Office Christmas Party

Directors: Josh Gordon, Will Speck

Screenplay: Justin Malen, Laura Solon, Dan Mazer

Cast: Jennifer Aniston, Jason Bateman, Olivia Munn, T. J. Miller, Vanessa Bayer, Courtney B. Vance andmany more

Strength: Comedy, Music, Climax, Dialogues

Weakness: Storyline, Duration

Runtime: 105mins

Rating: 6.5/10

Plot: "Office Christmas Party" is a story of a sibling rivalry between a brother and sister to show 'who's the boss' in a company called Zenotek at Chicago. The over-domineering CEO sister undervalues her hard-core partying, branch manager brother, and decides to cut off a fair percentage of the staffs, their holiday bonuses and cancels the annual office Christmas party. Thus, in order to save his branch, Clay plans to throw the best Christmas party to win over an important client, without the consent of his CEO/sister.

Review: The plot seems to focus mainly on the branch of the office, but from the start the movie highlights Josh Parker (Jason Bateman) more than the others. During the initial part of the movie, it gives the audience a vibe of chemistry between the characters of Jennifer Anniston and Jason Bateman but shifts the focus later with Bateman and Olivia Munn as a pair. The dialogues were impeccable at times in terms of comedy and the role of every character was played tremendously. The movie seemed too long in comparison of its story and many of the scenes seemed unnecessary. Anniston looked ravishing as always, given the fact her role was more of a cameo appearance. Her role as a high-strung CEO was very different than what she did in the past. The HR character Mary did a splendid job in terms of portraying comic essence. It is a simple story with a predictable ending. Furthermore, there are events which stuns as surprise package for the movie. On the other hand, the title for this movie should have been "Office New Year's Party" rather than Office Christmas Party, as the party looked like an epic, wild, Frat New Year's Party for College students. It was very stimulating to watch a movie which involved the lives of corporate world people, given the fact that it's a commercial based one.

Overall, the movie is very entertaining and has a certain degree of mature appeal. That being said, be careful when watching this movie with the family since it can get quite explicit at times. 

Reviewed by Sumaiya Akhter Nitu