Horrible Bosses
Directed by Seth Gordon
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. From TMDB
112 reactions from 4 sources (Bluesky, Mastodon, TMDB reviews, Lemmy) · newest Oct 6, 2026 · last updated Oct 13, 2026 · How this works
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On Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 69% based on 220 reviews, with an average rating of 6.2/10. The website's critical consensus reads, "It's nasty, uneven, and far from original, but thanks to a smartly assembled cast that makes the most of a solid premise, Horrible Bosses works." Metacritic assigned the film a weighted average score of 57 out of 100, based on 40 critics, indicating "mixed or average" reviews. Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "B+" on an A+ to F scale; male audience members gave the film an "A−" compared to females giving it an average rating of "B+". Roger Ebert gave the film three and a half stars out of four, calling…
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neutral · AI labelView post →Watching a movie with commercials in it mostly stinks, but it's much worse when that movie is Horrible Bosses 2, just on the merits and because there are so many other movies that are not Horrible Bosses 2.
negative · AI labelView post →Throwback 2011: #MeghanSussex had a small part as the FedEx girl in the film "Horrible Bosses," a comedy starring #JasonSudeikis, #JasonBateman, with #JamieFoxx, #JenniferAniston, and #ColinFarrell
neutral · AI labelView post →Works done, time for a movie! Tonight's randomly selected movie is... Never seen this! Horrible Bosses, 2011
neutral · AI labelView post →Time for movie #2! The next randomly selected movie is... Loved the first one! Horrible Bosses 2, 2014
positive · AI labelView post →Horrible Bosses is a largely unremarkable movie that has a very realistic depiction of how this would go down
neutral · AI labelView post →#LetterboxdFriday #LastFourWatched . 1. I really enjoyed Superman, it has its flaws and is a James Gunn ass movie . 2. Horrible Bosses was pretty funny…shut your brain off comedy . 3. Final Destination Bloodlines felt like a return to form to the series . 4. K Pop Demon Hunters was great
positive · AI labelView post →Per Wikipedia: > Daley is also known for his collaborative work with fellow writer and director Jonathan Goldstein, working on various films together. Daley and Goldstein's first work together was co-writing the comedy Horrible Bosses (2011), co-writers for The Incredible Burt Wonderstone (2013), co-story writing for Horrible Bosses 2 (2014), and co-writing/co-directing (in their directing debuts) the fifth film in the National Lampoon's Vacation film series, Vacation (2015). The duo were…
neutral · AI labelView post →I still think about how The Economist ran a bad review of middling comedy Horrible Bosses in its business pages because the movie was mean to bosses
neutral · AI labelView post →The fuck is Horrible Boss? 🤣 I know there's a movie called Horrible Bosses, but this ain't it! The bias is so clear, and they can't be assed to do a simple Google search 🤪
neutral · AI labelView post →Happy 15th birthday anniversary to King Stupid TV series Captain America First Avenger Friends with Benefits film Zookeeper Film Horrible Bosses film Cars 2 Kung Fu Panda 2 Puss in Boots LMFAO Party Rock Anthem band The Simpsons: Nedna storyline Adele: Rolling in the Deep song Ninjago Lego
neutral · AI labelView post →I give Horrible Bosses 2 credit for managing to get both Christoph Waltz and Chris Pine bound and gagged scenes in the same movie!
positive · AI labelView post →confession: i saw HORRIBLE BOSSES in the theater w/ my then-boyfriend before he had to fly back to LA & we shit all over it then but now, in my smooth brain, no longer hanging out w/ film critic assholes era, i can appreciate how stupid this is. OH, i started smoking weed.
positive · AI labelView post →So a Horrible Bosses sequel then? Also their beer is fucking shit
neutral · AI labelView post →Horrible Bosses 2 (2014) Its not the worst movie. But it is really annoying. But also wasn't needed
negative · AI labelView post →Wife and I are trying to remember the first movie we saw in theaters together and we're pretty sure it was Horrible Bosses. Not exactly freighted with romantic promise.
