Employee of the Month

Plot synopsis:
For years, Zack Bradley (Dane Cook) has been working at the local "Super Club" as a box-boy. He lives with his grandmother and spends his free time with co-workers Lon Neilson (Andy Dick), Iqbal Raji (Brian George), and Russell Porpis-Gunders (Harland Williams). Despite his "slacker" like ways he is kind-hearted, popular and supportive. His coworker Vince Downey (Dax Shepard) earns the Employee of the Month title for the 17th time in a row. Vince is egotistical and rude towards his co-workers, mainly his box boy Jorge Mecico (Efren Ramirez), who he berates constantly. His co-workers dislike him, but he is oblivious to this. When new cashier Amy Renfro (Jessica Simpson) is hired, Zack and Vince fall for her and compete for her affection. Zack is told that Amy slept with the "Employee of the Month" at her last job, so he decides to win the title. Amy has dinner with Vince, but is repulsed when he puts the move on her. Vince doesn't realize how Amy feels, thinking they had a good kiss and continues pursuing her. Zack steps up his act and becomes a harder worker, giving Vince competition for the title. He also goes on a date with Amy, which takes place entirely in Super Club.
Within a few days, with Vince still winning the daily star, Zack realizes that getting "Employee of the Month" is not as easy as he thought. With Iqbal's encouragement, Zack finds his groove and to Vince's horror, wins the star the next day. A war of attrition begins, as Vince tries everything he can think of to derail Zack's string of stars, even breaking into his house to reset the clocks and cause him to be late. Zack barely arrives on time and Vince's attempt to sabotage him is unsuccessful. Zack takes Iqbal's shift on the day of a championship slow-pitch game against rival chain Maxi-Mart. However, he leaves to play in the game and Iqbal is fired. Frustrated at Zack's new attitude, his friends tell him he is turning into Vince and feel his attempt at getting the title is a result of trying to have sex with Amy. Amy overhears the conversation and is disgusted at Zack for his true intentions. Amy tells Zack her last boyfriend, who was Employee of the Month, was conniving, conceited and impolite which was why she requested a transfer because she could not stand being with him.
At month's end, Zack and Vince are tied. On the day of the tie-breaking competition, Zack quits, gets Iqbal his job back and tells him he took responsibility for what happened, making a heartfelt apology to Lon, Iqbal, and Russell. Zack tells them he plans to win the competition, not for recognition or to make an impression, but for pride. When the store manager is about to announce Zack's resignation, Zack, Lon, Iqbal, and Russell show up claiming Zack never filed the resignation papers. It is revealed Russell bribed the human resources manager with a broken Butterfinger. Zack tries to reconcile with Amy, giving a heart-felt apology and telling her that no matter what, he is a better man because of her. Despite Vince's protests, the competition, for the fastest checkout, is held. The Employee of the Month Award will be granted to the person who finishes the task first.
Vince beats Zack by seconds, but during the award ceremony, Semi (Marcello Thedford), the security guard, brings a surveillance video of the competition that shows Vince throwing items behind his back and onto the belt without scanning them. Vince denies the allegations of under-ringing. The store's assistant manager, who had just completed an audit of the tills used in the competition, proved the surveillance video was right about Vince giving customers free things and has been doing this for 18 months, costing the store thousands of dollars. When security tape footage is shown and his register receipt totals proved he cost the store money, Vince is fired and required to wear a police tracking device in lieu of jail time. Zack ends up winning the competition having the second most points and Amy's love. Six weeks after Vince is terminated from Super Club, he is on probation and working at Maxi-Mart, a rival store. Jorge finally learns to assert himself and treats Vince the same as he was treated by Vince. He is still willing to give Vince a ride to the bus stop, knowing that this would put Vince outside the range of his probation leg-tracker.

Tags: entertaining, revenge, cult, comedy, romantic

Review:
It didn't look that good, I'm not that big of a Dane Cook fan (and in no way a Jessica Simpson fan), and I didn't enjoy "Waiting" too much (though I'm not sure how much that relates).
I went in hoping for something that was like Clerks or Office Space, What I received was unfortunately this piece of crap.Employee of the Month could have been funny or decent, but like most comedies made in the last decade, all of the characters and situations are unbelievably over the top.
On face value, 'Employee of the Month' looks pretty bad and after seeing it, it's not that great of a movie by any means but it isn't as terrible as it looked.
Dane Cook does a good role,and Dax Shepard was what made me love this movie.
But if you want to see a good movie with Dane Cook, Dax Shepard, Andy Dick and Harland Williams watch this movie.....you cant be disappointed..
