Employee of the Month (2006)

User Rating:

5.3/10   

Director:

Greg Coolidge

Writers (WGA):

Don Calame (screenplay) &
Chris Conroy (screenplay) ...

Release Date:

6 October 2006 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Romance

Plot:

When he hears that the new female employee digs ambitious men who are the store employee of the month, a slacker gets his act together but finds himself in competition with his rival, an ambitious co-worker.

Plot Keywords:

Employee | Slacker | Competition | Date | Revenge

Awards:

2 nominations

Cast

Dane Cook	...	Zack
Jessica Simpson	...	Amy
Dax Shepard	...	Vince
Andy Dick	...	Lon
Tim Bagley	...	Glen Gary
Brian George	...	Iqbal
Efren Ramirez	...	Jorge
Marcello Thedford	...	Semi
Danny Woodburn	...	Glen Ross
Harland Williams	...	Russell
Sean Whalen	...	Dirk
Barbara Dodd	...	Granny (as Barbara Dodd Ramsen)
Victor Izay	...	Greeter (Jerry)
Marc Mouchet	...	Gene
Kathleen Arc	...	Grumpy Lady

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for crude and sexual humor, and language.

Runtime:

103 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

SDDS | Dolby Digital | DTS

Certification:

Ireland:12A | UK:12A | USA:PG-13 (certificate #42914) | Singapore:PG | Portugal:M/12 | Netherlands:AL | Finland:K-11 | Australia:M | Iceland:L

Filming Locations:

Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA

Company:

Lionsgate

Trivia:

Glen Gary and Glen Ross are named so as an homage to the movie/play Glengarry Glen Ross (1992).

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: Some of the computer-generated tennis balls in the missing child scene disappear in mid-air or shortly after hitting the ground.

Quotes:

Semi: [after removing a gold "Employee Of The Month" star from a safe] Pretty!

Movie Connections:

Spoofs The Shining (1980)

Soundtrack:

Can't Fight This Feeling

No great shakes

The movie is about competition between two guys for the employee of the month. Plus to sleep with Jessica Simpson.

Jessica Simpson is a horrible actress. She looks blank; she does not show any expression at all. She's just in the movie for her cleavage show, but it is not worth it.

Dax Shepard is real good and brings up a few laughs with Efren Ramirez. Apart from them, there is not much to laugh. Humor is just so blank. Dane somehow looks lost and frustrated and does not look like a part of the movie.

There is not much spend on the movie, expect probably renting a Costco.

The story might have been interesting if Dane tried to win the Employee of the month in his own 'box boy' way. And probably losing it narrowly to Dax, after he realizes what are important to him. Also, there is not much scene to show that he is close with his three friends and so it does not make sense when he feels terrible, at their anger. Poor story writing in this part.

This movie tried to a feel good movie, but fails miserably. You will feel empty at the end of this movie, but won't regret watching it. (4/10)