Movie on DVD Review

I Really Hate My Job (2008)

EW's GRADE
B-

Details Release Date: May 06, 2008; DVD Release Date: May 06, 2008; Movie Rated: Unrated; Genre: Comedy; With: Neve Campbell

Oliver Parker's scattered indie drama follows a busy night at a London bistro and five workers, some of whom, well...see above. I Really Hate My Job sometimes feels less like a movie and more like a collection of conversational gambits in search of a plot — at one point, loopy waitress Suzie (Alexandra Maria Lara) asks, unprompted, ''Do you think oysters ever feel aggressive?'' Still, there are charms to be found, like a magnetic, if overwrought, Campbell as the punky bartender and the elfin Shirley Henderson as a writer/cook whose dismal novel was just rejected for being too ''French.'' EXTRAS None. B-

Originally posted May 09, 2008 Published in issue #991 May 16, 2008 Order article reprints

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