![]() But then, so does the screeching cat.Boss Of Bosses explores the life of Paul Castellano who for a few years the top of the heap in his chosen occupation. When the Three Saps get talking all at once and their neurotic behavior hits overdrive, the film does achieve the occasional laugh. TV director Seth Gordon shows no flair for turning the absurdities and cartoonish characters in the script by Michael Markowitz, John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein into anything more than a collection of moments in search of laughs. ![]() They hire one dude - Jamie Foxx, still coasting on that Oscar - to be their “murder consultant,” the uncomfortable assumption here being that murder falls within the expertise of African-Americans.Įverything they try goes wrong, but ultimately - did you ever doubt it? - the Three Saps get more or less what they want.īut getting there is sheer drudgery and a lot of comedy that relies on such things as screeching cats springing across the screen when the boys break-and-enter or their bosses’ collective stupidity exceeding theirs. But they haven’t a clue how to accomplish this. These three abused employees meet up in a bar to grouse about their bosses and to plot their murders. This, for a heterosexual male, is your dream boss. Let’s just say that if you insist on casting Aniston in this role - and she, for whatever reason, actually accepts it - you have destroyed any comedy. Poor Charlie Day from It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia must somehow get through each day as a dental assistant to a potty-mouthed nymphomaniac played by Jennifer Aniston, who craves nothing more than nonstop sex with her assistant. ![]() ![]() You know, the way someone might view an Edsel as a classic car. Jason Sudeikis actually has a dream boss in Donald Sutherland, but Sutherland, having apparently read the script, has the good sense to die after one sequence, which leaves Sudeikis at the mercy of his boss’ coke-head, party-till-you-drop son ( Colin Farrell).Ī confession: You do not recognize Farrell in this caricature, and that might cue some people to think this one-note performance is a comedy classic. Salesman Jason Bateman is stuck with an abusive, sadist-psycho boss played by Kevin Spacey, who simply amps up his Swimming With Sharks character. The film crossbreeds black comedy with raunchiness. ![]()
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