Employee of the Month

Last night Liz and I saw Employee of the Month. Mainly because we hadn't seen a movie in forever, Dane Cook was in it, and neither of us wanted to see yet another Lassie remake. Other than Dane Cook, the movie also starred Dax Shepard, Efren Ramirez, Andy Dick, Brian George, Harland Williams, Sean Whalen, Danny Woodburn, Tim Bagley and Jessica Simpson. Notice how I put Simpson last? Yeah, that wasn't a mistake. I read that the director/producers had Dax Shepard die his hair blonde because he looks a lot like Dane Cook and they didn't want the audience to get them mixed up. Personally, I think he looks a lot more like Zach Braff than Cook, but that's just me. Efren, or "Pedro" as he will forever be to me, played Shepard's sidekick and Dick, George and Williams all played Cook's friends at work. The plot happens to be centered around a membership-only-mega-buy-in-bulk store with a slogan, "We buy in bulk cause it's our God-given right!" They even chant it at their softball game. So all these people are at work and Cook is obviously the cool guy at work. His arch-nemesis just so happens to be Shepard who has also been the employee of the month for the past 17 months. If he makes it one more month, the grand prize is a newish car. However, a monkey wrench has been thrown into this head cashier's gear works. A hot new cashier has just transferred and rumor has it she likes employees of the month. So now Cook has a little motivation to make an effort at work. Surprisingly, he actually turns himself into an exceptional employee, but of course, hurts his friends in the process. I'm sure I don't have to tell you the ending of this movie. I think it should be quite obvious. Even though there were some pretty funny parts, the movie was a bit lame and boring at points. I think Vince Vaughn sums it up quite well for us in his cult-hit Swingers. I'm going to do some super paraphrasing here so I hope you can follow. This movie was PG-13. All we really wanted to see was the R-rated guy save the day and get the girl. Does that make sense? I hope so. If not, you really should go watch Swingers. Just remember, if you get a girl's phone number wait two days to call her. It's the industry standard.