Zack Bradley and Vince Downey (Dane Cook, Dax Shepard) are employees of the Super Club retail chain who already don't get along, except that Zack is a slacker box boy, while Vince is the chain's star cashier who has been Employee of the Month for 17 years straight.
When a pretty cashier named Amy (Jessica Simpson) shows up at the store, the competition heats up as Zack is hell-bent on beating Vince to win the coveted award and the heart of Amy.Employee of the Month turned out to be a lot better than the preview promised although it's still a bland comedy with only a few funny characters and moments.
Overall, Employee of the Month is a bland and harmless comedy that's only worth checking out if you're a huge fan of Dax Shepard or Dane Cook.
I think it would have been a much better movie with some small story line changes and most of all...if they had another actress...any other actress...playing the role of Amy. I was somewhat shocked that a "superstar" like Jessica Simpson, could be so horrible in a movie.
I had absolutely no interest what so ever in seeing Employee of the Month, let's face it, Jessica Simpson does not equal movie of the year.
But all that changes when a new girl, Amy, starts working with them and now Guy and Vince are competing for employee of the month since they heard about Amy only liking the best workers.
The only thing funny about this movie was Andy Dick, the relationship between Dax and Pedro, and Jessica Simpson's horrible acting abilities.
Dane is the character that makes the movie worth while and i loved the employee of the month stars ...
Anyway...a nice comedy with plenty of laughter...I saw it with my friends and you should to, it is well-worth seeing and most of all it is good because i love Dane and his ideas and also I enjoyed the fact that Andy Dick was in the cast...i like him very much from Radio News...so...u should see this flick...I'd give it a solid 7.5 for effort and comic moments and the plot, original as well...
She's just in the movie for her cleavage show, but it is not worth it.Dax Shepard is real good and brings up a few laughs with Efren Ramirez.
Dane somehow looks lost and frustrated and does not look like a part of the movie.There is not much spend on the movie, expect probably renting a Costco.The story might have been interesting if Dane tried to win the Employee of the month in his own 'box boy' way.
I have watch this movie last Saturday in a friend place and I liked it very much, I don't understand the under-rate of this movie in IMDb. I was not so happy when my friend announce the title of the movie and tell is a romance/comedy, I was afraid because you can expect the worse in this movie category, so I was ready in the conception of a complain to skip it and move for the next movie of our evening show.Surprisly I get hook from the start, the movie is light and entertaining, the story is good ,the acting is good, the humor is good.What is wrong with you people ?
Dane cook was awesome, Dax Shepard was great and so was Jessica Simpson.
But despite his now obvious appeal as a comic actor, I think he still needs to realize what movie choices are good, and which are bad.Employee of the Month, simply put, is a movie that set itself up for satiric greatness by taking place in a Costco/Sam's Club/WalMart hybrid, but just does not bother mining for any comedic gold.
Because Zack found out that the new cashier, Amy (the obviously attractive Jessica Simpson), only dates those high-calibre employees.Instead of mining, the film's writers have basically taken every cliché of every movie with a slacker pining for something more just because of the possible prize at the end, and mixed them into becoming something that is barely their own.
What is even worse is, it is his supporting cast that actually gets to swear.Yes, the likes of his character's friends which include Andy Dick, Harland Williams and Brian George, all seem to get to swear, and all seem to get the memorably funny one-liners.
His timing is a lot better perfected than the majority of the cast, and much like Cook, gets a few funny lines.
So, as anyone could predict, she spends the entirety of the movie looking gorgeous and delivering lines with such stupidity that you wonder why Cook or Shepard did not bother quiting the film because of how shallow and ridiculous their co-star is.
Dane Cook, Jessica Simpson, and Dax Shepard star in the most funniest, heart-warming films of the century.
Dane Cook stars as a normal box-boy worker with 3 friends and his medieval rival at Cashier Stand #1, played by Dax Shepard, but, heads roll when a new cashier, played by Jessica Simpson, transfers to the Super Club supermarket, and appears to have some romantic issues for the Employee of The Month.
Now, Dane Cook starts working hard with extra effort, but, has to beat his opponent, Dax Shepard in this outrageous comedy to see who will win Jessica Simpson's heart.
Dax Shepard and Efren Ramirez are screamingly hilarious, and Dane Cook, Andy Dick, Brian George, and Harland Williams are screamingly funny!
He was in RocketMan, dammit.I suppose the brainstorming session for this movie went something like "hey, a lot of people are shopping at Costco these days, let's get some people who are currently famous and make one of those summer-camp competition high jinks movies, except it'll be set inside a price club instead of Lake Chippewa!" They got the famous people, and Dax Shepard, and went to work assembling the supporting team that would be responsible for producing the laughs that the inept stars couldn't.
