A slacker competes with a repeat winner for the "Employee of the Month" title at work, in order to gain the affections of a new female employee.A slacker competes with a repeat winner for the "Employee of the Month" title at work, in order to gain the affections of a new female employee.A slacker competes with a repeat winner for the "Employee of the Month" title at work, in order to gain the affections of a new female employee.
- Awards
- 2 nominations
Barbara Dodd
- Granny
- (as Barbara Dodd Ramsen)
Deryle J. Lujan
- Checker #1
- (as Deryle Lujan)
Storyline
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- TriviaThe store the movie is filmed in is the Costco at 1420 N Renaissance Blvd NE in Albuquerque, NM.
- GoofsAt the end of November 3rd when the 3rd gold star is put up, Zack says he still has 29 more days to leave a mark, for winning employee of the month. This would result in a 32-day month, which is non-existent of course.
- ConnectionsEdited into Yoostar 2: In the Movies (2011)
- SoundtracksWorking in the Coal Mine
Written by Allen Toussaint
Performed by Devo
Courtesy of Warner Bros. Records Inc.
By Arrangement with Warner Music Group Film & TV Licensing
Courtesy of Virgin Records Ltd.
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Basic but amusing comedy if you're in an undemanding mood
Zack is content with his job as a box boy at the Super Club supermarket, seeing the days through with the minimum of fuss and effort. The fact that cashier Vince is the exact opposite only confirms the daily choice that Zack makes not to care. However when a new employee starts in the very shapely form of Amy, Zack finds a reason to change his ways. Amy has a reputation for finding ambition attractive, so employee of the month and assistant manager nominee Vince is in with the best shot. Zack decides to win the employee of the month competition instead of Vince, getting the kudos and the girl but at what price? You can see the potential here for great comedy. The story of the title is really just there to create a frame for a workplace comedy that one would hope learns lessons from Office Space and The Office in really getting down to the reality to find the jokes. Sadly it never really does this but the results are not terrible just basic. The plot is quite obvious but mainly stays out of the way by being a frame for the action. The relationship stuff involving Amy doesn't offer much for the amount of time that it goes on for but mostly it does free up space for the workplace joking. Problem is that it is not as strong as one would have hoped and much of it is at quite a basic level and doesn't have much in the way of inspiration. It still is quite funny at times and it made for a very easy watch but if you are hoping for more than that then the film will disappoint.
The cast are solid but not up to the task of lifting it. Both Cook and Shepard are good enough to do the minimum requirements but not good enough to really deliver something special. The support cast pretty much matches this approach by having a "thing" about their characters that allows one gag but not having anything more. The end result is a basic film that never really excels itself in any regard. It does do the basics well enough to make for very easy amusement for the undemanding viewer but nothing more than that.
The cast are solid but not up to the task of lifting it. Both Cook and Shepard are good enough to do the minimum requirements but not good enough to really deliver something special. The support cast pretty much matches this approach by having a "thing" about their characters that allows one gag but not having anything more. The end result is a basic film that never really excels itself in any regard. It does do the basics well enough to make for very easy amusement for the undemanding viewer but nothing more than that.
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Box office
- Budget
- $12,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $28,444,855
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $11,407,751
- Oct 8, 2006
- Gross worldwide
- $38,528,984
- Runtime1 hour 43 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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