Not all that good but possible worth a watch on a rainy Sunday afternoon.
66 Reviews
Sunday Afternoon Movie
paulwattriley4 January 2020
Flawed but watchable
Seth_Rogue_One21 April 2016
Despite of a cast with some really big names such as Anna Kendrick, Bryan Cranston, Christopher Mintz Plasse, Marcia Gay Harden, Jorge Garcia, John C McGuinly, Brandon T Jackson, Ravi Patel this was filmed in 2012 but it was not released until 2016.
Once you've seen it it's not terribly hard to see why, it tries to squeeze in a little too much than it can handle in a very short running time (74 minutes without credits) to the point that it get a little confusing at times.
Which it's definitely not meant to be as this is meant to be a easy going comedy influenced by 80's coming of age comedies but set in present day.
But it's far from all bad though, there are some seriously funny stand-alone gags and Miles Teller is a pretty good lead and I could have swore he was John Cusack's son (he sure looks like it).
In the end I kind of enjoyed it but I felt like it should have been a lot more fleshed out, not sure if perhaps it was longer at some point and the studio mercilessly cut it down because they felt like it didn't have enough substance to be a 100 minute movie or whatever.
Which caused it to often lack coherence and flow, whatever it may be despite it's flaws I definitely didn't dislike it, it helps if you like the cast, just don't expect a big movie experience.
5.5/10
Once you've seen it it's not terribly hard to see why, it tries to squeeze in a little too much than it can handle in a very short running time (74 minutes without credits) to the point that it get a little confusing at times.
Which it's definitely not meant to be as this is meant to be a easy going comedy influenced by 80's coming of age comedies but set in present day.
But it's far from all bad though, there are some seriously funny stand-alone gags and Miles Teller is a pretty good lead and I could have swore he was John Cusack's son (he sure looks like it).
In the end I kind of enjoyed it but I felt like it should have been a lot more fleshed out, not sure if perhaps it was longer at some point and the studio mercilessly cut it down because they felt like it didn't have enough substance to be a 100 minute movie or whatever.
Which caused it to often lack coherence and flow, whatever it may be despite it's flaws I definitely didn't dislike it, it helps if you like the cast, just don't expect a big movie experience.
5.5/10
so many good actors
SnoopyStyle31 December 2017
Will Davis (Miles Teller) and Jillian Stewart (Anna Kendrick) are a recent graduate couple with jobs lined up. It's an overconfident generation where every little accomplishment is greeted with rewards. Will's first paying job at LA Weekly is greeted with downsizing. He and his roommates are weed-smoking video-gamers. Luke (Brandon T. Jackson) starts at a trading firm. Ethan (Christopher Mintz-Plasse) has a questionable internet idea. Charlie (Nicholas Braun) is a teacher. Will gets a motel night manager job and quickly gets fired. His dad (Bryan Cranston) also gets downsized and faces the new landscape. Tanya Sellers (Alison Brie) is an inappropriate manager and Katherine Dunn (Marcia Gay Harden) is the strict VP.
There are so many good young actors and skilled veterans in the cast. None of the characters are worth rooting for. There are too many of them and with too many stories. There are lots of attempts at humor but few actual laughs. It has to be the fault of the writers and director. Even the basic premise of a generation of underachievers being rewarded is questionable. Neither Will nor Jillian is presented as slackers. Ethan is delusional and only Charlie truly fits the premise. In fact, Charlie brings the premise to its conclusion. This is so scattered that nothing sticks. If these actors weren't so good, this would really suck.
There are so many good young actors and skilled veterans in the cast. None of the characters are worth rooting for. There are too many of them and with too many stories. There are lots of attempts at humor but few actual laughs. It has to be the fault of the writers and director. Even the basic premise of a generation of underachievers being rewarded is questionable. Neither Will nor Jillian is presented as slackers. Ethan is delusional and only Charlie truly fits the premise. In fact, Charlie brings the premise to its conclusion. This is so scattered that nothing sticks. If these actors weren't so good, this would really suck.
