Upstairs" and his masterful work in "The Sea Inside," "Biutiful," and as Reinaldo Arenas in "Before Night Falls." Whether he is playing a Bond villain — as he did in "Skyfall" — the drug lord Pablo Escobar, or in his Oscar-winning role as the menacing Anton Chigurh in "No Country for Old Men," Bardem always makes viewers anxious to see what his characters are going to say or do next.
This new film is no exception as his character, Blanco, encounter a series of difficult characters and situations. Bardem's performance is incredibly sly. Just watch as his expression changes subtly and then dramatically at every reversal of fortune. The actor exudes patience against adversity, but at times drops his brave face and shows how conniving he really is.
