Employee of the Month
Lionsgate | Release Date: October 6, 2006 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
36
METASCORE
Generally unfavorable reviews based on 24 Critic Reviews
Positive:
4
Mixed:
8
Negative:
12
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
75
Seattle Post-IntelligencerManny Lewis
It's an agreeable comedy that makes its priorities clear: It wants to be funny at the expense of almost everything else. Read full review
75
Charlotte ObserverLawrence Toppman
It's hard to fault a script that keeps finding new dilemmas for characters and rewards attentive viewers with in-jokes. Read full review
70
VarietyRobert Koehler
Falling short of being truly memorable but sharper than the general slagheap of comedies. Read full review
63
New York PostKyle Smith
For short stretches, the movie has a touch of surreal "Office Space" brilliance, but it's broadly acted, its characters are thin, and the production values are ragged. Still, it's hard to resist its goofy hostility: "You're like the drummer from REO Speedwagon. Nobody knows who you are." Read full review
60
The Hollywood ReporterMichael Rechtshaffen
Manages to retain a certain goofy appeal thanks to the stand-up efforts of its comically adept cast members. Read full review
60
L.A. WeeklyLuke Y. Thompson
Don Calame and Chris Conroy's script is witty and peppered with good laughs, but cops out a bit at the end with an overly conventional resolution. As for Jessica Simpson... her character is virtually irrelevant, as is her acting ability. Read full review
50
Los Angeles TimesMark Olsen
This may be a just-for-fun comedy, but that shouldn't mean that it must entirely disconnect from the world. Read full review
50
New York Daily NewsElizabeth Weitzman
Ultimately, we're looking at a discount "Office Space." Read full review
50
Miami HeraldPeter Debruge
Coolidge knows he's not making "Death of a Salesman" here (he names the store managers Glen Gary and Glen Ross in tribute to David Mamet's elegy to the American Dream), but he's got the same eye for detail that made "Office Space" great. What he lacks is Arthur Miller's (or even Mike Judge's) sense for character. Read full review
50
San Francisco ChronicleRuthe Stein
This will never be the movie of the month, but you could do a lot worse at the multiplex. Read full review
50
TV Guide MagazineKen Fox
The less said about Simpson the better; whatever her talents, she can't sell a simple reaction shot, and, perhaps sensing this, Coolidge's camera tends to drift south of her face. Read full review
40
The New York TimesJeannette Catsoulis
Employee of the Month is more tired than a Wal-Mart greeter at the end of a Saturday shift. One can only hope its halfhearted suggestion that winning isn't everything is some comfort if the movie's grosses are as disappointing as its jokes. Read full review
38
USA TodayClaudia Puig
You're bound to have more fun working overtime than watching Employee of the Month. Read full review
38
Boston GlobeWesley Morris
Perhaps Employee of the Month, which was typed then directed by Greg Coolidge, is unfolding in the key of satire. But you'd have to be a dog to hear it. Read full review
38
Philadelphia InquirerDavid Hiltbrand
So achingly empty, it's nearly existential. Read full review
33
Entertainment WeeklyOwen Gleiberman
The results in Employee of the Month are toothless. Read full review
30
Washington PostAnn Hornaday
Rarely has an actress exuded such blank nothingness as Simpson, a one-woman vapid delivery system who sucks the energy and joy out of every scene she's in, like some freakishly well-endowed black hole. Read full review
30
Austin ChronicleMarc Savlov
Co-writers Don Calame and Chris Conroy utterly fail to notice the wealth of black-comedy gold inherent in the very notion of sprawling supercenters and instead go for the dumbest gags they can find. Read full review
30
Chicago ReaderJ.R. Jones
There's a great "Office Space"-style satire to be made about big-box stores screwing their working-poor employees, but Hollywood studios covet DVD rack space at those same stores, so instead we're supposed to get excited about which of these two idiots earns more gold stars. Read full review
25
Chicago TribuneMatt Pais
The only two onscreen items with any star quality belong to Simpson, and they're barely contained in shirts that seem to be holding on for dear life. Comedy fans, beware; breast fans, rejoice! Read full review
25
The A.V. ClubNathan Rabin
A symptom of cinematic de-evolution run amok. Read full review
25
Rolling StonePeter Travers
I laughed once or twice during this flat and fatuous farce, mainly because director and co-writer Greg Coolidge lifted a lot of it from "Office Space." Read full review
20
Film ThreatPete Vonder Haar
It tries to toe the line between romantic comedy and vulgar pseudo-satire and fails at both. Read full review
0
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)David Gilmour
How bad does a film have to be to get the death doughnut? Disgracefully bad. Read full review
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