How many of them can walk down the street and have people say "hey, that's Andy Dick!" I rest my case.So basically, Employee of the Month is a really banal, useless comedy that looks to cash in on these times of bulk consumption and Texas Hold 'em.
Also, I know Dane Cook is a very funny guy, I love his stand up comedy, but he should have took a second look at this movie script and backed out.
I know comedy isn't meant to be taken seriously but who thinks up an idea like thatIf you have a mental age of over five and you have seen a film better than 'the Hamilton's's' you will not enjoy this film, trust me you will not - it is not funny, the characters are completely pathetic the storyline is weak and barely visible and Jessica Simpson is not the only person here who cannot act, i am not being dramatic, 1/10 i believe is a fair scoreof course this is just my opinion if you want to prove me wrong go ahead, but you will regret it.
No matter how talented or funny the actors may be in reality, there is no way they could have saved this script.If I ever see Dane Cook, or Jessica Simpson, I'll have to yell at them for wasting an hour and a half of my life I'll never get back.P.S. If the movie wasn't bad enough, the deleted scenes and extras are even worse.....
Perhaps the movie was trying too hard to be funny, but nothing seemed to work at all.I have nothing against Dane Cook, Jessica Simpson and Dax Shepard but surely they could have done better.To sum up the entire review, the movie was absolute crap.
Likable loser Zach, played by Dane Cook (still not funny), begins an all out competition with head cashier Vince (Dax Shepard) to win the coveted position ofwait for itemployee of the month.
Oh, and apparently uber-hot new cashier Amy (Jessica Simpson) only dates the employee of the montha plot point that is so stupid and inexplicable that it takes a lot of guts (or just plain laziness) to base a movie off of it.The majority of the film consists of the back and forth banter between the two lead charactersa concept that is lot more humorous in concept than in execution.
Having seen one other movie with Jessica Simpson (can't even recall what it's called), I can say with absolute certainty that she is truly talentless, and *really* not funny.Actually, she is not the only one -- the acting in general was quite bad in this movie.
Really enjoyed Employee of the Month, Its laugh out loud funny in places and the writing and direction are solid, don't get me wrong it's not the comedy of decade but deserves more than 5.5 so felt that I have to write a few positive words.Zack is a really likable character, well played by Dane Cook but Vince steals the show, a great comic performance, some great lines and situations, the supporting cast are all interesting and likable and are played well especially Jorge, Vinces sidekick and Glen Gary ( or Glen Ross) the store manager who really hams up the part and what's not to like or look about Jessica Simpson?Well worth and hour and a half of your time..
Employee Of The Month is just one of those comedy films that actually was fun to watch as soon as you pop it.Granted there are characters that could have been done with out and no this film will not win any rewards but it is pretty fun.Employee Of The Month follows the story of Zack (Dane Cook) and Vince (Dax Shepard) as they fight to be Employee Of The Month to try and impress Amy (Jessica Simpson).
It also features a very good soundtrack with songs that were made for the movie.Dane Cook is really funny in this film and he show case his talents in comedy films plus Dax made that kind of villain that show how much an antagonist he is through the film.
The film story is really the selling point of course with Dane, Dax and Jessica being the main stars of the film.With a good story and laugh out moments with good one liners you should enjoy this film.I give Employee Of The Month an 8 out of 10.
We ended up turning off Wedding Crashers after too many groan-inducing scenes, but watched Employee of the Month all the way through and laughed at most of the jokes, which was the opposite of what I expected to happen.
The best line of the movie was when she said "you employees of the month are all the same" I am pretty sure it was not meant to be funny, but it was so bad that i laughed.
Employee follows the war of wits between two co-workers, Zack Bradley (Dane Cook) and Vince Downey (Dax Shepard), to win the "E of M" award.
All of his jokes all flat and are, for the lack of a better word, stupid.Dax, who I usually like on Punk'd, gets no character development and acts the same throughout the entire movie.I'm not even going to review the plot.
Surprisingly, Andy Dick was the only slightly humorous person in the movie which featured not only Dane Cook, but Jessica Simpson's ample cleavage, I think Jessica Simpson may have been in it also, but I don't really know for sure.
