Horrible Bosses

"Ever wish your boss was dead?"

2011 1h 38m EN

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6.6

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69%

FRESH

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METACRITIC

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6.9

IMDB

★6.6TMDB · 7,003🍅69%Rotten Tomatoes●57Metacritic★6.9IMDB · 486,136

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Synopsis

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For Nick, Kurt and Dale, the only thing that would make the daily grind more tolerable would be to grind their intolerable bosses into dust. Quitting is not an option, so, with the benefit of a few-too-many drinks and some dubious advice from a hustling ex-con, the three friends devise a convoluted and seemingly foolproof plan to rid themselves of their respective employers... permanently.

“Ever wish your boss was dead?”

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Cast

Jason Bateman
Nick Hendricks
Charlie Day
Dale Arbus
Jason Sudeikis
Kurt Buckman
Kevin Spacey
Dave Harken
Jennifer Aniston
Julia Harris
Colin Farrell
Bobby Pellitt
Jamie Foxx
Motherfucker Jones
Donald Sutherland
Jack Pellit

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Seth Gordon
Writers: John Francis Daley, Jonathan Goldstein, Michael Markowitz
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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1 / 8

MONEY

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Made its money back 6.0× over at the box office.

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2 / 8

ERA

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Released 15 years ago.

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3 / 8

CINEMA

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Part of the "Horrible Bosses Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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4 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Seth Gordon, shot by David Hennings. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Christopher Lennertz. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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6 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Peter Teschner shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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7 / 8

CAST

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Jason Bateman and Charlie Day and Jason Sudeikis carry the top of the cast.

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8 / 8

FACT

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Marketing tagline: "Ever wish your boss was dead?".

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Seth Gordon directs. David Hennings behind the camera. Christopher Lennertz scores. Peter Teschner cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Made its budget back several times over at the box office. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Made its money back 6.0× over at the box office.
2Released 15 years ago.
3Part of the "Horrible Bosses Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
4Directed by Seth Gordon, shot by David Hennings. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Original score by Christopher Lennertz. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
6Editor Peter Teschner shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
7Jason Bateman and Charlie Day and Jason Sudeikis carry the top of the cast.
8Marketing tagline: "Ever wish your boss was dead?".
9IMDB entry: tt1499658 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

The technical file

Cinematography: David Hennings
Original score: Christopher Lennertz
Editing: Peter Teschner
Production design: Shepherd Frankel
Costume design: Carol Ramsey
Makeup / hair: Kelcey Fry
VFX supervisor: Paul Graff
Sound: Elmo Weber
Stunt coordinator: Sean Graham
Runtime: 98 min · 1h 38m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $35,000,000
Box office: $209,838,559
Return: 600% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): R
IMDB: Horrible Bosses (2011)
Rotten Tomatoes: 69% 🍅 Fresh
Metacritic: 57/100
IMDB rating: 6.9/10 · 486,136 votes
MPAA: R

Awards

3 wins & 14 nominations total

MTV Movie Award for Best Villain

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Part of

Horrible Bosses Collection

Dale, Kurt and Nick have horrible luck when it comes to bosses...

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What people are saying

Andres Gomez2013-10-04
★ 7/10
Quite funny and fresh stupid comedy.
Kamurai2020-07-11
★ 6/10
Good watch, would watch again, and can recommend. This is really a great example of multi-threaded stories, obviously inspired by (hell, they even mention it) "Strangers on a Train", this is actually a fine idiot's version of that. Imagine a braid, but one of the strands careens off and crashes into another strand and then it completes anyways, it should look like an Escher sketch: that's this movie. It's fun. You get 3 quality actors to be some of the worst people you could write (Kevin Spacey, Jennifer Aniston, and Colin Ferrell), and, not that first 3 were funny, have 3 quality comedic actors (Jason Bateman, Jason Sudeikas, and Charlie Day) play 3 of the most flawed, average people you could write in respective situations of explosive seriousness in which they will ultimately be humiliated. I think that's a pretty good formula, and they got a sequel out of it, so I feel pretty secure in that opinion. In all respects, if this was just written with a more serious atmosphere, it could be powerful. I'm not saying taking the "dick and fart" jokes out of it would make it more enjoyable, but it would certainly make it more powerful. If you're a working adult, or you just like watching horrible things happen to people, I'm pretty sure you'll enjoy this one.
Andre Gonzales2023-05-27
★ 8/10
Funny movie. I'm a boss at my work too. All we do is party. Nothing like this movie though.