cliveoseman

I watched the original Horrible Bosses with my daughter and thoroughly enjoyed it. We never saw the sequel, and as I felt in need of a laugh tonight decided to watch it. Oh my word, if ever a movie insulted the intelligence of its viewers, it's this pile of rubbish. I tried, I really tried hard, to watch it to the end but couldn't. I would have more chance of getting a laugh if I caught my private part in a zipper. The first 5 minutes had "garbage" written all over them, and as far as I managed to get (about an hour in) it didn't get any better. Unrealistic, unfunny and unbearably stupid, really, seriously, life is too short to waste any of it on this.

I really looked forward to seeing this. I love the TV show. Put simply though, like so many great television comedies, it just doesn't work in a full length movie. Of course there are funny (or at least mildly amusing) moments, but just not enough of them to carry the rather absurd plot. The solicitor's character and affliction had rich comedic potential, but was wasted in style. Hopefully this disappointing effort will not damage the reputation of what is a great success story. If you get bored like I did, at least the last line gets the biggest laugh of the whole thing (at least it did when I was there). However, that says more about the quality of what has gone before than it does about that moment.

Very poor.

This is without doubt the worst movie I have ever had to endure.

If you like a movie with a totally implausible plot, no tension because the same situation and same dialogue is just moved a few yards many times over, and no twist whatsoever, that leaves you with the feeling that you've just wasted a couple of hours of your life and a few quid as well, then this is for you. Otherwise stay at home sniffing vinegar. It's something different and a whole lot more entertaining.

I think the general view of the disappointed cinema goers was along the lines of "If Carlsberg did movies, this is Barbican Alcohol free lager from the eighties."