The idea has been done before, not so much in Strangers on a Train and Throw Momma from a Train, but Nine to Five – only here they don’t want to kill their boss they just kidnap him. The set up to killing is poorly handled – you simply don’t but their situation was bad enough to take such a drastic step, especially for something like sexual harassment. And it’s a bit convenient no one thinks to wear a wire in the first half of the film (i.e. to entrap their bosses) but they do in the second. So the first half was slow.
But once the plan starts up and goes haywire, things improve and the ending is quite satisfactory.
Some hilarious stuff, like Jennifer Aniston groping her male assistant. And it's got a cast to die for - how many comedy films can boast a support cast like Colin Farrell, Jaimee Fox, Kevin Spacey, Aniston, Julie Bowen, Ioan Gryffud and Donald Sutherland?
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