Whilst not exactly 'laugh out loud' funny, Horrible Bosses is still a generally amusing film that can be easily related to

Rating: 6/10 (27 August 2013)

Horrible Bosses is something that many people will be able to relate to. How many people have found themselves in the situation that our 3 employees are in? How many times have you thought about getting 'one over on your boss'? How many times have you received a horrible e-mail from your boss or been told that you haven't done enough when you've clearly tried your best? How angry does that make you feel? Nick Hendricks (Bateman), Dale Arbus (Day) and Kurt Buckman (Sudeikis) are 3 friends who all have one thing in common; they all have bosses that are a nightmare to work for; Hendricks boss is Dave Harken (Spacey), an arrogant Vice President of a sales company who cares for no-one but himself who manipulates Hendricks into working longer hours on the basis that he will offer him a promotion. Arbus boss is Julia Harris (Aniston), a crazed nymphomaniac dentist who treats Arbus as his play thing whilst at work and continually makes sexual advances towards him even though he has a fiancé. Finally, we come to Buckman's boss Bobby Pellitt (Farrell), a coke head who assumes control of the chemical company Buckman works for when his father (Sutherland) suddenly dies from a heart attack.
The 3 men decide that they cannot cope working for their current employers and feel that the only way they will be happy is by killing their employers. They decide that they require some professional help in order to carry out the killings in the most 'professional' manner. Following advice from their Sat Nav (yes you read that correct) they are directed to an area full of low lives as they hope they will be able to find someone who can give them advice on executing the killings. This is when they stumble upon Dean 'MF' Jones (Foxx) - it should be fairly obvious to most what MF is short for, but it's not a word I will write in full for obvious reasons. Jones acts as a murder consultant who charges the men a substantial amount of money in return for advice on how to carry out the perfect crimes.
A lot of the laughs come from the incompetence of the 3 characters when trying to execute their crimes. I also felt that the chemistry between the 3 leads was pretty good. The acting was also great (particularly from Spacey, Farrell and Day) and I thought I'd never say this, but I actually thought that Jennifer Aniston put in a fairly decent performance. For once she didn't seem to be 'Rachel' from friends so much.
Whilst Horrible Bosses is a decent watch, I personally felt that the first half was much better than the second half and I felt that it started to lose steam towards the end. There were laughs throughout the film, but I never came across any 'laugh out loud' moments.