Should have never been released.
lnvicta1 April 2016
Let me start by saying that everything in Get a Job is atrocious except one thing: the acting. If these stars weren't attached to the movie nobody would bat an eye at this thing. It's so awful. I audibly "ugh"-ed when it finished. The message this movie tries to convey is that it's hard to find a job, so you have to stop smoking pot and be determined and never give up and do whatever it takes to get a job. Or don't get a job and be an entrepreneur. The movie throws that one in at the end. A stupid message in the first place because, hey, not everyone has the same circumstances. This type of movie can only resonate with a niche crowd, but worse than that the writing is just dreadful. Cringe-City is what this movie should've been called. I felt bad for Miles Teller having to deliver these cliché lines like, "Never stop believing." Sorry Get a Job but I learned that lesson from Journey a long time ago. Bryan Cranston and Alison Brie try to have fun in their roles, and they really brighten up the mood, but it isn't nearly enough. Anna Kendrick is forced into this shell of a character who gets fired and can't get back on her feet so she succumbs to the evils of weed and laziness. When Anna Kendrick can't be adorable for every second she's on screen, then you know you have a problem.
The problem is literally everything else. The writing, the directing, the editing, the f*cking music, it all SUCKS. It's painful. It's one of those movies where you know if the actors weren't already attached to the project, it would've never been made. But the money was there so they hired great actors and they forgot about the rest of the crew so they got people on the street to do direct and their pet cat to write and who needs an editor anyway? The cat can do it! It's like an amateur film at points. I'll be honest, I chuckled a couple of times. And by a couple of times I mean it. I chuckled twice. Maybe smiled a few more times, but for a majority of Get a Job I was either cringing or frustrated at the fact that it was even greenlit and released. This movie... just...
UGH.
The problem is literally everything else. The writing, the directing, the editing, the f*cking music, it all SUCKS. It's painful. It's one of those movies where you know if the actors weren't already attached to the project, it would've never been made. But the money was there so they hired great actors and they forgot about the rest of the crew so they got people on the street to do direct and their pet cat to write and who needs an editor anyway? The cat can do it! It's like an amateur film at points. I'll be honest, I chuckled a couple of times. And by a couple of times I mean it. I chuckled twice. Maybe smiled a few more times, but for a majority of Get a Job I was either cringing or frustrated at the fact that it was even greenlit and released. This movie... just...
UGH.
"Get a Job" is a flawed, but charming and significant movie.
dave-mcclain27 March 2016
Get a job! It's a simple sentence, but it gives rise to many difficult questions. (What kind of job do I want? Where do I look to find the right one? How do I get them to hire me?) And then, when you get a job, there's another set of challenges. (How do I do this job? What indignities am I willing to suffer to keep this job? When do I move on and try to get a better job?) Sometimes, the job you get doesn't work out and you have to start asking those same questions all over again. An all-star cast of well-known movie and TV actors deals with these issues – and others, in the well-titled comedy "Get a Job" (R, 1:23).
Will (Miles Teller), Ethan (Christopher Mintz-Plasse), Charlie (Nicholas Braun) and Luke (Brandon T. Jackson) are pot-smoking, video game playing L.A. housemates who have recently graduated from college. The four of them, as well as Will's girlfriend, Jillian (Anna Kendrick) are at various stages of trying to figure out how best to make money in the world of grown-ups. Charlie is about to start a job as a junior high school science teacher (for which he seems quite unqualified) and basketball coach (ditto). Luke's dream is to work as a stock broker, but his entry-level position working in the firm managed by Mr. Diller (John C. McGinley) has Luke taking orders for just about everything but stocks. Ethan believes he's going to make his way in the world by developing and selling a smart-phone app called "IstalkU".
But the main focus of the movie is on Teller's character. As the movie opens, Will believes he has turned two summers of unpaid interning at the L.A. Weekly into a full-time job as their new tech writer until one of the editors (John Cho) tells him differently. Will gets a job as a night-shift desk clerk in a cheap hotel run by an unscrupulous hotel manager (Marc Maron), but that job only lasts until local pimp "Skeezy D" (Jay Pharoah) messes things up for Will. Surprisingly, however, Will's association with Skeezy D indirectly helps him secure a great job as a videographer for a firm which producers video resumes and secures interviews for people seeking upper-level management positions. Will convinces Lawrence Willheimer (Bruce Davison) to hire him, but he soon finds out that taking orders from harsh and demanding CEO Katherine Dunn (Marcia Gay Harden) and dealing with sexual advances from a co-worker (Alison Brie) makes the job a little less desirable than he first thought it would be. A mysteriously omnipresent janitor (Jorge Garcia) ends up helping Will out, but while Will is trying to navigate the choppy waters of interoffice politics, he also has to deal with the fallout from both his girlfriend and his father (Bryan Cranston) losing their respective jobs – and the misadventures of his friends on their jobs.
