A horrible conventional comedy!

Rating: 5/10 (16 February 2012)

I thought when i saw Horrible Bosses advertised that it would be a pretty good comedy, especially considering the casting, but sadly i was wrong. A few funny bits here and there maybe, but not the kind of comedy that had my utmost attention the whole way through.
Horrible Bosses stars Jason Bateman, Charlie Day and Jason Sudeikis as three best friends who all have the same problem; they hate their bosses. Bateman's boos is an egotistical jerk, who has lead him on since he took the job. Day's boss is a nymphomaniac, and Sudekis' new boss is a coke head, who does not care one bit about the company he now owns. What starts out as a joke between friends soon develops into something more dark and they are soon plotting ideas on how to kill each other's boss.
The cast was very promising and the plot looked somewhat interesting, but sadly it failed to deliver. The jokes are unoriginal and the characters are fake. The movie tries to redeem itself with having Jennifer Aniston's character being rather dirty minded, thinking that unnecessary innuendos were the way forward, but even that was stale and unbelievable. The plot is rather predictable, and you can easily guess whats going to happen, so there's nothing really that takes you by surprise. I feel that the film could of contained more hilarious scenarios to the difficult situations and problems that the characters find themselves in. This just highlights the simplicity of the plot which the movie takes, instead of fully exploring the themes creatively. I'm not afraid to admit that i did laugh occasionally at Horrible Bosses, but i will stress it was just occasionally.
Horrible Bosses is nothing more than an average comedy, which you won't really remember long after you've seen it.