Three friends conspire to murder their awful bosses when they realize they are standing in the way of their happiness.
Frantic, funny and packed full of big names behaving badly – Ioan Gruffudd, OMG...
Horrible Bosses is let down by central combination of Bateman, Sudeikis and Day, a trio that lacks the chemistry required to anchor the film sympathetically. Despite obvious effort, the dense plotting and macho bravado marks Gordon’s film out as a demotion for a talented workforce.
Horrible Bosses doesn’t have the courage of its convictions. All the vicarious thrill evaporates when it becomes clear that this trio don’t have the balls to actually go through with murder.
Laugh out loud in places, awkwardly crude in others.
It’s funnier than the Hangover films, better plotted, and generally a cut above. Overall, a pleasant surprise.
Occasionally amusing but mostly crude, charmless and misjudged comedy that veers between broad knockabout material and something aspiring to the more realistic, hyperobserved comedy style of TV's The Office.
These bosses cannot justify either murder or lasting comic memories, fatally compromising a farce that could have been great but ends up merely mediocre.
One of the year’s best comedies.
Gordon’s comedy has a neat set up and more big-name stars than you can shake a P45 at. There are even one or two zinger lines as the plot plays out, but there’s also an air of sourness about the movie that cuts short the pleasure after a while.
The sub-Porky's style humour elicits a few guffaws, but a little more wit and subtlety would have helped.
If you only get round to seeing one comedy this year, see Bridesmaids. If you see two, make sure to catch this one.
A one-man show...there is nothing for it but to "watch this Spacey".
Manages some laughs.
Just another case of adults behaving badly and talking dirty.
There are a few laughs to be had from Jamie Foxx's cameo as a tough-talking barfly who exploits the heroes' racial prejudices for cash by agreeing to become their "murder consultant". But such things just make you wish Horrible Bosses didn't repeatedly bottle out.
I laughed frequently, probably to the detriment of my self-respect.
It's a hilarious example of less is more.
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