Horrible Bosses tells the story of three friends Nick (Jason Bateman), Dale (Charlie Day) and Kurt (Jason Sudeikis) as well as the bosses that make their lives miserable Dave Harken (Kevin Spacey), Julia Harris (Jennifer Aniston) and Bobby Pellitt (Colin Farrell).
Also in the film Donald Sutherland as Jack Pellitt the owner of the industrial company where Kurt works and enjoys his job until Jack's sudden death which leaves his cocaine addicted son Bobby (Farrell) in charge of the company and that is the turning point for Kurt.
Nick (Bateman) worked hard to get an upcoming promotion at work, but is screwed over by his boss Dave Harken (Spacey) and Dale (Day) is being sexual harassed by his boss Julia (Aniston).
The three friends begin to contemplate killing their bosses and by chance end up meeting Dean "Motherf**ker" Jones who becomes their murder consultant and gives them the idea to kill each others bosses.
This film was just OK. It had its funny moments, but for the most part I felt like the writers, director and even actors were trying too hard to get laughs out of the audience. The two standout performances would have to be Jason Bateman and Kevin Spacey. Bateman was subtle in his comedy. The littlest thing he did or said could get a laugh. Kevin Spacey was excellent at playing a pure jerk. He made the role of Dave Harken very believable and it made me think that somewhere in the world there is a man that acts just like Harken and although its funny to watch on a movie screen I would not want to work for him.
Horrible Bosses is not necessarily my brand of soda, but for you just may be.
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