This stupid sequel made us laugh a lot in between the occasional lulls. Raunchy and violent, it's probably only for fans of the first Horrible Bosses. In this one, the three dumb guys are trying to make it on their own. Reprising their roles are Jason Bateman, Jason Sudeikis, Charlie Day, Jennifer Aniston, Kevin Spacey, and Jamie Foxx (last blogged in This Is Where I Leave You, We're the Millers, the first Horrible Bosses, also We're the Millers, Margin Call, and The Amazing Spider-Man 2, respectively). New characters are played by Chris Pine and Christoph Waltz (most recently in Star Trek: Into Darkness and Django Unchained).
As writers, Sean Anders and John Morris were last in these pages for We're the Millers. This is the first of Anders' four directing gigs I've seen.
Christopher Lennertz also returns as composer and his music is exciting again, but you're probably going to remember only the hit songs, listed here.
Rotten Tomatoes' critics are notably unimpressed, averaging 34%, with audiences coming in at 57%. If you happen upon this on TV, do stay for the outtakes and bloopers at the end (don't bother if it's on network or basic cable--they'll probably cut out the credits, which are quite funny). If anyone asks us, Jack and I think there should not be a part three.
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