This is a rather unusual movie in a few different ways. It's a comedy, but delivers an important message to its target audience. Although the challenge of getting and keeping a good job is seen through the eyes of several people at different stages of their working lives, the focus is on the generation known as the Millenials. Characters within this generation that is often derided for a sense of entitlement and lack of motivation are shown learning necessary lessons that will equip them for success in the future, while remaining true to themselves and pursuing their dreams. The film's ability to simultaneously validate, teach and encourage Millenials is unusual, but so is the amount of time this film took to get to theaters.
"Get a Job" was filmed in early 2012. Anna Kendrick said in a 2014 interview that the film had encountered "distribution problems". Whatever the specific reasons for the delay, it's interesting to note that in the four years between this movie being shot and made available to the public, these are just some of the projects that a few of the main cast filmed AND saw released: "Fantastic Four", "Whiplash", "The Spectacular Now" and three "Divergent" films (Teller); "Cake", "Into the Woods" and "Pitch Perfect 2" (Kendrick); "How to Be Single", "Get Hard", "Sleeping with Other People" and "The Lego Movie" (Brie); "Neighbors", "Kick-Ass 2" and "This is the End" (Mintz-Plasse); "Whiskey Tango Foxtrot", "How to Be Single", "The Stanford Prison Experiment", and "Poltergeist" (Braun); "Fifty Shades of Grey", "Grandma" and "Parkland" (Harden); plus "Kung Fu Panda 3", "Trumbo", "Godzilla" and the end of "Breaking Bad" (Cranston). Just sayin'.
Whether the delay in the film's release, or the low scores it has received on various websites, raise too many red flags to ignore is, of course, up to the individual Movie Fan, but this Movie Fan is giving "Get a Job" a moderate recommendation. The cast is easy of the eyes and fun to watch. The story is a bit disjointed and is a little short on laughs, but it's often charming and approaches real issues with truth and compassion. The movie tells its tale in a meaningful and pretty entertaining way. "B"
Will (Miles Teller), Ethan (Christopher Mintz-Plasse), Charlie (Nicholas Braun) and Luke (Brandon T. Jackson) are pot-smoking, video game playing L.A. housemates who have recently graduated from college. The four of them, as well as Will's girlfriend, Jillian (Anna Kendrick) are at various stages of trying to figure out how best to make money in the world of grown-ups. Charlie is about to start a job as a junior high school science teacher (for which he seems quite unqualified) and basketball coach (ditto). Luke's dream is to work as a stock broker, but his entry-level position working in the firm managed by Mr. Diller (John C. McGinley) has Luke taking orders for just about everything but stocks. Ethan believes he's going to make his way in the world by developing and selling a smart-phone app called "IstalkU".
But the main focus of the movie is on Teller's character. As the movie opens, Will believes he has turned two summers of unpaid interning at the L.A. Weekly into a full-time job as their new tech writer until one of the editors (John Cho) tells him differently. Will gets a job as a night-shift desk clerk in a cheap hotel run by an unscrupulous hotel manager (Marc Maron), but that job only lasts until local pimp "Skeezy D" (Jay Pharoah) messes things up for Will. Surprisingly, however, Will's association with Skeezy D indirectly helps him secure a great job as a videographer for a firm which producers video resumes and secures interviews for people seeking upper-level management positions. Will convinces Lawrence Willheimer (Bruce Davison) to hire him, but he soon finds out that taking orders from harsh and demanding CEO Katherine Dunn (Marcia Gay Harden) and dealing with sexual advances from a co-worker (Alison Brie) makes the job a little less desirable than he first thought it would be. A mysteriously omnipresent janitor (Jorge Garcia) ends up helping Will out, but while Will is trying to navigate the choppy waters of interoffice politics, he also has to deal with the fallout from both his girlfriend and his father (Bryan Cranston) losing their respective jobs – and the misadventures of his friends on their jobs.
This is a rather unusual movie in a few different ways. It's a comedy, but delivers an important message to its target audience. Although the challenge of getting and keeping a good job is seen through the eyes of several people at different stages of their working lives, the focus is on the generation known as the Millenials. Characters within this generation that is often derided for a sense of entitlement and lack of motivation are shown learning necessary lessons that will equip them for success in the future, while remaining true to themselves and pursuing their dreams. The film's ability to simultaneously validate, teach and encourage Millenials is unusual, but so is the amount of time this film took to get to theaters.
