Excess Appeals

Rating: Null/10 (6 August 2011)

This is a film that's predictably unpredictable. The characters of the 'horrible bosses' are annoyingly extreme, or extremely annoying - even for Hollywood. I had hoped for uncomfortable, awkward working environments but instead got served up intolerable, impossible and unbelievable places of business. I found myself wondering how these employees had lasted with these ridiculously unbearable bosses for the preceding years or are we supposed to believe that behaviour has only recently deteriorated into the deranged situations we are introduced to? Now is the time where people can tell me to stop taking it so seriously.
Ultimately the film would probably have been more accomplished with just one boss. There would have been more time for subtlety in the story and character development. The production team bit off more than they could chew with this.