In Horrible Bosses Nick (Jason Bateman), Kurt (Jason Sudeikis) and Dale (Charlie Day) loathe their superiors. And who can blame them? There’s Kevin Spacey as a corporate tyrant who rewards himself with promotions and pay rises, Colin O’Farrell as a coked-up brat and Jennifer Anniston as a psycho-sexual dentist.
Nick, Kurt and Dale are hard-working employees who deserve recognition that they just don't get. Instead they get threats, intimidation and blackmail. So, depressed and desperate they decide the only way to right the wrongs is to arrange to murder their bosses.
The story is refreshingly difficult to guess due to it’s unconventional formula, but then again Director Seth Gordon doesn't take the plot anywhere particularly interesting. The screenplay is hampered by a make-it-up-as-you-go mentality, a sense the writers didn’t know where they wanted to go.
Bateman, Sudeikis and Day will connect with audiences but their performances are too bland, too straight-laced, to carry the plot, which tries to be too clever by half and ends up too dumb by double.
The ending is much too coincidental and the story is wrapped up under a very contrived set of circumstances. Regardless, Horrible Bosses is enjoyable light weight viewing with occasional bursts of laugh-out-loud moments.
Rating: 3.5/5 Stars
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