5/20/2008

Employee of the Month (2004)


All is not as it seems

David Walsh (Matt Dillon) is not having a good day. Thinking he's called to his bank supervisor's office to hear that he's been named Employee of the Month, I finds out instead that he's been fired for poor performance. Hoping for consolation from his fiancée Sara (Christina Applegate), instead she informs him that she's dumping him because she's discoverd that he's apparently having an affair with Wendy (Andrea Bendewald), one of his co-workers and a good friend of Sara's.

David's unlikey friend, the very hinky Jack (Steve Zahn) assures David that there's a reason for everything, but when, the next day, David is taken hostage during a bank robber, it's hard to imagine what reason there would be for such a stretch of rotten luck. Or is it rotten luck?

Paul Dooley plays Sara's father, the Reverend Goodwin. Dave Foley also has a small role.

By the way, after seeing Christina Applegate in this film, I realized that she and Jennifer Aniston need to pair up as sisters in a future film!

Written and directed by Mitch Raush.

Rated R for strong violence, sexuality and language.

My personal rating: C

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