Not that good a movie either

Rating: 3/10 (1 June 2014)

After reading the other IMDb reviews for "Horrible Bosses" I have to wonder if many of the reviewers and I saw the same movie. "Horrible Bosses" is almost totally dependent on the "idiot plot" (usually defined as "a plot which is kept in motion solely by virtue of the fact that everybody involved is an idiot".) I understand how logic in comedy is often allowed to be "loose," but the three abused employees, Nick, Dale, and Kurt (played respectively by Jason Bateman, Charlie Day, and Jason Sudeikis) come across as being way too dumb and fearful to even dream of carrying out a successful murder plot.
Not that the three bosses aren't deserving. Dave Harken (played by Kevin Spacey) is an arrogant sociopath who delights in tormenting his employees, particularly Nick; dentist Julia Harris (played by Jennifer Aniston) apparently wants sex with Dale, her assistant, more to dominate Dale than for any attraction; Bobby Pellitt (played by an almost unrecognizable Colin Farrell) is a wastrel coke-head who makes no secret of intending to loot the assets of his recently deceased father's business so he can live "the good life," oblivious of any ramifications on others. Farrell's character is relatively minor, only appearing briefly in two scenes before being murdered (not by Nick, Dale, and Kurt.)
The movie has it's amusing moments and was well acted, but overall it is a disappointment. A good concept for a film that apparently the writers and director didn't quite know which direction to take.