"Get a Job" was filmed in early 2012. Anna Kendrick said in a 2014 interview that the film had encountered "distribution problems". Whatever the specific reasons for the delay, it's interesting to note that in the four years between this movie being shot and made available to the public, these are just some of the projects that a few of the main cast filmed AND saw released: "Fantastic Four", "Whiplash", "The Spectacular Now" and three "Divergent" films (Teller); "Cake", "Into the Woods" and "Pitch Perfect 2" (Kendrick); "How to Be Single", "Get Hard", "Sleeping with Other People" and "The Lego Movie" (Brie); "Neighbors", "Kick-Ass 2" and "This is the End" (Mintz-Plasse); "Whiskey Tango Foxtrot", "How to Be Single", "The Stanford Prison Experiment", and "Poltergeist" (Braun); "Fifty Shades of Grey", "Grandma" and "Parkland" (Harden); plus "Kung Fu Panda 3", "Trumbo", "Godzilla" and the end of "Breaking Bad" (Cranston). Just sayin'.
Whether the delay in the film's release, or the low scores it has received on various websites, raise too many red flags to ignore is, of course, up to the individual Movie Fan, but this Movie Fan is giving "Get a Job" a moderate recommendation. The cast is easy of the eyes and fun to watch. The story is a bit disjointed and is a little short on laughs, but it's often charming and approaches real issues with truth and compassion. The movie tells its tale in a meaningful and pretty entertaining way. "B"
I'm Being Kind to Say It's Abysmal
larrys321 June 2016
How the likes of Miles Teller, Anna Kendrick, Bryan Cranston, Marcia Gay Harden, Alison Brie, John C. McGinley, and Brandon T. Jackson, all most talented actors, can be in such a stinkeroo is a mystery to me. I'm no prude, but when a film is incredibly vulgar and mean-spirited and the intended humor falls flat as a pancake it just becomes torturous to watch. The customary 180 at the end of the film was way too little and way too late.
I saw some reviewers state that this movie was "in the can" for 4 years before being released. Why inflict us now? I guess this is a puzzle only the filmmakers can know the answer to.
I saw some reviewers state that this movie was "in the can" for 4 years before being released. Why inflict us now? I guess this is a puzzle only the filmmakers can know the answer to.
Mediocre Comedy
lakings9714 August 2021
Get a Job was a mediocre comedy movie staring Miles Teller and his girlfriend Anna Kendrick as recent college graduates who have a hard time getting decent jobs. We could all relate one way or another, where we are lost at sea till someone or something helps us along the way. The characters discover that the most important adventures are those you don't see coming. Bryan Cranston played Mikes' father as he loses his job along the way and hides his secret from his family. The all star cast also included Allison Brie as part of middle management associate, Brandon Jackson and Christopher Mintz-Piasse as Teller's roommates who are also jobless. Marcia Gay Harden is the over the top CEO, Jorge Garcia as the janitor, Jay Pharoah as the sleepy pimp, a brief appearance by John Cho, as well as John C. McGinley and Bruce Davidson. If it wasn't for the cast, I wouldn't have watched it but it was okay to watch once.
The jokes fall flat, just like its characters
maripere956 April 2016
Warning: Spoilers
Miles Teller is once again playing the same character he always plays; I'm starting to question whether his role in Whiplash was a one time thing. He was fine in this role, I think he's mastered this character, but his character in this film was uninteresting. The cast (Bryan Cranston, Ana Kendrick, Alison Brie, etc.) is surprisingly very talented, but it seems that they were wasted in this movie because their characters are indistinguishable from one another. The movie is about people losing their jobs and eventually getting a job, and yet does not succeed in demonstrating why they deserve their job or would realistically even get that job. For example, Miles Teller's character gets his dream job by making a "viral video" (I doubt the movie knows what viral means, because he only get 100 000 views on only one video) and gets a straight pass to job offers and a start at his own company. I don't think that that's how life works, but apparently this movie thinks so. Other than the plot, it's supposed to be a comedy, and it's not actually funny - I mean it's not unfunny but when there is jokes, they kind of fall flat (like its characters).
4 Seasoned Actors Deserved Better Jobs...
jessmr-431919 April 2022
...Unless they decided to fart around with some rooks, wannabes and others trying to make a name for themselves. A chosen few actors picked their scripts, the rest needed a job. Movie isn't very funny, though what I do think was very funny was the fact these 4 seasoned actors more than likely did decide to fart around.
Decent
mihai_alexandru_chindris17 September 2018
Well, it's not super, super funny, but at least it's enjoyable. The jokes made are not that bad, but there was room for improvement. I expected to get a lot of laughter and my desires were not satisfied. I guess we can just throw it into the commercial series section and just forget about it.
Get a job, get along in a job, drugs, video game addiction, young generation.
