SincereFinest disgusting, overrated, pointless

Cleveronix A different way of telling a story

Griff Lees Very good movie overall, highly recommended. Most of the negative reviews don't have any merit and are all pollitically based. Give this movie a chance at least, and it might give you a different perspective.

Darin One of the film's great tricks is that, for a time, you think it will go down a rabbit hole of unrealistic glorification.

MovieJuice There are many bad ratings for Employee of the Month, but I beg to differ with them. Yes the plot here is very cliché and predictable, but it is how it is executed that makes this a very funny comedy. The characters are hilarious and are acted well. Perhaps the exception to this is Jessica Simpson; she just seemed too stiff and always looked like she was racking her brain for her next line. But let's face it; she is not in the movie for her acting skills wink wink. There is a great cast of comedic actors including, Dane Cook and Dax Shepard who play the main characters. They run the show with their witty and offbeat humor. The supporting cast only adds to the laughs, especially Andy Dick playing a nearly-blind optometrist. Just the way he looks in those glasses is enough to make you crack up! This type of comedy might not be for everyone as it is a bit on the raunchy side, but I found it enjoyable. Some of the scenes are over the top and a few are just downright ridiculous, but overall this is a laugh-inducing 5 star flick. I hope this review was helpful. -MovieJuiceI wrote this on Mon May 18 2009 for another site.

mike48128 Foul mouthed and dirty minded and I would have liked it better without the immature sexual and bathroom jokes and a few "F" words, which for the most part are not funny. Several uncomfortable references to homosexuality as well. Too long by about 18 minutes. When it settles down, it becomes a rather clever film as two competing "Superstore" employees compete for "Employee of the Month" against each other and for the new gorgeous employee, played by Jessica Simpson at her best. Rather sophomoric and certainly no "Animal House" by any means, this had incredibly successful box office and media sales. Many cute and silly parts: Jessica has huge ears (fake of course). Filmed in Costco in New Mexico, which becomes a restaurant and amusement park after dark. Bad used cars. Good yet annoying rivalry between 2 ex-friends. One becomes the Super-Cashier All Star and the other remains a box boy for 10 years. The boss' boss and "big brother" is an obnoxious midget! A cute MASH-like baseball game to finish the film. The big, black "dumb-appearing" security guy finds out the secret to the cashier's success which is "under-ringing" the sales, which explains why he is so popular with the customers. It's all on the security tapes! "Superstore" (on NBC in 2016) is a dead-ringer for this sit-com; cleaned-up for network. Shown so often on "The Comedy Channel" that purchase is unnecessary and it might be somewhat cleaned-up and streamlined, too.

Chrysanthepop On face value, 'Employee of the Month' looks pretty bad and after seeing it, it's not that great of a movie by any means but it isn't as terrible as it looked. It doesn't have anything new to offer but some of the jokes work well and the sequences with Cook and Shepard competing against each other do make one chuckle. It's certainly forgettable but can be enjoyed in parts (for a one time watch). The actors playing Zack's friends were very annoying especially Andy Dick. It doesn't help that they're given terrible lines. Zack's grandma is the funniest character. Dane Cook is quite likable as the competing employee but it is Dax Shepard who steals the show as the obnoxious arrogant employee of the month who takes an awful lot of pride in himself. Jessica Simpson's role doesn't require much except for her to look good. She seems to compensate for any shortcomings by giving the viewer more than a glimpse of cleavage...on multiple occasions throughout the film. Tim Bagley is funny as the boss. Overall, it's a silly film that doesn't require more than a one time watch.

KineticSeoul I didn't expect much from this movie, and for the most part I didn't really get much out of this movie. It isn't a terrible movie, it just isn't a good one either. Everything about this movie is just way to formulaic and narrow, where almost everything about it is predictable and not funny. The movie did have very slight moments that I slightly found myself not hating this movie entirely. There is just nothing witty about it and none of the characters really stood out, Dane Cook wasn't bad and wasn't all that good either in this. The whole thing about this movie was just...Eh. And that is about it, nothing really memorable and nothing really witty or clever either. It just feels like it took few aspects of other comedic films and mashed them together a bit in the most formulaic and narrow way possible.5/10