The funniest movie in a long time.

Rating: 6/10 (22 September 2011)

Simply put, one of the most hilarious films I've ever seen. I never laugh out loud when I'm watching something by myself, but I did it at least a dozen times during this. There were times where I couldn't breathe I was laughing so hard. I was expecting the film to go to some dark places, but it was way more black and wild than I was anticipating it to be. There were moments that just had me screaming in stunned laughter. What really sold the film were the three leads. Jason Bateman, Charlie Day and Jason Sudeikis are three actors that I have immensely enjoyed for years in their own contexts, but bringing them all together was such a brilliant idea. The film is at it's peak when they are all on screen together and the most surprising thing is that no one upstages anyone else. The three of them work together as this cohesive unit, nobody stealing the show.
Colin Farrell is the only one of the bosses that I loved and I wish he was given more screen time (his scene in the credits had me crying), but Kevin Spacey and Jennifer Aniston certainly weren't bad. Another huge surprise was how fresh it felt all the way through. Pretty much every by-the-books comedy like this feels the need to throw in this dramatic "everyone learns a lesson" third act in the end that always disrupts the flow and just makes the film drag on, but this one didn't do that at all. It ended with a hilarious high and never once dragged for a second. I don't think I've ever felt that a comedy like this was too short, but at the end of this one I seriously just wanted it to go on longer; that's never happened with me. It was too good, even better than I was hoping and I can't wait to watch it again.