Corporate Animals

This film tells the story of a group of colleagues in a team building trip that goes horribly wrong.

The story is very funny, and I find myself often giggling. The jokes are funny, and the corporate environment is quite realistic and reflective of the working world. Demi Moore's character offers a good focus for viewers, and her ending is rather satisfying. I enjoyed watching it a lot.

Nobody's finest hour.

It has some humourous moments but ultimately lacks a tight script and direction to make it work.

After a cave in, a group of colleagues on a team-building outing, get trapped in a cave and struggle to hold it together. This movie is a comedy, but it's a very dark one that wants to gross you out and make you laugh at the same time. It's not super successful in this area. I was entertained and even amused for some time, but the longer the movie went, the less funny and interesting it became. It's full of gore and vulgarity, making this far from kid friendly. It was like a spoof of the survival movie Alive, but shot in a style that reminded me of The Office. It needed less crudeness and more cleverness. While certain moments got a laugh out of me, the entertainment factor was disappointing in the end.

This one was just not funny enough to make you satisfied that you watched it. The laughs are far and few between and not just else going on for it. Maybe if you had nothing else to watch it is ok but definitely a one time watch.

I was very interested in seeing what Patrick Brice does next (Creep & Creep 2 are, in my opinion, awesome genre movies) and I'm not happy to say that "Corporate Animals" feels like a flop in each and every way.

Many reviews state the very same flaws and I can't find any better words, because they're right - it feels like a stretched out character sketch with a very shallow plot, uninventive sitatuations, most of the humor is based on archaic social stereotypes & all the social commentary in the script is old and tiring already, which is also the case regarding the characters. You've seen all this or close variations of all this somewhere before. Nevertheless, the actors seemed to do their best with the script they've been given & there are a few crank-out-a-smile moments. The plot never really takes off, never builds up to anything, eventually feeling repeatitive. In other words, there are some pacing issues. In the light of all the negative aspects it's hard to compliment anything else, what we've still left is the visual side of the movie, and, well, it's simply alright. There are a few tiny, cool surprises, one in a form of an animated dream.

"Corporate Animals" is a painfully average 90 minute comedy sketch & the kind of a horror comedy that You can pass on while not missing anything. I recommend it for those who like the cast, comedy on the corporate themes or to those who want to see how Patrick Brice underwhelms You after the Creep duology. My rating: 5/10