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Employee of the Month (2006)

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Average Rating: 4/10
Reviews Counted: 89
Fresh: 18 | Rotten: 71

Employee of the Month features mediocre performances, few laughs, and a lack of satiric bite.

Average Rating: 3.9/10
Critic Reviews: 25
Fresh: 4 | Rotten: 21

Employee of the Month features mediocre performances, few laughs, and a lack of satiric bite.

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Movie Info

When a pair of ultra-competitive clerks at a discount super store discovers that a beautiful, newly-transferred cashier has a reputation for only dating employees who have won the coveted Employee of the Month award, their desperate efforts to earn the title and get the girl lead to a hilarious war of one-upmanship in this winner-takes-all comedy starring Dane Cook, Jessica Simpson, and Dax Shepard. Zack Bradley (Cook) and Vince Downey (Shepard) have been working at the cavernous Super Club for

PG-13, 1 hr. 47 min.

Drama, Comedy

Directed By: Greg Coolidge

Written By: Don Calame, Chris Conroy, Greg Coolidge, Barbara Dodd

In Theaters: Oct 6, 2006 Wide

On DVD: Jan 16, 2007

Box Office:$28.4M

Lionsgate

There's a great Office Space-style satire to be made about big-box stores screwing their working-poor employees, but Hollywood studios covet DVD rack space at those same stores.

December 19, 2006 Full Review Source: Chicago Reader

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J. R. Jones

Chicago Reader

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There are people who think Cook is funny, but you won't find any evidence of that here.

November 24, 2006 Comment

Peter Travers

Rolling Stone

Top Critic

There's a crumb of an idea to setting a movie at a mega-mart that makes the Office Space cubicles look like executive suites, but the results in Employee of the Month are toothless.

October 11, 2006 Full Review Source: Entertainment Weekly

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Owen Gleiberman

Entertainment Weekly

Top Critic

Rarely has an actress exuded such blank nothingness as Simpson, a one-woman vapid delivery system who sucks the energy and joy out of every scene she's in, like some freakishly well-endowed black hole.

October 6, 2006 Full Review Source: Washington Post

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Ann Hornaday

Washington Post

Top Critic

The aggrieved employee movie genre is one of the more puzzling fads of late, since it showcases every vile prejudice and low standard imaginable.

October 6, 2006 Full Review Source: Toronto Star

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Peter Howell

Toronto Star

Top Critic

This will never be the movie of the month, but you could do a lot worse at the multiplex.

October 6, 2006 Full Review Source: San Francisco Chronicle

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Ruthe Stein

San Francisco Chronicle

Top Critic

Predictable, crude comedy aimed at teens.

January 1, 2011 Full Review Source: Common Sense Media

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Jane Boursaw

Common Sense Media

This vapid, laugh-lite romp won't satisfy anyone. Except die-hard Jessica Simpson fans.

April 22, 2008 Full Review Source: Film4

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Jamie Russell

Film4

...there's ultimately very little here to appeal to even the most die-hard Cook fanatic.

January 31, 2008 Full Review Source: Reel Film Reviews

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David Nusair

Reel Film Reviews

So tossed-off and muddled it'll likely bore even the blue-collar male audience at which it's aimed.

March 1, 2007 Full Review Source: Film Journal International

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Frank Lovece

Film Journal International

It's predictable and formulaic, with some slapstick, visual and toilet humour that may not have you falling in the aisles, but amuses in an undemanding way.

February 1, 2007 Full Review Source: Urban Cinefile

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Urban Cinefile

Reasonably entertaining, though probably better as a DVD rental.

January 20, 2007 Full Review Source: Guardian [UK]

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Peter Bradshaw

Guardian [UK]

The latest in a long line of lowbrow slacker comedies of the Clerks persuasion, Employee Of The Month is funnier and smarter than most of its contemporaries.

January 9, 2007 Full Review Source: BBC

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Paul Arendt

BBC

saddest thing about this unpleasant, mirthless film is that it's photographed by Anthony Richmond.

January 6, 2007 Full Review Source: Observer [UK]

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Philip French

Observer [UK]

A likeable cast is underused in this cut-price guy comedy with only the occasional laugh.

January 4, 2007 Full Review Source: Empire Magazine

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Anna Smith

Empire Magazine

Basically, in the genre of workplace-based comedies, Employee of the Month is no Office Space, but it's nowhere near as bad as, say, Waiting, either. Watchable, but entirely forgettable.

January 4, 2007 Full Review Source: ViewLondon

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Matthew Turner

ViewLondon

Amy is little more than a pretty face, undermining the film's female appeal and leading one to wonder if Dukes of Hazzard eye candy Simpson is becoming a trifle typecast.

December 30, 2006 Full Review Source: Time Out

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Anna Smith

Time Out

You're fired.

December 30, 2006 Full Review Source: 3BlackChicks Review

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Kamal 'The Diva' Larsuel

3BlackChicks Review

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Competition for employee of the month hots up at the supermarket when a new girl comes on the scene. Funny movie. Good cast.

July 14, 2007

Candy Rose

Super Reviewer

Employee of the Month is a film that really has some sloppy writing and on-screen gags. This is the type of film that is fairly funny for the first thirty mins or so, but afterwards the film becomes tiresome, boring, and the gags fall apart. Add to that an awful cast of comedians and you have a very forgettable comedy

December 13, 2011

Jeff "The Dude" Lebowski

Super Reviewer

Employee of the Month Quotes

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1. Vince Downey: Is your name Semi because you're the size of a huge Mack truck or because you're semi-retarded?
2. Serri: I don't know.
– Submitted by Harry W (37 days ago)
1. Vince Downey: Do you know what this is?
2. Zack Bradley: Yes, that's a 10 Times larger than life replica of your penis.
3. Vince Downey: Oh that's hal-arious, look Zack I know you don't care about your job, but i do.
4. Zack Bradley: And i want to thank you for caring about by job really i do.
5. Vince Downey: My Job, jerkoff.
– Submitted by Nolan M (3 months ago)
1. Glen Ross: If Vince gets to the magic 18 he will be put on the fast track to management and win this Brand Newish 2005 Chevy Malibu.
– Submitted by Nolan M (3 months ago)

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