He is a dental assistant whose hot boss Julia (Jennifer Aniston) continues to sexually harass him, both verbally and physically. Nick must deal with company president Dave Harken (Kevin Spacey), a man who pressures Nick into having a business drink early in the morning and then chastises him in front of others for his “drinking problem.” Dale’s problem is more personal. Each of them work for an insufferable bastard of a boss.
The film introduces us to three friends: Nick (Bateman), Dale (Day) and Kurt (Sudeikis). And now we have “Horrible Bosses,” which is a lot from column “A” and a little from column “B.” We’ve had some winners (“Bridesmaids,” “Hangover II”) and some non-winners (“Bad Teacher”). But Grillo, who finally has a solid breakout role here, gives a final little wink that makes it all seem OK.It looks like Summer 2011 will be remembered as the season of the raunchy adult comedy. The main flaw is that there's so much going on that the ending ends up feeling a little unfinished. Dreamed up by Chris and Eddie Borey, the story of Boss Level is thick and complex, with many events happening in many places, but Carnahan - who's at his career best here - keeps everything nicely balanced and beautifully paced. Roy running into his son (played by Grillo's real-life son, Rio), discovering the connection to Jemma, taking sword-fighting lessons, finding a tracking device, and using trial-and-error to learn and adapt all become touching, exhilarating checkpoints. Roy gets more sympathetic as we realize that, after some 140 days, he's given up his main goal is to make it to the bar and drink until he's killed.īut hope comes in many forms. In keeping poor Roy off-balance for the first chunk of the movie, the movie establishes a careening momentum that's positively energizing. Directed by Joe Carnahan, Boss Level proves once again that you can borrow the Groundhog Day idea and, like Edge of Tomorrow, Happy Death Day, and Palm Springs, still add something new to it. Yes, it's another time-loop movie, but this cheerfully relentless action flick comes out fighting and keeps up the pace, with pauses for a few clever ideas and some genuinely touching moments.
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