Hate towards one’s boss is an universal emotion that every employee identifies with . Almost everyone at some point of time would have fantasized killing their bosses. “Horrible Bosses ” tries to capture exactly the same emotion which pushes three disgruntled employees make that inevitable decision of killing their bosses. This Seth Gordon directed black comedy written by Michael Markowitz , John Francis Daley & Jonathan Goldstein would have all those dissatisfied employees out there vent out their feelings for their bosses.
“Horrible Bosses” is a hilarious comedy which makes you laugh at many places with some intelligently written & executed scenes while certain other plain childish. Ya it does threads through the clichéd path now & then but the comical though of the scriptwriters & execution of the director make you glued on to the screen. Though the tempo takes a while to pick up once the lead three start to chart out plans to bump off their bosses the pace picks up & things get riotous.
Charlie Day as the dental assistant being sexually assaulted by his boss played by Jennifer Aniston ( she tries her level best to appear hot in her role of a “maneater” unsuccessfully at that ) is the show stealer with his comic antics & quirky oneliners. Jason Sudeikis second one of the trio with weakness for attractive women is first rate. Jason Bateman is the third of the trio is wooden , tires his best but futile in his attempt.
Kevin Spacy as the manipulative & almost psychotic president of Comnidyne Industries for which Jason Bateman works has done a stupendous job . Almost everyone who watches his performance would hate him & would be rooting for his downfall & therein lies his success. Colin Farrel as a drug-addict , callous & wastrel son of Jason Sudsikis’ boss who becomes his boss after the untimely death of the former is adequate.
The man who steals the show is Jamie Foxx as Dean “motherf$%ker ” Jones as small time crook who masquerades as a “murder consultant” & usurps cash from the innocent trio. The conversation involving him are damn funny . The point where his true identity is revealed is nicely done. Another scene that is humorous is the one in which Dale mistakenly hires a male prostitute thinking he is an assassin & the ensuing conversations.
Along the way they have nicely touched upon current issues like the recession & the job scarcity following that , south asian call-centre employee with an American name involved in the customer service .
“ Horrible bosses “ is an unadulterated comedy with the writers leaving no stones unturned without any logic whatsoever. If you want to enjoy your day out especially after a tiring day at the office , “Horrible bosses” is a good pick.
Bottomline : Enjoyable
3.5 /5
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