Employee of the Month (2006)

Dane Cook
Jessica Simpson
Dax Shepard
Efren Ramirez
Harland Williams
Andy Dick

Directed by Greg Coolidge

Plot: For customers of Super Club, the largest high-volume, bulk-discount retailer in the country, membership has its privileges. For workers at the cavernous store, the most coveted honor is the "Employee of the Month" award, and having one's photo immortalized on the wall of fame in the staff lounge. Enter Zack Bradley and Vince Downey, two ultra competitive Super Club workers whose ten years of employment have resulted in drastically different career paths. While Vince--with the aid of his trusty sidekick Jorge--has advanced to become head cashier and winner of 17 consecutive "E of M" awards, Zack is the ultimate slacker whose scruffy appearance and laid back attitude has made him popular with his colleagues, but kept him stuck in the lowly ranks of the store's box boys. The duo's longtime rivalry comes to a bitter head when Amy--a beautiful new cashier with a reputation of only dating "Employee of the Month" winners--transfers to the store, immediately becoming the object of both Zack and Vince's affection and often comical gamesmanship. While Vince instantly impresses Amy with his crowd pleasing, flamboyant style behind his checkstand register, Zack's feeble attempts to charm his beautiful new co-worker quickly backfire against him. With the race to win Amy's affections slipping away, Zack determines his only chance rests in winning the store's next "Employee of the Month" award.

Review: I thought the trailers for this movie looked pretty funny. I love Dax Shepard and think Jessica Simpson is hot. My only issue was Dane Cook. I am not a fan of his comedy and think he is highly overrated. That being said I decided to into this film with my mind open and give it a chance.

Overall this film isn’t that bad. It’s not great by any means, but it has some pretty funny moments. Dane Cook does nothing really special here, but carries his own fairly well. Jessica Simpson is under used, but it is probably for the best, since she’s not much of an actress. Dax Shepard and Efren Ramirez were great. If not for them this movie would have tanked. Their strange relationship carried some of the greatest moments in the film. The supporting characters added a lot to the story and were pulled off by the actors nicely. Overall it is a decent movie, but nothing special.
 

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