When he hears that the new female employee digs ambitious men who are the store employee of the month, a slacker gets his act together but finds himself in competition with his rival, an ambitious co-worker.
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.
– Ann Hornaday,
Washington Post,
6 Oct 2006
rotten:
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.
– Owen Gleiberman,
Entertainment Weekly,
11 Oct 2006
rotten:
There are people who think Cook is funny, but you won't find any evidence of that here.
– Peter Travers,
Rolling Stone,
24 Nov 2006
rotten:
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.
– J. R. Jones,
Chicago Reader,
19 Dec 2006
rotten:
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.