Employee of the Month...

When it comes to movie reviews, Andy Whitehead is certainly Employee of the Month here at lastminute.com. Sadly though, for most of the men on his floor at least, he’ll never have a cleavage like Jessica Simpson. We sent him off to give us his thoughts on the latest American comedy, hitting cinemas in January…

We all know the story. Boy is slacker. Boy finds girl. Girl likes success. Boy tries to wise up. Other ‘better’ boy finds same girl. Boy one tries to out-do boy two to get girl. Boy messes up. Boy does better. Boys lock in competition. Boy two gets what he deserves… oh, you don’t know what I mean.  Think Dodgeball and you’re in the right area. The premise this time is based around Super Club, the largest high-volume, bulk-discount retailer in the country. For its diligent workers the most coveted honour is the “Employee of the Month” award and having your photo on the staff lounge’s wall of fame.

For me, the highlight of this film, (outside of Jessica Simpson’s ever impressive cleavage) was the choice of the supporting cast, especially Efran Ramirez’s Jorge. Ramirez is best known for playing Pedro in the cult classic ‘Napoleon Dynamite’ and  is as dry, dim-witted and funny in Employee of the Month. Zack’s (Dane Cook)  ‘back-ups’ include Andy Dick (The Andy Dick Show, Zoolander, Road Trip), Harland Williams (Dumb and Dumber, There’s Something About Mary, Freddy Got Fingered) and Brain George (Robin Hood Men In Tights, Ghost World, Touch of Pink). The mix of dry humour and outrageous character defects works really well in creating a strong second line cast, and they only help improve on the already obvious bitter rivalry between Zack and Vince.

Dane and Dax both play their roles exceptionally, and the introduction of the ever perky Jessica (and I DO mean that in more than one way) rounds off a sterling cast. Make no doubts about it, this is another story of the underdog, a tale that’s been told over and over, but there are so many quirky and interesting gags, physical and sometimes painful comedy, that for me, so far, this film gets “Comedy of the Month”

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[AndyWhitehead]

I think a little bit of sick just came up!