Rated PG-13 for crude and sexual humor, and language Employee Of The Month is a comedy starring Dane Cook and Jessica Simpson.I saw it a few months ago on the movie network.I don't really remember much about the movie.Its basically about a box-boy who works at a walmart type store.One day a hot clerk comes to work with them and its a rumor that she sleeps with the "Employee Of The Month".So basically the box-boy tries hard to become the employee of the month which angers his enemy, a rival clerk who is always employee of the month.While doing so, he looses his friends and gets to learn more about the new girl he is smitten by.Employee Of The Month has a few laughs but is overall nothing special..
The plot, for what it's worth, sees Dane Cook and Dax Shepard as co-workers who vie for the title of "Employee Of The Month" in the hope of getting into Jessica Simpson's underwear.
There're good laughs in this movie, like that scene when VINCE is trying to match with what AMY will say next, and the stupid guy only says crap!
DAX and Dane are seriously funny.Even Jessica Simpson doesn't ruin it with her acting.
There is a great cast of comedic actors including, Dane Cook and Dax Shepard who play the main characters.
The jokes are terrible and in my opinion Jessica Simpson and Dane Cook have no business being in a movie.
I think Dane Cook's comedy albums are okay but he is just awful as an "actor", and Jessica Simpson's lack of acting ability is already well known.
This was a surprisingly low-key break-out vehicle for Dane Cook, which is ironic because his whole style of comedy on the stand-up front is all about being over-the-top.The real gem in this movie was Dax Sheppard, who, once again, like he did in Idiocracy, took a part which was designed to fade into the background in favour of the star, and turned out a noteworthy performance.The ever-decorative Jessica Simpson also delivers an outstanding performance i.e. she does a stand-up job of making her breasts stand out in all her scenes (how many more "standing" puns do I need to make?) She also smiles nicely throughout the movie.All-in-all, a fun way to spend a couple of hours.I really hope Dane Cook gets a chance to do what he does best though, which is to be Dane Cook, because this movie certainly didn't give him the space to do that..
The supporting cast helps capture some of the potentially funny situation.**** Employee of the Month (10/6/06) Greg Coolidge ~ Dane Cook, Dax Shepard, Jessica Simpson.
this movie surprised me - i laughed a lot more than expected, and had a really good time watching it.i don't agree with many things in the plot though : i don't like how the writers are turning the viewers against Vince's character (played superbly by Dax Shepard, who i didn't like much in Idiocracy, but then i didn't like that movie at all...) i don't like writers' decision to turn Zack's friend co-workers against him at one point of the film i don't like Jessica Simpson's part, playing the role of a stupid blonde, but then...she really has a pair of beautiful - eyes -but if you don't mind all those, you can only enjoy this moviepeace.
Super Club is a huge store (like a Sam's or COSTCO, but I think much, much bigger) and the there is a race to be Employee of the Month between Zack (Cook) and Vince (Shepard).
I mean, c'mon...Dane Cook rides a tiny motorcycle...Andy Dick can't see anything, Jessica Simpson has weird ears...ha ha ha ha...what amazing comedy.
If you went into a Dane Cook Jessica Simpson comedy expecting anything else - please.
Laugh-out loud comedy showcasing Cook & Shepard; Dick steals the movie.
EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH (2006) *** Dane Cook, Jessica Simpson, Dax Shepard, Andy Dick, Harland Williams, Tim Bagley, Brian George, Efren Ramirez, Marcello Thedford, Danny Woodburn, Sean Whalen, Barbara Dodd.
Two Costco-esquire store employees, one is 17 consecutive Employee of the Month recipient Vince (Dax Shepard), the other is the definition of lazy slacker, Zack (Dane Cook), are suddenly thrust into competition when they hear that the new cashier, Amy (Jessica Simpson) will date the employee of the month.
As an employee of a store similar to this, I expected a film along the lines of Office Space and Waiting..., but what I got was a clichéd and sometimes unrealistic movie that showcased the talents of Dax Shepard and Dane Cook well, while further showing why Jessica Simpson is not an actress.
Aside from that, Employee of the Month is a funny and light-hearted comedy that isn't as bad as others say it is.Dane Cook was never on my list of favorites.
Even though Dane Cook isn't really funny in his stand-up, he proved to pull off a good slacker in Employee of the Month.
Overall, it's okay.Starring: Dane Cook, Jessica Simpson, Dax Shepard, Andy Dick, and Marcello Thedford.
Employee of the Month is actually not a good movie.
First off, the acting was pretty bad (especially Jessica Simpson), the jokes and gags were not funny, the characters were boring and annoying and the plot was very simple and very predictable.
Employee of the month is about a slacker box boy(Dane Cook) working at a Costco like store(Pretty sure it was filmed in a Costco) who decides to make a change in his work style in order to impress the new cashier(Jessica Simpson) who happens to have a thing for Employees of the month.