'Some Ethan Hawke Movie?'......

Rating: 7/10 (6 August 2011)

Nick hates his boss, mostly because he's expected to work from before sunrise to after sunset and his boss, Mr. Harken, calls him out for being a minute late and blackmails him so he can't quit.
Dale hates his boss, Dr. Julia Harris, because she makes sexual advances when he's about to get married. But Dale is on the list of child offenders so he can't quit.
Kurt actually likes his job and his boss, up until his boss dies and the boss's coked-out, psychopathic son takes over.
But who could quit their jobs in such poor economic times? Instead Nick, Dale and Kurt drunkenly and hypothetically discuss how to kill their bosses, and before they know it, they've hired a murder consultant to help......
Up until the last half an hour, I thought it was another one of those movies where all the best jokes are in the trailers. It was going along good, but it just wasn't as funny as I expected it to be, or wanted it to be.
It wasn't the cast, they are really good, and the three bosses are simply some of the best characters in a comedy this year. Spacey can do this in his sleep, as anyone who has seen swimming with sharks know, but Farrell and Aniston are the standouts here.
But as I have said, nothing really happens in the film, and then toward the end of the second act, something truly shocking happens, and then the film finds the dark side that was trying to get out previous, and becomes one of the best comedies of the year.
It's little touches like this that make it more worthwhile than other comedies, it doesn't go for gross, it knows what the film is about and sells it well because of character development. You actually care for these guys, because work takes up the majority of your life,and what could be worse than having the titular boss? It's laugh out loud funny, and seeing actors such as Foxx (who's anecdote about why he went to prison is hilarious) and Ioan Gruffaund (who has the cameo of the year) go against type for such a small role.
Just stick with the film and enjoy the last 30 minutes, which really makes the film.