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| Three stooges of 2011 |
Comedies these days seem to be in a trend (thanks to The Hangover success) of placing ordinary people in incredibly silly and preposterous setups. Such is the way with Horrible Bosses which follows 3 friends in their plans to have their work bosses murdered. The bosses (cleverly cast celebrities in Spacey, Aniston & Farrell) entertain us with their outrageous behavior and give the audience recognisable faces to laugh at. Its the offbeat banter between the 3 main characters I found more amusing however, and would've preferred more of that, then the stunts and set-pieces dumped in as laugh insurance. The set-pieces do payoff more often than not in their defense, and in turn result in an easily enjoyable outing. Comparatively not quite as good as the first Hangover but a lot better than the second.
One geek bit of interesting trivia, Director Seth Gordon is also responsible for documentaries The King of Kong and Freakonomics.
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