Nick (Jason Bateman), Dale (Charlie Day), and Kurt (Jason
Sudeikis) are three high school friends with one thing in common: they all hate
their jobs. Nick is an executive at a
financial firm. He endures all manner of
indignities at the hands of his boss Dave (Kevin Spacey) in hopes of one day
getting a promotion to vice president.
Dale is a dental assistant who must evade the aggressive sexual advances
of his nymphomaniac boss Julia (Jennifer Aniston) on a daily basis. Kurt’s job at an industrial company becomes
an ordeal when an insufferable coke head (Colin Ferrall) inherits the business
from his dead father. After nights of
commiserating at the local bar, the trio comes up with a simple solution: murder. They figure their lives would be much better
if they could kill their bosses. They seek
the help of the seedy Dean Jones (Jamie Foxx) to get the job done. This proves an impossible task, as a series
of bungles and set-backs threatens to ruin everything.
Sunday, July 10, 2011
Movie Review: Horrible Bosses
Happy Birthday Johnny Utah: ‘Point Break’ Turns 20
James Cameron left an indelible mark on the summer of 1991. Terminator
2: Judgment Day effectively transitioned his skillset to the realm of mega-budget
blockbusters. As it set up a benevolent dictatorship
at American multiplexes, Cameron offered moviegoers another, even more potent
shot of adrenaline. This time he merely
served as producer while someone else administered the injection. He vacated the director’s chair for his
ex-wife Kathryn Bigelow, who proceeded to make a “guy movie” better than any
guy could have made it. Though her
genius would be roundly dismissed at the time, it would be recognized 18 years
later when filtered through the conventions of the modern war film. Its 1991 incarnation was fittingly titled Point Break.
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