Horrible Bosses is the story of three friends who decide to come together and take a stand against their workplace superiors, with extreme prejudice. The film stars quite a few big names, Kevin Spacey, Colin Farell, Jennifer Aniston, Jason Bateman, Charlie Day, and Jason Sudeikis. The three 9 to 5 friends decide to murder their bosses to make their lives easier (a decision made in a drunken stupor) and it plays out rather humorously.
Horrible Bosses is a film that is in no way out of the box (or out of the cubicle I suppose) so it has to rely on other aspects to help the film shine. The movie benefits completely from it's large cast, and they are ultimately the reason Horrible Bosses works. Kevin Spacey plays the cold hearted corporate suit who will do anything that results in his own gain, Aniston plays a dentist-seductress who most likely would have been better suited becoming a urologist, and Farell plays an over-privileged son whose coke-fueled hobbies are extremely irritating and toolish.
All the bosses are very well acted, Spacey is extremely emotionless, Aniston is surprisingly seductive and hilarious, and at first glance you might fail to recognize Colin Farell, who has distanced himself so well from his good looks, he's actually rather disgusting to look at. This makes all the bosses believable villians, and while I wouldn't say I'd see the reason in killing them, you can certainly understand the employees motivations.
The three main protagonists are also fantastic, and each plays rather well as the moral opposite of their corporate counterpart. Bateman plays the good guy everyman fairly well, who has sacrificed his social life completely for his career. Charlie Day only wants to keep his fiancee happy, and his battle with Aniston to stay faithful is entertaining and he plays the role well enough to make a believable opposition to her charms. I found Sudeikis to be surprisingly my favorite of the bunch, and while they're all quite hilarious, I found him evoking the most laughs with a few well timed quips.
All in all, Horrible Bosses is a hilarious and extremely raunchy outcry against awful superiors anywhere, and if any of these thoughts grab your attention, you'll barely be able to catch a breath in between laughs, and it is clear that a fair amount of the film was likely improvisation, and rather funny improvisation at that, another large plus from having a comical cast that also plays well off of each other. If you've found yourself disappointed and running low on laughs in many modern comedies, this one is the perfect medication.
