Plot: Three guys hate their bosses and rather than quit they decide to murder their bosses.
Review: The core unredeemable problem with
Horrible Bosses is that ORIGINALLY our heros Nick (Jason Bateman), Dale (Charlie Day) and Kurt (Jason Sudeikis) are normal guys putting up with
horrible mean bosses -- at first we like them and sympathize. BUT as murderer plotters they stop being normal humans and become unlikeable asses themselves. It is not funny to kill people. Even with goofy comic antics -- it just is not funny to kill people.
The set-up scenes of horrible office life are uneven -- only the Jennifer Aniston scenes are any good. The vast middle of the movie is so stupid that it is hard to watch. The ending is a little better -- making the overall movie bearable. When it is working,
Horrible Bosses is like
Hot Tub Time Machine with stupid boy jokes around a dumb premise, but
Hot Tub Time Machine, was 5X better.
Cast: Jason Bateman, Charlie Day, Jennifer Aniston, Jason Sudeikis, Kevin Spacey
Directed by: Seth Gordon
Rating: 1.5 stars (Wanted to leave during the middle.)
More: I have seen several news pieces inspired by this movie on handling horrible bosses in real life. The news pieces were more interesting than the movie.
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