Here's a premise for you: Jason Bateman, Jason Sudeikis, and Charlie Day (of It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia fame) are buddies.Done. Movie greenlit.
This is probably NOT how the pitch for Horrible Bosses actually went down, but after seeing the film, I don't think it's actual premise was as critical to its success as was the chemistry and loveability of its leading men. These funny guys are funnier together. Of course, Horrible Bosses is also about bosses. Kevin Spacey plays Jason Bateman's megalomaniacal coroporate boss, stringing him along with a promise of a promotion that never seems to come. Jennifer Aniston is Charlie Day's sexy-but-psychotic boss, a dentist who doesn't understand the concept of "sexual harassment in the workplace." And Colin Farrell plays the coked-up, douchey new head of Jason Sudeikis' small business. Each of these actors revels in his or her exaggerated character, each a delicious foil to the normal-guy lead they boss around. Top it off with a cameo by Jamie Foxx as a shady ex-con with a dubious grasp on the murder business, and you've got a movie that's worth seeing for the cast alone.
Just posted on Cineplexus. Now to work on the next one, for "Crazy Stupid Love."
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