neutral · AI labelView post →125/365 Horrible Bosses (2011) | Ticket Stub Movie Club 🎟 Check out my patreon to join the club! The full review is available early there and on YouTube/TikTok tomorrow #horriblebosses #jasonbateman #jasonsudeikis #charlieday #jamiefoxx
neutral · AI labelView post →Amy would definitely be bringing a Comedy movie. Her favorites are as follows: "Bruce Almighty," "The Mask," "Liar Liar," "Mean Girls," "Horrible Bosses," "Airplane," "The Breakfast Club," "Little Shop of Horrors," and "Heathers" (both movie & musical-)
neutral · AI labelView post →30 Day Movie & TV Show Challenge 🎥 Day 28: A film that makes me LMAO — Horrible Bosses Both the 1st and 2nd film always make me crack up whenever I watch them. I personally think Charlie Day, Jason Bateman, and Jason Sudeikis make a hilarious trio. Would highly recommend watching both films!
positive · AI labelView post →Need Park Haesoo in a Horrible Bosses type movie where he plays an absolute hysterical piece of shit. I’m hoping that’s what his role in Lobby is🙏🏻
neutral · AI labelView post →instead of watching this weird show fight that dignifies no one, you could watch a classic film like Step Brothers or Horrible Bosses
neutral · AI labelView post →Horrible Bosses 2. A film that is really didn’t need to exist and was only made because the first made money. Also, its characters were really dumbed down and brought back characters from the first that didn’t need to be there.
negative · AI labelView post →My #LastFourFriday films: Lean on Me (1989) Horrible Bosses 2 (2014) Road House (2024) The Manchurian Candidate (2004) #filmsky #letterboxd
neutral · AI labelView post →All is Farrell — Midwest Film Journal's monthlong celebration of Colin Farrell's 50th birthday — continues with Brent Leuthold's (awakeinthedark.bsky.social) appreciation of the awful Bobby Pellit in HORRIBLE BOSSES. midwestfilmjournal.com/2026/05/15/a...
neutral · AI labelView post →My ★★★★ review of Horrible Bosses on @letterboxd: boxd.it/KKvoz
positive · AI labelView post →I got five hours before I need to head out to meet the wife at the airport. I have time for maybe two more movie reviews. I'm in a comedy mood. I'm thinking Ferris Bueller and Horrible Bosses....
neutral · AI labelView post →Reminded of film "critic" Shawn Edwards calling BRIDESMAIDS the funniest movie ever and then a few months later calling HORRIBLE BOSSES the funniest movie of the year.
neutral · AI labelView post →Remember that movie Horrible Bosses? I remember only really liking that scene where Charlie Day is singing That’s Not My Name while sitting in his car on a stakeout, what I’m saying is just let him do that for 90 minutes and I’d watch it
neutral · AI labelView post →Horrible Bosses [57] is now on Netflix: www.metacritic.com/movie/horrib... #11pmspecial "Funny and dirty in about that order." - Roger Ebert
neutral · AI labelView post →Notes: -Forgot Mike Starr + baby Michael Imperioli are in Lean on Me -Horrible Bosses 2 aged as quickly/badly as an avocado -Jonathan Demme's The Manchurian Candidate gets better w/every rewatch; as much a horror film as Silence of the Lambs + it foretold our current news cycle twenty years ago
neutral · AI labelView post →Movie night! Bad Moms, Teachers, Lieutenants, and Horrible Bosses step aside!
neutral · AI labelView post →They should remake the movie Horrible Bosses, but with cats.
neutral · AI labelView post →He also worked on We're the Millers, which could describe a deeply strange D&D campaign. So, not a bad guy to develop a spinoff of a movie written by the guys behind Horrible Bosses.
neutral · AI labelView post →😂👍 I mean... as per the new releases of *those files* he was a producer of that movie Horrible Bosses, so he should have a deep understanding on just what that takes (only it won't be a "comedy" — though I can't vouch for the original and its purported laffs, never seen it, but it's probably shite).
neutral · AI labelView post →#MiseryIndex the other day I went to letterbox to record a movie I just watched. It’s Horrible Bosses btw, super funny. 🫡 Anyways, it occurred to me while reading some reviews that I in fact do not like a lot of opinions. A particularly bad one will sour my day lmao. 👼👼👼👼🙂↕️🙂↕️🙂↕️😡
positive · AI labelView post →SEND HELP just looks like a mean spirited movie, like MISERY crossed with Horrible Bosses where EITA.
neutral · AI labelView post →Damn, this a great question. I’m with you, used to think it was the best holiday movie, but legit haven’t watched it in years. I have seen Horrible Bosses and Baby Driver more recently, and the real life smarm definitely enhances those Spacey roles.