Reno-Rangan4 July 2016
This film delayed its release for a couple of years due to the distribution issues. That's not it, the film is no good, the writing was terrible, but a bunch of good actors in it. It is about the recent college graduates who struggles to get a job, even if they do, finds hard to fit in. A very good theme, but they failed to draw a decent storyline for it. I think they knew the film won't get a good response, so they used 'distribution issue' card to hold it back, but now it's out and the result was as expected.
It should have been called a drama than the comedy, because right now it lacks from those two categories. It digs on the topics like workplace bullying, harassment, as well as the youngsters' addiction to drugs and video games. In one of the scenes it emotionally appeals when the father tries to pay the bill in a restaurant. They had the right content, but lost in the translation to the screen. There's no proper flow in the story, they had tried too much, at a time it all remained very plain.
This is the second film to release in this year for Anna Kendrick and both of them did no good for her, especially this film fell short from a long distance. Same goes for Miles Teller and Bryan Cranston. I hope they all forget it and come strong in their next projects. A few people might like it, but not me. I like quality contents where this film is not one. Thankfully it was short, but only thing is it was not sweet.
3/10
It should have been called a drama than the comedy, because right now it lacks from those two categories. It digs on the topics like workplace bullying, harassment, as well as the youngsters' addiction to drugs and video games. In one of the scenes it emotionally appeals when the father tries to pay the bill in a restaurant. They had the right content, but lost in the translation to the screen. There's no proper flow in the story, they had tried too much, at a time it all remained very plain.
This is the second film to release in this year for Anna Kendrick and both of them did no good for her, especially this film fell short from a long distance. Same goes for Miles Teller and Bryan Cranston. I hope they all forget it and come strong in their next projects. A few people might like it, but not me. I like quality contents where this film is not one. Thankfully it was short, but only thing is it was not sweet.
3/10
not a bad movie not a great movie tho
dark_wolf_198726 March 2016
it was amusing for what it was a low budget film it had a few good points had a few bad points the plot was kinda stupid but its kinda a feel good movie, would i go buy the movie on DVD/blu ray no probably not re watch value is low but is a good enough movie to rent if your wanting a good feel good movie. the only reason it only gets 8 out of 10 stars is because the lack of a real solid plot/story line, yes it does hurt the movie some but in this day and age with movies coming out like crazy its only to be expected that the plot/story lines will be a little thin on some of them for a movie that was made in 2012 and was told it would never see the light of day i think it was well not bad i have seen worse movies but have seen better too i guess what i am getting to is don't go into it expecting a lot from it like i said its a feel good movie its not top of the line Hollywood grade A+ stuff but it does pull off what it is and it does not try to be anything else,
As funny as Teller is, Alison Brie really steals the movie. A hilarious and fun movie that you can watch over and over.
cosmo_tiger12 May 2016
"Maybe we're not all geniuses. So we're not the greatest generation. So what. These are our lives and we're gonna make the most of them." Will Davis (Teller) has finally graduated college and is ready to attack the world, with the help of his parents. When is dad loses his job and Will has to support himself he realizes things aren't as easy as he was hoping. Now him, his friends and his girlfriend Jillian (Kendrick) must face a world that none of them are prepared for. I will start off by saying this is nothing all that original or amazing and won't win any awards. That said, the movie is hilarious and one that is easy and fun to watch. Something I could watch over and over. Miles Teller has great timing and made me laugh through out. The movie deals with real and serious topics in a way that you don't realize they are being brought up until you are like...oh yeah, that makes sense. There really isn't a whole lot to say about this one other than if you are looking for a light-hearted comedy that actually has a message this is one to definitely pick up and watch. As funny as Teller is, Alison Brie really steals the movie and I wish she was in it more. Overall, a hilarious and fun movie that you can watch over and over. I give this a B+.
Good actors bad script
solojere5 February 2021
I would give this movie a 1 if it weren't for Anna Kendrick and Bryan Cranston, who made the best with what they were given. The movie follows Will, his girlfriend (Anna Kendrick), his dad (Bryan Cranston), and his roommates. The film is supposed to be a comedy about life in the real world after college. But it is not funny at all. I don't think I laughed even once. A lot of the jokes are very cringe-worthy, and I didn't like any of the characters. You know it's probably bad when they shoot it in 2012 and then don't release it for 4 years. The exception to all this was Anna Kendrick's and Bryan Cranston's characters, who were way underused. However, these characters are given a couple of serious scenes, which made me glad I watched it. But there are a lot of good actors in this movie, such Brandon T. Jackson and Alison Brie, who are completely wasted in the film. It's sad because this film had a lot of potentials. But since it was just shot before Anna Kendrick's and Bryan Cranston's careers really blew up, I can't help feeling like they were just trying to cash in on theirs' fame. This film had a lot of potential, but it sadly didn't live up to it.
