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Horrible Bosses
- Review Date: July 8, 2011
- R
- Genre: Comedy
- 2011
Common Sense Media says
All-star comedy is pretty raunchy -- and hilarious.
Parents say
QUALITY
Kids say
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What parents need to know
Parents need to know that this funny-but-raunchy comedy earns its R rating with scenes that include violence (guns and shooting, some fighting), heavy sexual innuendo (though no nudity), and almost constant foul language (including "f--k," "s--t," "p---y," and much more). Plus, one of the movie's villains has a cocaine problem, and the main characters are seen (accidentally) getting high as well as drinking. Of the three main characters (played by Jason Bateman, Jason Sudeikis, and Charlie Day), one is a serial seducer who sleeps with more than one woman during the movie, but the others -- despite planning to murder their evil bosses (Kevin Spacey, Colin Farrell, and Jennifer Aniston) -- are generally good-hearted people.
What's the story?
Hoping for an elusive promotion, Nick (Jason Bateman) is forced to suck up to a maniacal CEO (Kevin Spacey); Dale (Charlie Day) is engaged to be married but works for a sexy, sexually aggressive dentist (Jennifer Aniston); and Kurt (Jason Sudeikis) finds his dream job at a chemical plant threatened when the boss' cocaine-addicted son (Colin Farrell) unexpectedly takes charge. After work, the three friends share their woes and come up with the idea to murder all three HORRIBLE BOSSES. They hire a "consultant" (Jamie Foxx) and begin preparing for their homicidal plan. But it's not long before things go horribly, hilariously awry.
Is it any good?
Director Seth Gordon (The King of Kong, Four Christmases) has the good sense to simply step aside here, letting his cast goof around and bounce off of one another like so many rubber balls. Each character finds a nice niche and runs with it: Bateman plays the straight man, Day is the "dumb one," and Sudeikis finds a nice middle ground. The villains are clearly having a terrific time, too; Aniston is at the top of her game, and Spacey is on familiar territory. Only Farrell seems to be trying something new here with broad comedy, and it fits him well (it appears, judging from the bloopers at the end, that some of his scenes didn't make the final cut, which is a shame).
Especially cathartic for today's luckless job-seekers, the movie's humor is highly raunchy, but it has enough inventively playful moments between characters to make the movie memorable for a long time to come. Expect many genuine belly laughs, rather than just the usual surprised chuckles.
What families can talk about
Families can talk about whether the main characters are sympathetic and/or admirable people. What makes them different from their bosses?
At least two characters think about sex most of the time and sleep with more than one partner. Is this a healthy outlet for them? What could they do differently?
Do the horrible bosses qualify as bullies? What are some more positive ways to handle bullies?
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Dust off your Resume....
This is one to leave the kids at home...or better yet, send them in to Mr. Popper's Penguins, while you catch it.
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Kid, 12 years old
July 8, 2011
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HAHAHA BUT EWWWW
Okay i am a eleven uear old and i saw this movie it waz extremely funny but you need to know that your kids are really mature because just about every other line uses f*** or motherf***or any thing like that anf the f word is used in the sexual way ALOT by one of the bosses but is was hilarious ohhh and if you see it in theaters watch out the teens in the theater act a little messed up plus there is alot of drugs in the movie and killings and the boss (Jennifer Aniston) is EXTREMELY SEXUAL she is just about every other word tallking about sex or male privates plus when she comes out in the lab coat she was like naked and the lab coat kinda movied and you saw her boobs a little it was NASTY but overall the movie is for mature people ONLY but overall being eleven it was probably the best movie i have everseen
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Laugh for the Adults; Leave Kids at Home
As a young adult, I really found this movie hilarious. There are many parts of the movie that I laughed out loud, but this is no movie for kids. Foul language and sexual innuendos are very very common.
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Kid, 11 years old
July 14, 2011
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hilarious favorite comedy
hilarious, but they went way, way, way to far with the nonstop sexual comments. It got really bad with the sex near the end. But the movie was great.
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Kid, 11 years old
July 17, 2011
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my favorite movie so far!
good move but lots of funny crude humor
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A bad x rated film.
This would have been X rated 25 yrs ago. No prude myself, but was still shocked by how many sex acts in full detail were done, talked about & referred to throughout the entire show. Was embarrassed to be sitting in the theatre. Finally got up & left, told my group I'd wait for them. Too much.
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awesomeness
i love it it is so awesome and hilarious this guy boss sexually harasses him and sprays his crotch to see the outline of his thing.
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Horrible Movie
Horrible is the best way to describe this movie. Not only was it not written well, the actors were terrible and should be embarrassed to take the parts, it was mindless, unappealing and raunchy. How was the old was the writer about 19 years old. The comedy was so far from funny, there was not one point I laughed. I think the writer was trying to get the shock factor reaction from all of the cursing- but even the cursing was boring. There was no message and no point to the movie. Jennifer Aniston did a terrible job of acting and she didn't even look good or pull off what was supposed to be a sexy character, instead she came off cheap and raunchy and made the character not believable- which is also the fault of the terrible writers. Don't waster your money or time.
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TOYOTA PRIUS DRAGSTER
Toyota Definetly donated to this production they mention Toyata a few times and at the end the nav guide guy helped sort things out
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| Studios: | New Line, Warner Bros. |
| Director: | Seth Gordon |
| Cast: | Charlie Day, Jason Bateman, Jason Sudeikis |
| Genre: | Comedy |
| Run time: | 100 minutes |
| Theatrical release date: | July 8, 2011 |
| DVD release date: | October 11, 2011 |
| MPAA rating: | R |
| MPAA explanation: | crude and sexual content, pervasive language and some drug material |
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