Horrible Bosses (2011)
Starring Jason Bateman, Jason Sudeikis, Charlie Day Jamie Foxx, Kevin Spacey, Colin Farrell, and Jennifer Aniston
Directed by Seth Gordon
Directed by Seth Gordon
Three guys all have severe problems with their bosses. Nick (Jason Bateman) is aggravated when his sadistically controlling boss (Kevin Spacey) passes him over for a vice president's job at a big corporate firm. When Kurt's (Jason Sudeikis) boss dies, the job is taken over by the boss's druggie party-guy son (Colin Farrell) making day-to-day activities a living hell. For Dale (Charlie Day), a dental assistant, his problem revolves his sex-obsessed, completely inappropriate dentist boss (Jennifer Aniston) as she attempts to do whatever she can to get Dale into bed despite the fact that he is engaged to be married.
Fed up, the three concoct a plan to kill their respective bosses and, unfortunately, that's where the movie falls apart. Ultimately, the scheme to do aware with their uncouth supervisors isn't all that funny. In the first third of the film, when the focus is on the devious bosses, the humor comes across rather easily -- Jennifer Aniston, in particular, is riotously hilarious at moments in a role that is unlike anything she's ever done before. However, the characters portrayed by Bateman, Sudeikis, and Day simply aren't interesting enough to have a movie crafted around them. Jason Bateman, in particular, is incredibly bland here, giving his character zero personality. Jason Sudeikis feels like he's rehashing the same character we saw in the better Hall Pass earlier this year. Charlie Day is the only one of the trio to provide some truly funny moments, but I still couldn't help but think he was playing the same guy he plays on It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia. And the less said about Jamie Foxx's role as a hired hit man the better. Completely humorless, his scenes grind the film to a screeching halt.
The RyMickey Rating: D
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