Movie Review: ‘Employee of the Month’ should have been axed

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Alleged comedy is almost a complete disaster, saved only by occasionally flavorful supporting cast.

Antics at a Walmart-like superstore are handled with a resounding thud, with prime material to mine for comedy instead taking itself far too seriously.

What might have been a wonderful send-up in the vein of Used Cars instead follows traditional rom-com formula as slacker Dane Cook attempts to win the heart of new cashier Jessica Simpson by winning coveted ‘Employee of the Month´ status.

The leads are dreadful – Simpson, thankfully, has a bare minimum of dialogue, the filmmakers well aware of her inadequacies; casting a female lead with talent or charisma, however, may have served the film better.

When pic wants us to take a climatic cashier checkout duel half-seriously, we know something has gone awry here.

But Dax Shepard has fun as the ‘evil´ cashier, who we nevertheless root for given the options, and it´s nice to see familiar faces like Andy Dick and Harland Williams are still alive.

Employee of the Month

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Jason Pirodsky

Jason Pirodsky has been writing about the Prague film scene and reviewing films in print and online media since 2005. A member of the Online Film Critics Society, you can also catch his musings on life in Prague at expats.cz and tips on mindfulness sourced from ancient principles at MaArtial.com.

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