Disjointed unfunny mess of a comedy
Floated218 December 2020
There's a reason as to why this film was released years after its filming date and went straight to video. It's quite a mess of a comedy. Featuring a little too many characters (most of which we don't care about) trying to get jobs just isn't entertaining. The comedy is just forced, is either gross out and silly and in no way clever- very standard and a little too "try-hard" for its R rating.
The film has the feel of a sitcom comedy (perhaps there is/has been a sitcom with this exact same type of plot/story). Thankfully the film isn't long as it's less than 1 hour 20 minutes (excluding end credits). Certainly just a one time watch.
The film has the feel of a sitcom comedy (perhaps there is/has been a sitcom with this exact same type of plot/story). Thankfully the film isn't long as it's less than 1 hour 20 minutes (excluding end credits). Certainly just a one time watch.
Subversive and Ironic... Or just not very good?
scythertitus26 November 2019
This is a mediocre comedy with a ridiculously stacked cast. Not since Movie 43 have there been so many great actors in a comedy that is just plain not funny. Although in this case it is not because the film is outlandish and crude, it is just kind of dull. The stellar actors in this movie get nothing to do for the most part and it reads more like a paint-by-numbers early 2000s comedy where it seems to be giving out scudo-philosophies on life, while mostly getting things wrong and not really saying much of anything of actual note.
Here is the thing though, it's a film about the compromises that promising people make for money and what is expected of them and when you look at the cast and the quality of the film you realise that it is a perfect metaphor for the themes of the movie. Did the filmmaker intend to send a message about the compromise of growing up and working with the movie itself?! If so then it is a subversive masterpiece that they slipped by studios to become a real life example of the modern day problems it is supposed to highlight.
Overall I don't think this is actually the case, you can still take it as an example of how great actors get roped into doing a bland script through promise of money and meaning, but apart from that it is only one to watch for the cast, just don't expect to laugh or really feel much of anything by the end. Solid 'Eh'.
Here is the thing though, it's a film about the compromises that promising people make for money and what is expected of them and when you look at the cast and the quality of the film you realise that it is a perfect metaphor for the themes of the movie. Did the filmmaker intend to send a message about the compromise of growing up and working with the movie itself?! If so then it is a subversive masterpiece that they slipped by studios to become a real life example of the modern day problems it is supposed to highlight.
Overall I don't think this is actually the case, you can still take it as an example of how great actors get roped into doing a bland script through promise of money and meaning, but apart from that it is only one to watch for the cast, just don't expect to laugh or really feel much of anything by the end. Solid 'Eh'.
POORLY EXECUTED PLOT
lanaliliya5 December 2019
This movie was so bad I cringed throughout it. I didn't even laugh one time and usually I'm a lover of cheesy dumb comedy. With all the great actors in this movie, I expected more. The plot of the movie could've been good, but it was poorly executed.
A 'slacker millennials' flick that actually makes millennials look good, and greedy employers look bad!
Hellmant17 June 2016
'GET A JOB': Four Stars (Out of Five)
A 'slacker millennials' comedy flick; about a group of recent college graduates, desperately trying to make it in the adult working class world. It stars Miles Teller, Bryan Cranston, Anna Kendrick, Nicholas Braun, Brandon T. Jackson, Christopher Mintz- Plasse, Marcia Gay Harden, Alison Brie, Bruce Davison and Jorge Garcia. The film was directed by Dylan Kidd, and written by first time screenwriters Kyle Pennekamp and Scott Turpel. It was filmed, and completed, four years prior to it's release (due to distribution problems); and it's received almost entirely negative reviews from critics as well. Despite these problems, I really enjoyed it!
Will Davis (Teller) recently graduated from college, and worked his ass off at a summer internship (for free), only to have his promised job position taken from him; by his lying greedy (would be) employers. His friends, and roommates, all struggle with their jobs as well; but his father (Cranston), and his girlfriend (Kendrick), nag him to find employment. Then the tables are turned, and his dad and gf are both out of work, while Will has a promising new job.
I don't understand the negative reviews at all! I think they're mostly due to the troubled (delayed) releasing of the film, which isn't the movie's fault, and then also the film's strong liberal message (that actually makes millennials look good, and greedy employers look bad). Most millennials are hard working, don't just want free stuff, and they actually have it a lot harder than most of their parents did (times are much tougher now); as this film nicely illustrates. Besides that, the movie is just fun to watch, upbeat (despite it's negative subject matter) and funny (at times). The performances are all good, the directing is decent, and it's just a fun time at the movies (with a positive message to boot)!