neutral · AI labelView post →Wife's plane is airborne. I got time for one more movie. Horrible Bosses isn't working so let's try something a little different. Let's try a noir spoof from 1982...
neutral · AI labelView post →So the guys who did the Vacation reboot, Horrible Bosses and Game Night are now in charge of the Star Trek movie?!
neutral · AI labelView post →> The song can be heard in Spike Lee's 2002 film 25th Hour and Seth Gordon's 2011 film Horrible Bosses.
neutral · AI labelView post →I'd like to say it was something cool but I was posting about the plot of the movie Horrible Bosses where they plot to murder their bosses. Apparently Spez hates Jason Bateman.
neutral · AI labelView post →🎬 The Top 4 Comedy Movies Released on July 8! What's your fave? 1. Full Spead Ahead 2. Million Dollar Legs 3. Horrible Bosses 4. The Moon Is Blue Check out all 45 movies released on this day at https://todayinmovies.com #TodayInMovies #Movies #Film #Comedy
neutral · AI labelView post →Watched "Horrible Bosses" 1 & 2. Seen first film before, great silly fun. Second is also silly fun but IMHO is ruined by Dale/Kurt crossing so far into stupid that it ceases to be even vaguely believable (despite Christoph Waltz). www.imdb.com/title/tt1499...
neutral · AI labelView post →Off today and it’s a rainy day. So I’m going to get a bit ahead on my movie for the podcast this week. Let’s check out Horrible Bosses!
neutral · AI labelView post →You know the movie “Horrible Bosses?” These government employees are living that movie now.
neutral · AI labelView post →How Does Horrible Bosses not have an 80% RT? RT is worthless lol Vulture Cinematrix No. 285: Jan 5, 2025 I got 6/9 Correct Score: 1643 🟩⬜🟩 🟩⬜🟩 🟩⬜🟩 Play at: vulture.com/vulturecinem...
neutral · AI labelView post →Muskrat is basically Kevin Spacey in the movie HORRIBLE BOSSES: He’s a Total Fucking Asshole
neutral · AI labelView post →This movie will never not make me laugh I thought I was going to pass out in Horrible Bosses 2 I was laughing so hard
positive · AI labelView post →for some reason this judge reminds me of the Bob Newhart character from Horrible Bosses (if you don't remember him, he appears at the end of the movie as Bateman's kindly-seeming new boss, who is ignoring the screams of an intern he has locked in his trunk, pleading to be let out)
neutral · AI labelView post →Reviews, Health, and Other Stuff: Blu-Ray/Movie Review: Horrible Bosses (Totally Ina... tkdmike30.blogspot.com/2024/03/blu-...
neutral · AI labelView post →Not seen it for a while so revisited 2011s Horrible Bosses. Still a very funny film.
positive · AI labelView post →#HorribleBosses was released in movie theaters 12 years ago today. #JenniferAniston as the horny dentist 😂 #Movies #Cinemastodon #Cinema #Filmastodon
neutral · AI labelView post →The (movie) Horrible Bosses 1080p (iTunes)(UK) £3.99 (Comedy) (iMDB) 7.0 Cast: Jason Bateman, Charlie Day, Jason Sudeikis, Jennifer Aniston, Colin Farrell, Kevin Spacey
neutral · AI labelView post →Who else has seen Horrible Bosses? | #filmmaker #film #movies #filmmaking #comedy
neutral · AI labelView post →Who else has seen Horrible Bosses? | #filmmaker #film #movies #filmmaking #comedy
neutral · AI labelView post →Who else has seen Horrible Bosses? | #filmmaker #film #movies #filmmaking #comedy
neutral · AI labelView post →Who else has seen Horrible Bosses? | #filmmaker #film #movies #filmmaking #comedy
neutral · AI labelView post →The (movie) Horrible Bosses 2 1080p (iTunes)(UK) £3.99 (Comedy) (iMDB) 6.3 Cast: Jason Bateman, Jason Sudeikis, Charlie Day, Jennifer Aniston, Kevin Spacey, Jamie Foxx
neutral · AI labelView post →The (movie) Horrible Bosses 1080p (iTunes)(UK) £3.99 (Comedy) (iMDB) 7.0 Cast: Jason Bateman, Charlie Day, Jason Sudeikis, Jennifer Aniston, Colin Farrell, Kevin Spacey
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