#michael markowitz

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𝟸𝟿 𝚢𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚜 𝚊𝚐𝚘 𝚘𝚗 𝙰𝚙𝚛𝚒𝚕 𝟷𝟿, 𝟷𝟿𝟿𝟽, 𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚖𝚘𝚜𝚝 𝚞𝚗𝚎𝚡𝚙𝚎𝚌𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚌𝚛𝚘𝚜𝚜𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚜 𝚒𝚗 𝚊𝚗𝚒𝚖𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚑𝚒𝚜𝚝𝚘𝚛𝚢, 𝙷𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚛 𝚂𝚒𝚖𝚙𝚜𝚘𝚗 𝚊𝚙𝚙𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚎𝚍 𝚘𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚒𝚖𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚜𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚜 𝙳𝚞𝚌𝚔𝚖𝚊𝚗 𝚘𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚄𝚂𝙰 𝙽𝚎𝚝𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚔!!

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HORRIBLE BOSSES (2011)

Directed by: Seth Gordon

Written by: Michael Markowitz, John Francis Daley, & Jonathan M. Goldstein

Starring: Jason Bateman, Charlie Day, Jason Sudeikis, Kevin Spacey, Jennifer Aniston, Colin Farrell, Jamie Foxx, P.J. Byrne, Julie Bowen, Brian George, Wendell Pierce, Ron White, Donald Sutherland, Bob Newhart

Till the end of days my sister will always gloat and say 'I told you so!' whenever this movie comes up. For the longest time I didn't want to see this because it didn't hold my interest. It's got a great cast on the surface but the plot seems ultimately predictable. Why these three men can't just leave their job and abusive bosses seemed weird. But I finally bit the bullet and agreed to see this with my sis a few years after it came out in theaters. While it isn't the most perfect of comedies I was surprised on how much I enjoyed this.

I think a lot has to do with the cast which, as I already mentioned, is filled with great performances. On the one end we got Jason Sudeikis and Charlie Day doing what they do best with the former being a smug asshole & the latter being....well Charlie Day. (I'm not a fan of Jason Bateman in any form but he does a decent enough job as the straight man here.) On the other side you have the bosses and this movie is blessed with Kevin Spacey, Colin Farrell, and Jennifer Aniston. Kevin Spacey is great at being an angry dick so he's playing type. Colin Ferrel is out there as a balding, fat man and his karate is absolutely hilarious. Finally, as a man not a fan of her work outside of Friends, Jennifer Aniston almost steals the movie as an uber-sexual dentist. Seriously if her and Day did another movie together I'd love to see it.

After seeing the film I still have to say the premise is stretched a bit too thin. There are motivations on why these guys can't quit but most are flimsy at best. Also, Jamie Foxx really doesn't bring much in his role and honestly anyone could have done the character cause he serves little purpose. The only other question I have to ask is this: Why on Earth would Julie Bowen's marry such an incredible asshole with Spacey? No comedies are perfect though these days and, again, Horrible Bosses surprised me enough to really enjoy it. If only my sis could now stop rubbing it in...