Dead tired of all the serious movies I wanted to see a comedy. And there are very few good comedies nowadays. And very few new comedies which are good n I've not seen. And this was one of them. I gladly gave it a watch after seeing the star cast n hell it was damn enjoyable. I didn't laugh my ass off but i enjoyed it.
SYNOPSIS: Three friends conspire to murder their awful bosses when they realize they are standing in the way of their happiness.
Nice work by the screenwriters to give us not an out n out insane comedy like the Hangover but something more sinister than it seems to be. Behind the laughter n foolishness was some really uncomfortable truths. And I always enjoy movies which make me use my brain. All the characters are developed pretty strongly n especially the villainous bosses. We care about our heroes cos we realize that these bosses are absolutely way more hateable than the horrible tag suggests. So pretty good pacy script with some laughs.
Direction by Seth Gordon is excellent. Full of zest n energy as we are fully behind our heroes as they plan to murder their bosses. He makes us root for things we usually wont do but some of us did think about murdering our bosses,didnt we?. N he brings that infront us as we identify with the characters who want nothing more but respect n promotion from their bosses. From that bitter truth he tries to bring laughs but those are few but some of those scenes are mindblowingy funny.
And the acting department is full of talent. Kevin Spacey, Jennifer Aniston, Colin Farrell as the three bosses are very very good. Especially Kevin who only implies promotion never actually giving them. Our heroes are Jason Bateman, Charlie Day, Jason Sudeikis troubled by the respective bosses. Very well done by the trio as we really care about them n sometimes even egging them on to kill their bosses. Jason n Charlie are the standout performers. One is being heckled by Kevin other being violated by Jennifer. And Jennifer does act well. She is hot as the maneating dentist having hots for her assistant. Sudeikis n Farrell are the third enemy pair. Both try but arent as good as the former. Jamie Foxx makes an appearance as a murder consultant and as always he's a delight.
Cinematography is pretty good. Especially some skyline scenes at night are well captured. Music is decent as well. And the credit song in the start is nice.
ALL IN ALL a pretty decent comedy with few good laughs n more brain n dirty words than most of its modern ilk.
HighTension Meter- 7/10.
BEST QUOTE: Nick Hendricks: Where were you during the murder?
Kurt Buckman: I was making love. I was making love to a woman. You know... murdering some ass.
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