You're Fired!

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Movie
German title You're Fired!
Original title Employee of the Month
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 2004
length 97 minutes
Age rating FSK 16
Rod
Director Mitch Rouse
script Mitch Rouse, Jay Leggett
production Mark Curcio , Tom Nunan , Cathy Schulman , Bob Yari
music Doug DeAngelis , Kevin Haskins
camera John Peters
cut Hughes Winborne
occupation

You're Fired! (Original title: Employee of the Month ) is a 2004 American comedy film directed by Mitch Rouse .

action

David Walsh, employed by a bank , expects to be named Employee of the Month . Instead, he is released. His fiancée Sarah Goodwin accuses him of having an affair with his colleague Wendy because she has found strange lingerie in one of his jackets. She breaks up with Walsh. His car is stolen. Only his somewhat crazy friend Jack seems to want to help him. David finally goes nuts and swaps his Rolex watch for a 45 and makes his way to his ex-boss.

The next day he confronts him in his office, threatens him with a gun, but ultimately does not use it. After killing him with a punch, he leaves his office and is surprised by a robbery in the bank room. Three masked assassins threaten the employees and force them to open the safe.

With the help of David, Wendy can trigger the alarm; However, she is caught by one of the bank robbers and threatened by him. David prevents her certain death by shooting the robber with his weapon, but is taken with them by the others who shot themselves on their escape.

In a hotel room, Jack observes the ongoing reports on the bank robbery and the alleged obituary for the hero David, who appears to have been identified as burned in a delivery truck. However, it turns out that he is also in the hotel room and shares the booty with his friends and accomplices. Surprisingly, this also includes Wendy, who is not only David's lover, but also his accomplice.

However, one after the other, the accomplices among each other and the last one is finally eliminated by David. Wendy, who was supposed to continue working in the bank to avoid suspicion and who had left the hotel in between, comes back to the hotel room. Everything seems to have been agreed with David, except that Wendy now shoots David.

Because Wendy and Sara, who are a couple, got the plan behind the plan and disappear with the prey; They don't get very far because their car collides with a bus.

Reviews

Duane Byrge described the film in the Hollywood Reporter as "rough" and in places "nauseating". He criticized the script and praised the cast and production design by Aaron Osborne.

Scott Weinberg called the film a black comedy on efilmcritic.com and criticized the script.

The lexicon of the international film judged: “Raven-black crime comedy with slightly satirical touches, which repeatedly suggests new tricks. However, good actors cannot cover up the large holes in the construction or the logical leaps. "

background

The film was shot in Los Angeles . The film premiered on January 17, 2004 at the Sundance Film Festival . In Germany it was released on DVD in September 2005.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Release certificate for You're Fired! Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , August 2005 (PDF; test number: 103 260 V / DVD).
  2. ^ Plot Summary for Employee of the Month
  3. ^ Critique by Duane Byrge ( Memento from February 17, 2004 in the Internet Archive )
  4. ^ Critique by Scott Weinberg
  5. ↑ You're Fired! in the lexicon of international film Template: LdiF / Maintenance / Access used
  6. ↑ Filming locations for Employee of the Month
  7. ↑ Start dates for Employee of the Month