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A 'slacker millennials' comedy flick; about a group of recent college graduates, desperately trying to make it in the adult working class world. It stars Miles Teller, Bryan Cranston, Anna Kendrick, Nicholas Braun, Brandon T. Jackson, Christopher Mintz- Plasse, Marcia Gay Harden, Alison Brie, Bruce Davison and Jorge Garcia. The film was directed by Dylan Kidd, and written by first time screenwriters Kyle Pennekamp and Scott Turpel. It was filmed, and completed, four years prior to it's release (due to distribution problems); and it's received almost entirely negative reviews from critics as well. Despite these problems, I really enjoyed it!
Will Davis (Teller) recently graduated from college, and worked his ass off at a summer internship (for free), only to have his promised job position taken from him; by his lying greedy (would be) employers. His friends, and roommates, all struggle with their jobs as well; but his father (Cranston), and his girlfriend (Kendrick), nag him to find employment. Then the tables are turned, and his dad and gf are both out of work, while Will has a promising new job.
I don't understand the negative reviews at all! I think they're mostly due to the troubled (delayed) releasing of the film, which isn't the movie's fault, and then also the film's strong liberal message (that actually makes millennials look good, and greedy employers look bad). Most millennials are hard working, don't just want free stuff, and they actually have it a lot harder than most of their parents did (times are much tougher now); as this film nicely illustrates. Besides that, the movie is just fun to watch, upbeat (despite it's negative subject matter) and funny (at times). The performances are all good, the directing is decent, and it's just a fun time at the movies (with a positive message to boot)!
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Entertaining fun movie for what it is.
time-bomb30 March 2016
This movie was entertaining. Nowhere near as bad as some are saying. Get a Job doesn't take it self too seriously. From the get go the pace of the film keeps constant and at no time did it feel like it slowed down. It has a lot of heart and its not a movie that has jokes coming at you from left and right non stop through out the movie but the story telling and the comedy that it does have is more than enough.
It relies more on its story telling than its comedy which i found to be a good thing. All actors and actresses worked well together and the acting was very solid. It was exactly what i needed on a Friday night as i said earlier it has a lot of heart and at the end the movie entertained me and was a lot of fun. If i had to describe the movie i would say its a feel good movie. Its message at the end really hit home with me, the music used through out the movie worked and complimented the movie when needed. For what it is it did not disappoint.
It relies more on its story telling than its comedy which i found to be a good thing. All actors and actresses worked well together and the acting was very solid. It was exactly what i needed on a Friday night as i said earlier it has a lot of heart and at the end the movie entertained me and was a lot of fun. If i had to describe the movie i would say its a feel good movie. Its message at the end really hit home with me, the music used through out the movie worked and complimented the movie when needed. For what it is it did not disappoint.
A reasonably good idea, executed extremely poorly.
claire-howson27 April 2020
The idea of a film about how hard it is to get a good job, regardless of your age, is a good idea. However, this film is not good. It is written poorly, by someone who appears to have almost no real world experience of talking to another person. There's very little character development, and nothing that they do makes any sense. Urgh, I never want to see this movie again.
i liked this film so much, why?
digdog-785-71753814 June 2016
Warning: Spoilers
After watching this film, and seeing how awfully low the ratings were, i need to ask .. WHY ? Why is this film so maligned?
OK, Get A Job is not the most creative script i have watched; GAJ is the story of two college graduates that, like every graduate, are the best of the bestest until they actually try to enter the workforce, where they find that they are actually worthless. So their plans to be a successful couple go awry, and the only way to solve this problem is to GET A JOB !!
Obviously they are a bunch of misfits who, instead of repenting their ways and bow their heads in acceptance of the misery of employment, use their mischievousness to hatch a brilliant plan which they then execute flawlessly, and everyone lives happily ever after.
which is the same plot of about 90% of the comedies you'll ever see.
Like i said, it's not really super-creative. It is, however, funny.
Miles Teller (the Whiplash guy) and Anna Kendrick (the Mr Right girl) do a fine job of their material. The supporting support well, the direction is good, production is excellent, the dialogue is funny, the story has good pacing, the ending could have been done a bit better but it's still pretty good.
So .. i liked this film - very much. It's a feelgood comedy that will leave you mildly happy for a day or two, and there was nothing bad that might upset you. Anna Kendrick is adorable as always and Teller is.. decent; comedy suits him, he just needs to grow into it.
Would recommend to almost anyone.
