Recession Sugar

Rating: Null/10 (10 August 2011)

"Stranger's On a Train" with added F-bombs, "Horrible Bosses" sees a group of neutered workers plotting to kill one another's bosses. It's one of many recession era "kill your boss" or "kill a banker" fantasies to be released in the wake of the late-2000s financial crisis, cathartically ending, like Mike Judge's "Office Space", with all of the film's bosses meeting grim fates.
While many of the film's jokes are funny, all rely on the sheer hyper-vulgarity of what is being said or done. This is simple, shock value comedy, the film salivating over bizarre combinations of swear words, gross out humour and giggling over the spectacle of seeing classy, respectable, A-list actors (Kevin Spacey, Colin Farrell, Jaime Foxx, Jennifer Aniston, Donald Sutherland) dirtying themselves up for giggles. Jaime Fox steals the show as MotherF***er Jones, an ex con.
7.9/10 – Worth one viewing.