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"Horrible Bosses," reviewed

That story is simple but the execution could be tricky. Three working stiffs -- corporate drone Nick (Jason Bateman), dental hygienist Dale (Charlie Day), and manager of a small chemical company Kurt (Jason Sudekis) -- realize over one of their weekly commiseration sessions at the local bar, that their lives are perfect in every way except for one: their horrible bosses. Dave (Kevin Spacey) tricks Nick into getting drunk on the job, then steals his promotion. Julia (Jennifer Aniston) is so intent on sleeping with Dale that she threatens to tell his fiance they have unless he actually does. And Bobby (Colin Farrell) is a greedy cokehead who inherits the business from his father. He forces Kurt to do his dirty work for him (first order of business: "trim the fat," i.e. "fire the fat people") and threatens to run the company into the ground. The trio resolve to murder their bosses, only jokingly and drunkenly at first, but more seriously after things get even worse at work. Why don't they just quit their jobs, you ask? In this economy? The way things are these days, you've got to hold onto your career like grim death, even if that means sending someone else off to theirs.

Murderous fantasies are one thing, but actually plotting (and then actually executing) a hit isn't necessarily a comedy slam dunk. To make it funny, you've got to make the bosses pure, unadulterated evil, and the ones in "Horrible Bosses" definitely are. Farrell, sporting a awe-inspiring combover, is a being of pure sleaze and greed. Aniston, playing against type with a twinkle in her eye, is a funnily filthy seductress. And Kevin Spacey, who's already in the Bad Movie Boss Hall of Fame for his role in the sadly forgotten "Swimming With Sharks" is a deliciously sinister sociopath as Dave.Nick, Dale and Kurt rationalizations do not they need to - since Bobby cost reduction will result in the deaths of thousands of South Americans, killing him would be a really heroic! - And went on their plans.

After a long and fruitless search for a hilarious assassin with an interest in, uh, "wash", they finally found a "consultant murder" played by Jamie Foxx. It suggests they do each other so that the murders have no apparent reason, you know, like the film "Strangers on a Train" (or was it "Throw Momma from the Train")? I will not spoil anything else about Foxx's small but unforgettable role but everything about every moment he is in -- from his plan to his character's name to his hair to the ultimate reveal of how he got into the murder consulting game -- is funny. One joke in particular involving Fox's character -- you'll know it when you hear it because it involves the unexpected placement of a very unlikely movie title -- made me laugh harder than any joke in any movie I've seen so far this year.

seductress of darkness

My DARKEST cocoon has break.
Unleashing DARKNESS so great.
So DARK, lights could not penetrate.
DARKER than the deepest sea floor.
DARKER than the DARKEST cave.
DARKER than the raven.

The air is DARK.
My breath is DARKER.
My blood is DARKEST.

DARK clouds hovering above swallowed my SHADOW.
DARKNESS alight my every steps and movement.
Come STAY in this DARKNESS of mine.
Willingly let my DARK wings ENFOLD
your HEART,
MIND,
BODY
and SOUL.

Me, I am SEDUCTRESS of DARKNESS.

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