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Horrible Bosses

When three good friends Nick, Kurt and Dale meet up one night complaining once again of their over bearing and life sucking bosses, they decide it's time to do something about it. After consulting someone with experience  Dean 'MF' Jones, at a seedy bar miles outside their comfort zones the three would-be-murders decide each one should kill the others boss to hide their affiliations and motives. Staking out, scheming and outrageous plots fuel their quest for justice and so starts a mad attempt of the every man trying to get even with life.

Jason Bateman feels like the glue holding the trio together with his dry/nice guy comedy, whilst Charlie Day plays the weakling of the group getting the but of the jokes and Jason Sudeikis stands for the crude jokes and many of the faceplam moments of the film, rounding off a rather believable group of friends. Playing the opposing team of 'Horrible Bosses' is Kevin Spacey as Dave Harken, an egotistical and arrogant guy who is shown to be over obsessive of work ethics and principles giving a usual wave of brilliance in the performance. On the other end of the scale is Jennifer Aniston's character Julia Harris, who is very much the opposite when it comes to work ethics to the extent where her sexual advances on Dale almost verge on assault and Aniston fits to the sex crazed dentist eerily well. The third boss Colin Farrell, as Bobby Pellit is amusing though his role seems overshadowed by the other performances and lack of screen time. Not forgetting the grand character of Dean 'MF' Jones acting as the murder-consultant for the group played by Jamie Foxx who gives an amazing edge to the shady ex-con and adds another larger than life character to the story, plus a nod to Ioan Gruffudd aka 'The Wetwork man'.

As far as genuinely funny comedies this year has been rather lacking, so this dark comedy about a bunch of guys who are miles out of their depths in attempting murder seems almost a breath of fresh air from the likes of the Hangover II and its familliar story aswell as the large amounts of major summer blockbusters. It may not be the greatest film/comedy ever made but it does offer some great puns and performances with a fairly new idea. besides offering a fair amount of laughs this is a good film if you're tired of the dark, serious action flicks out recently and would rather kick back relax and have some fun with outrageous scenarios and mess ups with a group of guys who mean business... to an extent.

7  /  10

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