Movie Mondays: Horrible Bosses Hilarious Scene

Posted on the 15 November 2011 by Shawndrarussell
John Francis Daley's script for Horrible Bosses had some zingers and Charlie Day of It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia fame was excellent (every time he opens his mouth I can't help but giggle, and when Jamie Foxx calls him a hamster I totally cracked up).
But I want to focus on Daley and company's best scene: the car chase. The guys could have easily just been freaking out and the camera cutting to Kevin Spacey behaving manically. Instead, the camera switched to Jen Aniston prompting Charlie's character to talk dirty to her.
So, the entire smash 'em up car scene was peppered with ridiculous, unsexy phrases from Charlie that still somehow turned Aniston's character on as she laid in a bubble bath.
The mixture of fear, comedy, and dirty talk combine to create a well-written scene that steps up from a typical chase scene and let's Charlie (and Aniston) shine. The contrast between Aniston's joy and the boys' pain as they try to escape someone who wants to kill them is comedy gold, and the timing of the actors is excellent.
Looking forward to the next Daley script!