'Horrible Bosses' is just blatant, outright fun. I've read some of what the critics have said, and it's incredible how mean critics can be about comedies... It's so ridiculous.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I feel reviewers are tougher on comedies in general. They don't take them seriously, and the ones that get great reviews are not necessarily the ones that I like.
Horrible bosses may be one of the reasons why we decide to leave a company, but they can also teach us how not to lead teams when we have that responsibility.
It's interesting - I always thought when I was doing more melodramatic stuff like 'Everwood' that the directors were constantly reeling me in and stopping me from being funny.
My worst boss was a departmental chair who never learned to appreciate new developments in the field. He had contempt for students and younger researchers, and he saw the job of running the department as a nuisance.
I had several different bosses during the early years of 'Dilbert.' They were all pretty sure I was mocking someone else.
Part of the reason why movie bosses are so obsessed with crime movies is because they know that world and the criminals. And that's what they are - they would not hesitate to act illegally to achieve profit and gain.
When you do comedy, you get impervious to good and bad reviews.
I had a terrible job letting me do anything that wasn't comedy.
Rotten bosses don't get better. Any strategy that assumes they can is doomed.
I hate 'The Professional.' It's one of the worst action/adventure movies ever made.