Employee of the Month
Seen it?2004 | 98 min | Action, Comedy
Weeknight Watchearly ratingWhy it’s a Weeknight Watch
With just 11% on Rotten Tomatoes and soft box office, it's a mixed bag. Fine if it's on; don't plan your night around it.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Aimed squarely at anyone who likes watching someone settle a score and anyone with a best friend they'd call at 3am. A revenge story, so expect the pressure to build to a reckoning. Fans of Runner or Mike & Nick & Nick & Alice should feel right at home. Audiences love it more than critics do: a crowd-pleaser first.
- The mood
- Light and funny.
- The pace
- Fast-moving, at 1 hr 38 min.
- What might put you off
- Rated R: meant for adults.
- Critics were cooler on it than audiences.
- Not for anyone who finds explosions tiring.
"Employee of the Month" is about a guy whose day spirals from bad to worse when he gets fired from his dream job at the bank and is dumped by his fiancée Sara. David's best friend Jack tries to convince him it's for the best, but the opposite occurs when bank robberies and millions of dollars become part of his day from hell.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsWeak
11% on Rotten Tomatoes
- AudiencesSolid
Our audience score: 50%
- AwardsNot counted
No major awards or nominations
- Reach & staying powerBelow par
Streaming release that reached a small audience so far; still draws a steady audience long after release
- Buzz & cultural impactBelow par
About 35K people sought it out in the past year
Trailer
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Cast & crew
Directed by Mitch Rouse
- Matt DillonDavid Walsh
- Steve ZahnJack
- Christina ApplegateSara Goodwin
- Andrea BendewaldWendy
- Dave FoleyEric
- Jay LeggettDorff
- David PasquesiKyle Lacopa
- Peter JasonBill Gartin
- Paul DooleyBen Goodwin
- Noel GugliemiChicken