Horrible Bosses

Three guys have horrible bosses (hence the title) and decide to kill each other's bosses because for one reason or another, quitting is not an option and these people are ruining their lives. The guys are Jason Bateman, some other Jason from SNL, and some other guy with a chipmunk voice.

This movie was pretty darn funny. Outrageous and unbelievable? Absolutely. But funny nonetheless. The bosses were really well cast, and include: Kevin Spacey, Colin Farrel, and Jennifer Aniston. While I am ambivalent towards Spacey in general, if anything, he comes off as a bit of a creeper (American Beauty?), but it is undeniable that he is a great actor, and he pulls off being a very horrible boss (and person). Colin Farrel was quite the surprise as the balding Bobby Pellitt - coke-addict, and all-round tool. Farrel will always first and foremost be a heart-throb in my mind. He's a good looking guy, has a dreamy accent, and has a kid with a disability that he is so proud of = swoonworthy. On the complete flip side, he is a spot-on tool in this movie, and it's great. Jennifer Aniston makes an admirable effort at the maneater character, it's nice to see her try something that's not the love interest, but her story line was missing something. Spacey's Harken has his cheating wife, Pellitt has his coke, and karate, and ladies, but we don't have a lot of back info on Aniston's Julia, why is she like this?!

I also had some issue with Jamie Fox's character - I wasn't too fussy on him. He was just silly, when the rest of the movie was funny. But on a positive note, I am always happy to see Donald Sutherland, especially in such a loveable (but small) roll.

While this movie is about planning three murders, it never wanders into the dark comedy genre, it is always just comedy, which is fine. You know the guys aren't going to be able to kill their bosses in the end, but everything will turn out fine. Watching what drives them to consider killing, and the subsequent planning, is good and hilarious times. The sale on peanuts and the peeing in the park were some of my favourite parts.