AS wasted opportunities – Dagbladet.no

FILM: Charlie Day is an exceptionally gifted comedy actor. The same applies Jason Bateman and Jamie Foxx. And with the right script is not Jason Sudeikis, Christoph Waltz and Chris Pine as dumb either. “Horrible Bosses 2» gathers all of these, but like so many other American mainstream comedies seem film largely uninterested in exploiting ensemble talents.

Plot commit

To make a good cinema comedy is dependent on balancing genuinely funny scenes with a story that is compelling enough that the audience never turned by the idea that they either could have stayed home and seen four episodes of a good sitcom. And this has never been more urgent than in a time when people anytime look forward funny television shows and podcasts with Hollywoods leading comedians.

In “Horrible Bosses 2 ‘has protagonists Nick, Kurt and Dale decided to start a business that manufactures washing inspired shower heads. This leads them into contact with the cynical businessman Burt Hanson and before they know it, his sociopathic son Rex involved them in a bizarre plot to squeeze danger of money. From and out there in reality voltage plotted governing the film, while comedy is relegated to the passenger seat.

Best with bloopers

It is of course possible to combine excitement and humor, but when the humorous tone consistently undermines the seriousness of the plot, one ends up with a film that sabotages their own potential at both ends . There are many funny moments in “Horrible Bosses 2 ‘, yet it is all so distinctly easily digestible that having seen the film experienced very similar to not having seen it.

To often the case in this type of comedies marquee accompanied by away cut shots, and typically it is first here the full scope of the principle holders charm and wit emerges. This sequence thus acts as both a frustrating reminder of what could have been, and underscoring that this project never aimed at anything other than the big beige middle layer of half-forgotten, indifferent shrug, which today represent the American mainstream comedy.