My vote: 7/10 - a harmless little comedy, very well made.
OK, Get A Job is not the most creative script i have watched; GAJ is the story of two college graduates that, like every graduate, are the best of the bestest until they actually try to enter the workforce, where they find that they are actually worthless. So their plans to be a successful couple go awry, and the only way to solve this problem is to GET A JOB !!
Obviously they are a bunch of misfits who, instead of repenting their ways and bow their heads in acceptance of the misery of employment, use their mischievousness to hatch a brilliant plan which they then execute flawlessly, and everyone lives happily ever after.
which is the same plot of about 90% of the comedies you'll ever see.
Like i said, it's not really super-creative. It is, however, funny.
Miles Teller (the Whiplash guy) and Anna Kendrick (the Mr Right girl) do a fine job of their material. The supporting support well, the direction is good, production is excellent, the dialogue is funny, the story has good pacing, the ending could have been done a bit better but it's still pretty good.
So .. i liked this film - very much. It's a feelgood comedy that will leave you mildly happy for a day or two, and there was nothing bad that might upset you. Anna Kendrick is adorable as always and Teller is.. decent; comedy suits him, he just needs to grow into it.
Would recommend to almost anyone.
My vote: 7/10 - a harmless little comedy, very well made.
Zzzzzzzzz
ryrymadrid13 September 2020
How times have changed, or why the world is run like an unwinable Monopoly game.
NestorTheGreat9 August 2021
Not a song is sung throughout Kendrik's screen time, and yet the melody that runs through the film is befitting a Pitch Perfect scene. If the song was by The Cure, and the pitch was for a desk job at K-mart! That's how left-hand this film was!
Absolute truth thrown at us through a filter of rainbow laughs about this generation's unfair go at finding meaningful employment.
From the stoner science teacher to the app-making stalker, every young adult in this film makes one question where the he'll we're going...in the movie and real life!
Some incredibly funny and awkward scenes, with some brilliant cameo choices, it'll sting when it counts.
No bullies. No revenge of the nerds. No nice old man wisdom. Just an effed up era portrayed effing brilliantly by an effervescent cast! Liked it a lot.
Absolute truth thrown at us through a filter of rainbow laughs about this generation's unfair go at finding meaningful employment.
From the stoner science teacher to the app-making stalker, every young adult in this film makes one question where the he'll we're going...in the movie and real life!
Some incredibly funny and awkward scenes, with some brilliant cameo choices, it'll sting when it counts.
No bullies. No revenge of the nerds. No nice old man wisdom. Just an effed up era portrayed effing brilliantly by an effervescent cast! Liked it a lot.
Reviews From Insipid Millennials
HeatherOHara29 December 2021
The film is not 'insipid' as several reviewers without a grasp of vocabulary have suggested, it's light fare for a different demographic than most of the reviewers here. Reading the reviews by entitled millennials offended by a satirical take on entitled millennials might be the best thing about this film, and that's okay. The actors are solid in a film released perhaps several years past its Best Before date, and the story does not strive to teach any new lessons - this is pure entertainment for the Fed Up With Entitled Snowflake Millennials gang, and nothing else.
Enjoy it, or don't - like these lost characters with little sense of the real world: No One Cares.
Good for a laugh, especially the reviews from the targeted age range of viewers who cannot understand irony. 6/10.
Enjoy it, or don't - like these lost characters with little sense of the real world: No One Cares.
Good for a laugh, especially the reviews from the targeted age range of viewers who cannot understand irony. 6/10.
Just...Embarrassing
itai-orion25 February 2017
I really cannot express how disappointing it is to have a film with such talented young actors and have it squandered on this piece of film-garbage. There is a whole slew of supporting cast that deserve so much better than to appear in such an uninspired sequence of events. Every character is a stereotypical punch-line waiting to happen. Even an appearance from the legendary John C. Mcginley's Dr. Cox Whistle is not enough to save this plodding, depressing mess.
Seeing Walter White out of work is about as thrilling as remembering that he used to be Malcolm in the Middle's dad.
I do, however, want to commend the filmmakers for attempting (admittedly with poor results) to address the frustration and actual difficulties faced by today's generation, and realise that it isn't all about being spoiled... Until that Hollywood ending shows us it is just that.
Seeing Walter White out of work is about as thrilling as remembering that he used to be Malcolm in the Middle's dad.
I do, however, want to commend the filmmakers for attempting (admittedly with poor results) to address the frustration and actual difficulties faced by today's generation, and realise that it isn't all about being spoiled... Until that Hollywood ending shows us it is just that.
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