A workplace comedy about three frustrated employees who hatch a plan to kill their micromanaging bosses. Nick (Jason Bateman) hates his boss Dave Harken (Kevin Spacey) because his hours are long, a minute late is a crime and he's blackmailed so he can't quit. Dale (Charlie Day) also hates his dentist boss (Jennifer Aniston) because of her unwanted advances and he’s on a list of child offenders so he can’t quit. Kurt (Jason Sudeikis) actually likes his job but his boss dies (Donald Sutherland) and is replaced with his coked-out psycho son (Colin Farrell). The economic times are very bad so who would be crazy enough to quit their jobs? Dale and Kurt drunkenly and hypothetically discuss how to kill their bosses. The next thing they know, they have hired a murder consultant to help them pull off the three deaths??
There is a lot of gross-out humor, obscenities and coarseness. Only funny at times and raunchy many times. Heavy sexual innuendo and almost constant foul language. One character has a cocaine problem and the main characters accidentally get high and drink too. One character is a womanizer. A different role and look for Jennifer Aniston. I’m not a Kevin Spacy fan so I can picture him as a horrible boss! 3* (This movie is OK)
98 min, Comedy directed Seth Gordon and written by Michael Markowitz, John Francis Daley with Jason Bateman, Steve Wiebe, Jason Sudeikis, Charlie Day, Lindsay Sloane, Jennifer Aniston, Kevin Spacey, Jamie Foxx, Colin Farrell, Donald Sutherland, Julie Bowen, Isaiah Mustafa, Michael Albala, Jennifer Hasty, Reginald Ballard, George Back, Barry Livingston.
Note: Imdb 6.9 out of 10 with 410,202 views, 69% with 220 critics 70% audience on Rotten Tomatoes with 106,618 ratings, Amazon 4.4* out of 5* with 2,873 ratings, Metacritic 57 out of 100 with 40 critics (21 positive 14 mixed 5 negative) 7.6 out of 10 with 45 ratings (401 positive 116 mixed 28 negative, Letterboxed 3* to of 5*, Common Sense Media Jeffrey M. Anderson, age 18+, 1* positive, 3* violence, 4* sex, 5* language, 1* consumerism, 3* drinking, drugs, smoking, Roger Ebert 3 1/2*.
Special Note: Filmed Los Angeles, Torrance, Glendale, Los Angeles, California.
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