George Huang
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The Devil Wears Prada (2006)
Directed by David Frankel
influenced by Swimming with Sharks (1994)
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I was reminded of a scene in “Swimming with Sharks” – also an assistant’s tale about the world’s worst boss – in which Kevin Spacey’s blockbuster producer confesses what sent him down such an inhumane path.
This isn’t Kevin Spacey’s screaming lunatic producer in Swimming with Sharks ; this is about the threatening quiet and the sacrifices Miranda makes to be lonely at the top.
Horrible Bosses (2011)
Directed by Seth Gordon
influenced by Swimming with Sharks (1994)
Plot Characters
It’s virtually impossible not be reminded of 1994’s Swimming with Sharks , a darker, meaner version of the same story.
For Nick, it's getting passed over for a promotion by his blowhard tyrant of a boss, played by Kevin Spacey, who channels the sadistic movie mogul he played in 1994's Swimming with Sharks, only with less complexity and nuance.
The bosses, meanwhile, provide the movie’s glistening star power: Kevin Spacey reprises his conniving, pinstriped sociopath from Swimming With Sharks; Jennifer Aniston has a blast brandishing dental tools and delivering lines about “fingering” herself to episodes of Gossip Girl; an unrecognizable Colin Farrell turns his newly dead father’s formally virginal business into an emporium for hookers and Scarface-like cocaine binges.
Jason Bateman is, as always, the picture of quiet desperation as corporate drone Nick whose life is made hell by Kevin Spacey as Mr Harken, a bully reminiscent of his studio exec in 1994 satire Swimming With Sharks .
Spacey is always a treat to watch, of course, even when he's channeling the blazingly hostile boss he played in Swimming with Sharks .
In place of genuine moviemaking danger there’s Colin Farrell bombing around with a pronounced comb over (a shoddy make-up appliance), Jennifer Aniston trying on an ill-fitting potty mouth, and Kevin Spacey reviving his Buddy Ackerman character from “Swimming with Sharks.”
She�s not in the league of bosses from hell Kevin Spacey in Swimming With Sharks or his female counterpart, Meryl Streep in The Devil Wears Prada.
The film�s comic centerpiece is a thwarted suicide sing-along to Third Eye Blind�s Jumper and dreadfully tries to wring laughs from Carl�s boss (Rhys Darby), a fantasy-loving doofus whose desire to be liked makes The Office�s Michael Scott look like Kevin Spacey in Swimming with Sharks.
He could have been drawn a little more towards the dark side while still sustaining the audience's interest, such as Kevin Spacey's character in "Swimming With Sharks" (1994).
Behind the scenes he’s a Swimming with Sharks style tyrant to his new secretary (Lily James).