Employee of the Month

In the age where teen senseless movies makes millions and Horror (Horrible) films can turn a trick with the same old tricks from the 80's it is good to have a good old fashion well written script. This film to me is of the jondra of SNATCH and FIGHT CLUB to which when you feel you have this movie figured out you don't. If you try to look at this film from an acting stand point you will be disappointed. Both Dillon and Zahn have given better performance elsewhere. However, the spins in this film including the ending will leave you wrung like a good washer should do for your laundry. Set back and watch this as a first date movie you will not be disappointed. Being married the surround sound and the DVD from Netflix did the trick.

I bought this movie without ever having seen it, and I am quite pleased with my purchase. I thought that it would be an "Office Space" knock-off, but I was completely wrong. Without giving much away, I can say that this is an edgy and quirky film against the corporate world, and the "American Dream" in general. The main character's struggle to decide whether to stay in the system or drop out is the main conflict of the movie, but it's the delightfully twisted characters and situations that round out the movie that make this a worthwhile view. It's easy to dismiss this film as "pseudo-intellectual," but I have found it one of the more stimulating films in my collection.

The really good thing about this movie was never really knowing the true motives are previous jobs of the character played by Matt Dillon. Was he a mobster? Was he a good looking low life? His buddy seemed to have some kind of hold on him. And the bottom line is there is no honor among thieves. Enjoyed the ending but don't care much about seeing another Matt Dillon film with the extra scenes revealed to the audience at the end of the movie. NO MORE. I wasn't sure if a group could pull of this heist, how could they be so stupid as to let them kill each other off. That's where it kind of soured. But the eventually revealed ending was quite nice. Sometimes bad things do happen to bad people.

We've never heard anything about this movie. My wife and I saw "Employee of the Month" on the TV guide, and thought it was the movie with Dane Cook and Jessica Simpson and decided to watch it. After realizing that it wasn't that "Employee of the Month", and that nothing else was on we decided to watch the movie, and we are very glad that we did. From start to finish a great movie, the acting was very good. The story line was easy enough to follow, while still jogging around enough to keep the movie interesting. Towards the end of the movie the story line almost gets hard to follow, I'm not sure if it is the twists or the fact that you need to keep picking your jaw off the ground, but the ending keeps up with the rest of the movie for sure.

I found this movie to be very watchable and entertaining, but certainly wouldn't bill it as a comedy, and I don't think that's how it was intended. Parts are mildly amusing, but there's more suspense and drama than anything else. The ending contains some twists and turns that you probably won't see coming, but won't be completely surprised at either. Don't immediately turn it off at what you believe to be the end, or you'll miss some of the missing pieces. Some users have commented about the level of violence in this film, but I can't recall any particularly gruesome scenes. Perhaps I've been conditioned by the likes of films such as "Irreversible" and "Goodfellas". Anyway, I think you'll find this a worthwhile rental. If not, please blame one of the other positive reviews, as I have a very delicate psyche. Bill

What a surprise! I can't figure out why I had not heard or read anything about this movie when it came out, because it was great. The whole thing was completely unexpected and had a sense of humor about itself, almost being a kind of self-parody. The characters were well fleshed out and the story took such surprising and hilarious turns. This is a movie I could watch many times and will definitely recommend it to friends. I won't say anything about the plot because part of the reason its so much fun is because its so unexpected. But instead of resorting to cheap unnecessary plot contrivances for the twists and turns(like Fight Club, for example!), it actually does have continuity, and we get the joke. Its just too bad this film didn't get more attention and advertising!

I borrowed the movie from a buddy at work. He kept telling me the movie was "alright" So i figured, what the hell. Wow, what i great movie. It's got kind of a satisfying feeling about it when the ending gets close. But it's basically about how someone who has been working hard at their job for years, suddenly gets fired, and now he's sort of out for revenge. But has a twist of Karma thrown in the mix too....and has a lesson to be learned. (obviously as the movie description states) But it's got that revenge kind of "feel" to it, just like "Office Space". But this movie isn't as soft and funny. It's a little cruel but STILL VERY FUNNY at the same time. Kind of a weird mixture of the two. And it does have a few sex scenes or sexually explicit stuff. It seems like these kinds of movies are always swept under the rug when they first come out....just because they involve "sensitive issues", like Workplace Violence and things like that..... But it IS a good movie, regardless.