Over the top and Forced Comedy

Rating: 5/10 (3 January 2014)

Horrible Bosses has been praised by many of one of the funniest, if not the funniest movie of 2011. Having passed upon it many times having little interest in it, I decided to watch it. As a comedy I expected more laughs but most of the jokes fall flat to me. The humor is either crude without meaning (many of the constant insults) and not witty or clever enough, and predictable. It is a film where I understand what the jokes are and I can imagine people laughing at them but I didn't find them funny.
What does work is the story is interesting, I was interested in if they were actually to go ahead and get revenge on their bosses and see how it unfolded. The chemistry from Jason Bateman, Jason Sudeikis and Charlie Day was present as they carried the film. I didn't care too much for the bosses. Kevin Spacey's character came off bad, had no interest in Collin Farrell's, and was in between Jennifer Aniston (many other actresses could have sold the role better).
Maybe laughed about twice throughout the entire film, one involving the introduction scene of Jamie Foxx and another to due with the back and forth conversation of Bateman and Day (when they sneak into Space's house). I did not find the gag with the voice detector in the car to be funny. It was almost too forced.
Horrible Bosses being R rated was suited, as had it been PG-13 the appeal wouldn't be there. Only had they included more clever jokes and gags. Many of it was over the top, and the death to Farell's character was too soon (he was possibly underutilized). I think had it ended better, maybe adding a few extra scenes, this would have faired better. I am somewhat wondering how the sequel will be, as seeing many sequels to comedy hits haven't been as great as the original.
As a rewatch 04/19/19' Horrible Bosses does certain things right but is also quite over the top. The lead characters are likable but as a comedy, nothing was too funny. More so predictable humor.