Nick (Jason Bateman), Kurt (Jason Sudeikis) and Dale (Charlie Day) all have horrible bosses. Nick’s boss, Dave Harken (Kevin Spacey), is rude, arrogant and evil. Kurt’s boss, Bobby Pellit (Colin Farrell), is a cocaine-using idiot who doesn’t care one bit about the company. Dale’s boss, Dr. Julia Harris (Jennifer Aniston), seduces him and threatens to blackmail him if he tells his girlfriend. The three friends decide that they should kill each others’ bosses. Not knowing what they’re doing, the three guys seek help from a criminal, Dean “Motherfucker” Jones (Jamie Foxx).
Just looking at the cast, you can tell that this is comedy gold. There isn’t a single cast member that isn’t as funny as the other. The stupid guys are likeable (and maybe relateable) and the bosses are hateable (and hopefully not relateable).
I can’t say that I really saw any of the characters when watching this. For the most part I just saw the actors playing the roles, maybe with the exception of the ridiculous Colin Farrell role. I don’t really see this as a problem, because everyone in the cast is hilarious. Bateman, Sudeikis and Day act their usual on-screen selves, but they’re always funny so, once again, I don’t complain.
Not a fan of Jennifer Aniston, this film is probably her most tolerable for me (maybe because she’s hardly in it). Farrell as Bobby Pellit is probably the least horrible boss, but he’s a total idiot and everything he says and does shouts major douchebag. Harken is the worst out of all of the bosses, not even afraid to murder someone. He’s scarier in this than he was in “Seven,” and in that he did some twisted shit.
There were a couple of minor, but memorable, characters in the film. Namely Ioan Gruffudd’s mysterious character, and the above-mentioned Motherfucker Jones. Jamie Foxx is comedy gold in this, stealing every scene that he’s in. Watching this, I wished that this is how Foxx acts in real life, because he was ridiculous.
The humor can be hit and miss, though the hits are stronger than any of the comedic misfires. The best lines come from Day, with his usually high-pitched scream delivery style, and Bateman, who is deadpan through the whole thing (and even more so when he’s on cocaine).
Like they say in the film, this is kind of like “Strangers on a Train,” and while the plot in this doesn’t go very far, there’s so much comedy in between plot points that it never gets boring. If we want to compare it to the Hitchcock film mentioned, I would much rather call this film “Idiots in a Prius,” and don’t get me wrong, that’s a very good thing.
7/10
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