Dale, Kurt and Nick decide to start their own business but things don't go as planned because of a slick investor, prompting the trio to pull off a harebrained and misguided kidnapping scheme.
The follow-up's improbable story involves kidnapping -- 9 to 5, anyone? -- but the worst ransom will be paid by the bilked popcorn munchers who have to sit through this inane bungle of a budding cinematic franchise.
– Brad Wheeler,
Globe and Mail,
26 Nov 2014
fresh:
It's the small, tossed-off moments-Bateman's deadpan mugging, Day's frenzied cluelessness, and Sudeikis' smarmy one-liners-that land the best.
– Chris Nashawaty,
Entertainment Weekly,
26 Nov 2014
fresh:
Three years after its nauseating - yet popular - original installment, "Horrible Bosses 2" reunites the cast members in a juvenile, generic and outrageously funny sequel.
– Colin Covert,
Minneapolis Star Tribune,
26 Nov 2014
fresh:
Horrible Bosses 2 has ditched its predecessor's universality, but kept its amiable good will.
– Daniel D'Addario,
TIME Magazine,
26 Nov 2014
rotten:
'Horrible Bosses 2' is so lazy it's not even about horrible bosses.