Probably worth seeing for some decent laughs

Rating: 6/10 (7 October 2011)

I actually ended up quite enjoying this film, and will say that there are a few twists in it, and it is quite humorous at times, however in the end it still, in many ways, is typical of the Hollywood movie making machine. I am not going to say that this is a bad movie, but it is nowhere near what I would consider hugely original, nor is it something that I would consider outrageously funny, however it is something that I did enjoy watching.
The movie is about three guys who have horrible bosses. One of them is forced to work ridiculous hours for a paranoid tyrant who always dangles the promotion in front of him only to take it away at the last moment. The second is a convicted sex offender who was simply at the wrong place at the wrong time, and has landed up as a dental assistant for a nymphomaniac while his dream in life is to become a husband. The third seems to have it all right until his boss dies and the bosses son, a coke head, takes over the business and decides to milk it for all its worth so that he may live the high life.
So, these guys (who are idiots by the way) decide that the only way to deal with their problem is to kill their bosses. They did flirt with leaving, but when they met one of their college friends, who used to work at Lehman Brothers before it closed down and is now wondering the streets begging, decide that this is the only way to solve their problems. As is expected, everything turns out okay, and Hollywood doesn't have to condone murder to get there (but I won't tell you otherwise it will spoil the movie).
I guess this film relates to all of us who work. We have to all deal with bosses, some of them are good, some of them are bad. Those of us who are lucky to have good bosses should remember that, but the workplace will always be the workplace. It is the nature of work. When God created the world he created us to work, and work was to be enjoyable. In fact, many of us desire to work. I know that I really don't like sitting on my hands doing nothing (and earning nothing to boot) While we may not be satisfied with things like our pay, or our bosses, we must remember that this is a fallen world, and work as been frustrated. While in one sense it is enjoyable, it has been frustrated, and thus comes with a very nasty sting in its tail. While things can be done to make things better, we still will have to plod through work until the restoration of all things.
However, killing your boss is unlikely to solve anything.