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Horrible Bosses 2 (2014)



Horrible Bosses 2 (2014)



3/10



Starring
Jason Bateman
Charlie Day
Jason Sudeikis
Jennifer Aniston
Jamie Foxx
Chris Pine
Christoph Waltz


Directed by Sean Anders


Don’t watch this movie. Please, don’t watch this movie. And if you’ve seen the first part and liked it, I beg you—skip this one, because it just mars the joy from the first part.

Horrible Bosses 2 is the most impossibly stupid film I’ve seen in a while. The movie is so horribly bad that I couldn’t believe I liked the first part. The most annoying thing is that it made me dislike the characters I loved in the first movie—except for Motherf#@ker Jones, of course.

Horrible Bosses (part 1) had this fresh take about three guys doing what we all wish we could do to our bosses: try to kill them. Their attempt was both funny and heartwarming. Here, in this crap of a movie, these same guys try to be their own bosses by finding an investor for their “Shower Buddy” idea—and get duped, which shows how dumb they are. You’d think, “This is a good setup for a funny movie,” but Sean Anders blew it. These guys decide to kidnap the son (Chris Pine) of the man who scammed them. The kidnapping turns into extortion—how that happens, go read it on Wikipedia. Don’t bother watching to find out.

Sean Anders, who wrote We’re the Millers (2013)—which also starred Jennifer Aniston and Jason Sudeikis—directed this flick.

I read a review about this movie before watching it. I was told it wasn’t great, but I was guaranteed a few laughs. To be honest, I didn’t even crack a smile. The movie just dragged on and failed to make any sense.

I’m confused. How can such a likable cast make me hate a movie so much? But I guess even actors have their off days. Except for Jamie Foxx, Chris Pine, and Kevin Spacey, who were wonderful in this movie, the rest were annoying enough to make me wish I didn’t know their names. Kevin Spacey had a cameo role, and he was entertaining and funny—but not enough to save this mess. The writers decided to not only mess up the lead characters but also the supporting ones. If you liked the freakish Jennifer Aniston from the first movie, get ready to hate her here.

Don’t watch this. Don’t buy this. And if someone recommends this as a good R-rated comedy, please slap them across the face. If the makers decide to make a sequel, I won’t be watching.

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