Comedy in pure crazy, silly, gross form

Rating: 8/10 (8 February 2014)

There's nothing more divisive in taste than comedy. Airplane! Can be either one of the funniest movies of all time, or something you just don't get at all. So when I say Horrible Bosses is damned funny, and sometimes just plain hilarious, I say that with my own taste in comedy firmly in place.
And this is a comedy in the vein of Crazy, douchebag, and weird. If some guy getting back at his douche of a boss by rubbing the man's toothbrush along his ass seems funny, then this is your type of movie. If you think douchebag is an offensive word, then screw off and watch your own type of comedy.
Because this is one in which three average, nice guys plot to kill their own crazy bosses for ruining their lives, and it's damned funny. The main cast all nail their parts, and manage to do so playing roles different from their most familiar parts. Jason Bateman isn't the blank faced niceguy from Arrested, he's still subtle but is a lot more confident. Charlie Day is the sweet bumbling nice guy here, but still manages to get all the comedy out of that. Jason Sudekis is horny average guy, and we relate to all of them.
Which really makes the bosses the stars of the show. Aniston is damned hot, and a solidly crazy slut. Spacey is even better as an openly hostile and douchebag psychopath, the kind of person you might secretly suspect is in charge of many a large corporation. But Colin Farrel as the completely whacked cokehead steals the show in this case. I won't give it away, only to say I'd now automatically pay for any comedy Farell is in after this performance.
So if you want three average idiots played by three solid comedy stars to square off against three others playing their most douchebag crazy for laughs, then this is for you. If random and explicit sex jokes, casual talk of murder, and well done if well worn gags like accidentally inhaling a bunch of cocaine aren't for you, then this movie isn't either.