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List Price: $14.98 | | Label: Lions Gate
Salesrank: 16664
Released: January 16, 2007 |
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MPAA Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Media: DVD |
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Editorial Review:
For years Zack Bradley (Dane Cook) has been working hard at hardly working at the local Super Club. That's until a hottie named Amy (Jessica Simpson) becomes the new cashier. After discovering she's willing to date the next guy to become "Employee of the Month", Zack takes on current titleholder (Dax Shepard) in a super-smackdown to see who will win the honor - and Amy's heart - in this outrageous comedy that proves you can't succeed at life and love till you get your shift together.
Employee of the Month (Widescreen Edition) Reviews:
thank you 
2009-11-09 - Thank you, I rec'd this copy very timely.. Now my husband can be happy to watch this every day.
I've Seen Better. 
2009-10-26 - I went movie shopping at WAL-MART and this was one of the movies. I watched this movie, and I thought it was better than a lot of movies I seen, but not the best. it's an ok movie, with good but what was the point in it? It wasn't a horrible movie but good thing this movie was only $7.50 cause I would have never spent more on it.
A funny concept, but execution is flawed 
2009-07-09 - Did they have to film Jessica Simpson in brief snippets because her acting skills are all but nil? She displays almost no ability to emote here, and appears to have but one speed at most. Still, they get the details almost correct of what it must be like to work at a Sam's Club-like superstore where perfection leads to the meaningless title of employee of the month, or in this case, the winner of a perfectly dull almost new Chevy Malibu or some such. The action flags severely in the middle, but this has some nice moments. Actually kind of funny for a comedy.
An Underated Comic Masterpiece
2009-06-11 - There aren't many movies that I find this funny, and this is one my favorites. A very clever script with cute humor and funny visuals that parody big budget pictures. The actors are fantastic.
The movie is about a microcosm of society inside a big super store. The pecking order goes something like this: 1. Store manager on top, 2. Checkout clerks, and 3. Box boys (the bottom feeders). The lead checkout person is the alpha male in the store. He has been the uncontested "Employee of the Month" so many times, he is only one month away from winning a grand prize car with "pleather" (better than leather). But, not so fast! - "Alpha" meets his match in the form of a box boy nemesis! "Box Boy" wants the EOM award, so that he, too, can get into the checker's lounge. Lacking the status to get into the checker's lounge, the bottom feeders make do with a secret makeshift lounge they've built amongst stacks of boxes.
Very funny and good natured.
A Fun and Enjoyable Film
2009-05-11 - I can't understand why most critics and reviewers give this fine movie a low rating. Although not entirely original, it's a very fun film. My first job was as a grocery clerk in a supermarket, and this film brought back many fond memories. Petty rivalries between different departments in a Cosco type store, is excellent comic material. Most people just don't get it and would rather rate a film like Superbad much higher. Overall this is a pleasure to watch alone or with friends on a movie night.
