Horrible Bosses 2

The miraculous surprise is that Horrible Bosses 2 isn't terrible at all. It's looser, breezier, more confident than its predecessor.

So the big surprise of Horrible Bosses 2 is how far it gets on the hopped-up jabberjaw alliance of Jason Bateman, Jason Sudeikis and Charlie Day. In the 2011 “Bosses,” they were swamped by the conceit: White-collar pals try to kill awful employers. Now, freed up to free-associate, they’re totally winning.

It puts the same characters into a vaguely familiar situation, with diminishing, tepid returns. They should have just called it 2.

Anders’ well-attuned comic sensibility makes for moments of hilarity in some of the more originally conceived scenes, but bogs down in predictability with reliance on too many stock situations that absorb the bulk of the running time.

Painfully unfunny and unnecessarily long, this movie is the antithesis of its predecessor, the delightfully raunchy "Horrible Bosses."

The fact that the sequel is a messy, dull, instantly forgettable trifle somehow makes it the perfect follow-up to the original -- it's just as horrible.

What Horrible Bosses 2 lacks in nasty repartee, it tries to make up for in poorly staged comedy chases and break-ins. It is the Hollywood equivalent of a rambunctious little boy pointing to the toilet and squealing, “Mommy, look what I made!”

Horrible Bosses 2 is just the funny comedy that is tied with its predecessor. There is no difference! Both of the made me laugh my head off and the three boys are a great team. Jennifer Aniston is amazing in this film and please make a third one. (A-)

This review contains spoilers. Horrible Bosses 2 is a carbon-copy sequel of its highly successful predecessor. What made the original film so enjoyable from its charismatically funny characters to its hilarious plot have found themselves back with slight tweaks and new characters. The film finds itself lacking in innovation and creativity, relying on the trio of Nick, Kurt and Dale to raise the film above its subpar story. Even within the trio the comedy becomes a bit stale as Kurt and Dale's naivety starts to get dry and repetitive as the film progresses. I'm mostly disappointed in the awful use of the cast in this film who are clearly phenomenal actors. Horrible Bosses 2 doesn't have Bosses to fight back against unless they refer to Waltz' brief character, the trio themselves or perhaps even the writers of this unimaginative narrative. Regardless it is a decent film for fans of the original and therefore a film to consider if comedy choices are slim.

I thought this was decent enough. Good cast, yeah some silly moments but also some hilarious moments. Great popcorn movie but not much more.

What an absolute waste of talent. The usually-brilliant Jason Bateman should never have signed up for this. The screenplay is so off-the-charts bad that it's a wonder the producers managed to get such talent on board. Jokes are limp, storyline is even worse and the predictability of the bizarre scenario makes this a movie you can afford to miss.

If you did not like the first one, than it will almost be a miracle if you like this second installment that doesent even deserve to be stuck on the big screen.