Get a Job

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Get a Job

R

2016

1h 23m

Comedy

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A young man (Miles Teller) and his girlfriend (Anna Kendrick) struggle to find desirable employment after graduating from college.

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Critics Consensus

Inauthentic and unfunny, Get a Job is paltry to the point that its long-delayed release feels purely the result of its wasted cast having been promoted to greater fame all these years later.

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Lou Lumenick

New York Post

04/08/2016

0.5/4

Crass and painfully unfunny satirical comedy shot four years ago. It's finally receiving a token theatrical release concurrent with being dumped into the video-on-demand sludge pile.

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Dennis Harvey

Variety

03/25/2016

This long-shelved comedy proves a disappointing mix of onscreen talent, uneven social satire and juvenile humor.

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Jordan Hoffman

Guardian

03/25/2016

2/5

Get A Job's primary problem is that it doesn't know if it wants to be a realistic look at millennials and the current economy, or go for the cheap gag about the jive-talking pimp renting out a sleazy motel.

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Jesse Hassenger

Decider

Oct 14

While Get a Job is largely unfunny, it’s also more than faintly reactionary in its treatment of millennials on the job hunt.

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David Nusair

Reel Film Reviews

01/08/2022

2.5/4

...exceedingly (and often egregiously) broad...

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Robert Kojder

Flickering Myth

12/04/2017

2/5

Some bits scrape the bottom of the barrel so hard that I dare to say it is a career low for Miles Teller, Anna Kendrick, and Bryan Cranston

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Theo D

@RT73154228 Dec 21

Not an inspired work but competent, incredibly star studded cast, none exactly pulling their weight but not asleep at the wheel either. A fun movie to have on in the background but the only laugh I got was in the post credit scene. P.S Nice to see Cousin Greg back again!

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Ilaria L

@RT60581811 Sep 30

Vulgar, linguistically inacceptable. Treats a dramatic problem in a very unsuitable way, very far from reality. I couldn't bear the scene where the protgonist has to deliver his urine in the toilet. Does not add anything to the story, nauseating.

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Phil B

@RT62331745 Aug 22

Not so why everyone is saying this movie is awful, it’s funnier than people are giving it credit for. It does a good job at encapsulating the mentality of gen z and the way most of them see the job market today.

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Peter P

@HonestandTruthfulReviewsfrommyFoxhole Aug 11

horrific. stupid. neanderthal humor, horribly executed.

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Liam D

@Mediawatcher2003 06/15/2025

A long delayed movie that I even think the cast forgot that they made. This is an obnoxiously unfunny “Comedy” that wastes said cast

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Alexandre D

@RT61594762 06/12/2025

It's not as bad as everyone is saying in the reviews. This is obviously taking place after the 2008 market crash, reflecting on the current state of careerists and explores the future of Gen Y in a capitalist world in the USA. It's kind of a stoner-style movie, but not like most others. With its light humor and laid-back tone, it was a fun mid-length film to watch. There are some weird scenes that make you go "Huh?", but that’s part of the charm.

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Synopsis

A young man (Miles Teller) and his girlfriend (Anna Kendrick) struggle to find desirable employment after graduating from college.

Director: Dylan Kidd
Producer: Michael Shamberg, Stacey Sher
Screenwriter: Kyle Pennekamp, Scott Turpel
Distributor: Lionsgate Premiere
Production Co: Double Feature Films, CBS Films
Rating: R (Language|Drug Use|Crude and Sexual Content|Nudity)
Genre: Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Mar 25, 2016, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Jun 14, 2016
Runtime: 1h 23m