Chix Chat on Film review: Three friends conspire to kill each others horrible boss.

Rating: Null/10 (2 August 2011)

The horrible bosses that I have experienced in my working lifetime, "ain't got nothing" on these Horrible Bosses. This was truly a great comedy, with a great ensemble cast. Usually, where comedies are concerned the funniest bits are played out in the trailer and there's little left for the viewing audience once the film starts to roll. Not here, when the jokes that were shown in the trailers are seen in context in the film, they were still fresh and just as funny. The amount of creativity that was at work here to make something as deplorable as sexual harassment, manipulation, and the threat of termination simply is remarkable, especially in times as these. I found it interesting that this film had two Academy Award winners as part of the cast, but they were not pimped like the dramas do when advertising an upcoming release, just an observation. Horrible boss (Academy Award winner) number one Dave Harken (Kevin Spacey) was an absolute nightmare, he wore the arrogance of entitlement like a badge of honor. The fact that he was so unlikeable is a testament to great acting, but in all honesty none of the characters were very likable, especially boss number two Dr. Julia Harris, DDS (Jennifer Aniston) nor boss number three Bobby Pellitt (Colin Farrell). I was thinking that the Bobby Pellitt character was a page right out of the Les Grossman manual, not pretty. All the staff were tormented respectively by the aforementioned bosses Nick Hendricks (Jason Bateman), Jason Sudeikis (Kurt Buckman) and Dale Arbus (Charlie Day), but this was a necessary evil in order us to crack up with hit-man number one Mr. Fantastic, no wait I mean Wetwork man (Ioan Grufford) that segment was killer funny, and hit-man (Academy Award winner) number two Dean 'MF' Jones (Jamie Foxx), this is my favorite look, the dramatic roles are great and all, but Mr. Bishop is a comedic genius, and not to mention hella talented. This film was mostly just crazy funny with the war of the Bosses versus Staff. There was a consistency with the pace that made for never a dull moment. There were surprising cameos, that were never hinted at from the trailers and last but certainly not least there was Gregory. There was a lot going on in this film, and all the pieces fit together like a really cool jigsaw puzzle, once completed I was left with a feeling of fulfillment. Other recent comedies should be green with envy, green light.