Horrible Bosses Review

When it comes to comedies this summer, we have been treated to a variety of comedies. There was terrible like The Hangover II, mediocre like Bad Teacher and great like Bridesmaids. Now we have Horrible Bosses, a new comedy with Jason Bateman and Jennifer Anniston. See, you are worried already. You are having troubling flashbacks to 2010. A little film of horrors called The Switch. Yeah, that film was torture. Horrible Bosses on the other hand is a different kettle of fish. There are comedic actors playing many funny characters. Altogether just better than the The Switch.

Horrible Bosses centres on three average Americans called Nick (Jason Bateman), Dale (Charlie Day) and Kurt (Jason Sudekis). All three have a problem, there all hate there bosses. Played by Kevin Spacey, Jennifer Anniston and Colin Farrell. So, after a night drinking they all decided to kill there bosses. Now, yeah it sounds stupid I know. The premise isn't close to realistic, but that is what makes Horrible Bosses funny and great.

Horrible Bosses is the latest feature film from director Seth Gordon, the man behind the great documentary King Of Kong: Fistful Of Quarters. Gordon has the talent, proved it with King Of Kong and further proves it with Horrible Bosses. I am very excited to see what he does next. It seems these days that good comedies are a rariety. They are either dissapointing or uninspired. This film benefits greatly from two things. A slick and funny script and a talented cast. All three of the leads are great. They didn't fell hollow, I genuinely liked there characters. But there was something about Charlie Day in this film that was just brilliant. This is the first time I have seen him and he is hilarious. I look forward to seeing what he does next. Jason Bateman is great as always and Jason Sudekis is better than he was in Hall Pass which is saying something.

I can't honestly think of anything bad with the film. So therefore I should give it ten out of ten right? No. See this film is great and for me doesn't do anything wrong. But I think it stands out even more because of how bad some of the comedies have been this year. So yeah, I liked it. It's enjoyable, it's very funny and it's better than most of the films in your local cinema. Good direction, a fun script and hilarious perfromance across the board make Horrible Bosses a great anti-hangover film. Just see it and have fun!

7.5/10

Thanks.

Chris.