One of the Best R-Rated Comedies in Years

Rating: Null/10 (11 December 2011)

Horrible Bosses (2011)
*** 1/2 (out of 4)
Three pushed over workers (Jason Bateman, Jason Sudeikis, Charlie Day) get tired of their evil bosses (Kevin Spacey, Jennifer Aniston, Colin Farrell) and plan on killing them. After getting some advice from a hood (Jamie Foxx) the three soon realize that killing their bosses isn't going to be as easy as they had planned. HORRIBLE BOSSES is without question one of the funniest R-rated comedies in a very long time. In today's day and age of gross out comedies it was rather refreshing seeing a raunchy movie that didn't need over-the-top moments to make you laugh. I've heard quite a few people put the movie down because it was nothing more than one vignette after another instead of a really complete story and I think they have a minor point but it really doesn't matter because everything here is so incredibly funny that it really doesn't matter how you get the laughs. Yes, most of the scenes are just strung together to get to the next set-up but the execution by the cast is just so dead perfect that you'll be having tears coming down your face just from laughing. I think the highlight story in the film is between Sudeikis and Farrell. The entire thing is that Farrell takes over his father's business and the coke head son obviously just wants to milk the company money for his women and drugs. We get some truly hilarious moments here and some very politically incorrect ones including a wonderful sequence where Farrell demands that Sudeikis fire all the fat and cripple people working in the office. The "look" Farrell brings to the part is perfect and he shows once again what a terrific actor he is by pulling this part off. Spacey is also extremely good in his bit and the twist that happens towards his character towards the end is without question one of the highlights of the film. The third evil boss played by Aniston has her sexually harassing Day. All of Aniston's scenes work simply because you haven't seen her play such a dirty role and it's obvious that she's much better playing bad than those horrid romantic-comedies she does. The entire cast is perfect in their parts and really help to bring the film to life. This is one of those cases where had one member been wrong in the part then it would have ruined the entire film. The comedy is certainly very dark but it's also very daring and this here is what makes it so memorable. HORRIBLE BOSSES takes you back to a time when comedies weren't afraid of offending people or taking on a dark subject. It's certainly one of the funniest movies to come along in a very long time and I'm sure it will have a lasting place in the history of R-rated comedies.