Joel (Jason Bateman) owns an extract company. He is stressed out over his relationship with his wife, theft at work, trying to sell his company, and a pending job related injury lawsuit. Joel needs to save his company, his life, and find out what he really wants out of life.
When this was first advertised it was hailed as the next “Office Space.” It is not. It is mildly amusing, but hardly a great comedy. Bateman is an actor I have always liked, and he doesn’t disappoint here. The rest of the cast, eh, typical but nothing special except for one thing. Ben Affleck really is not a very good actor. He doesn’t even play a drugged out friend very well.
I am glad I didn’t see this in the theater like I had planned on doing when it first came out. There was just nothing special about it. There are a few chuckles, one or two big laughs, and then about 40 minutes of rather forgettable fluff. Too bad, I wanted to like this, 2 Axes.