s cocaine @-@ addicted son Bobby ( Farrell ) , whose apathy and incompetence threaten the future of the company .   At night , over drinks , Kurt jokingly suggests that their lives would be happier if their bosses were no longer around . Initially hesitant , they eventually agree to kill their employers . In search of a hitman , the trio meet Dean " Motherfuckah " Jones ( Foxx ) , an ex @-@ con who agrees to be their " murder consultant " . Jones suggests that Dale , Kurt and Nick kill each other 's bosses to hide their motive while making the deaths look like accidents .   The three reconnoiter Bobby 's house , and Kurt steals Bobby 's phone . They next go to Harken 's house , where Kurt and Nick go inside while Dale waits in the car . Harken returns home and confronts Dale for littering , but then has an allergy attack from the peanut butter on the litter . Dale saves Harken by stabbing him with an EpiPen . Nick and Kurt think Dale is stabbing Harken to death and flee , with Kurt accidentally dropping Bobby 's phone in Harken 's bedroom . The next night , Kurt watches Julia 's home , but she seduces and has sex with him . Nick and Dale reluctantly wait outside Bobby 's and Harken 's houses , respectively , to commit the murders , despite neither of them wanting to . Harken discovers Bobby 's cellphone in his bedroom and uses it to find his address , suspecting his wife Rhonda ( Julie Bowen ) is having an affair . He drives over and kills Bobby , with Nick as a secret witness .   Nick flees at high speed , setting off a traffic camera . The trio meet to discuss their reservations about continuing with their plan . They are arrested by the police , who believe the camera footage makes them suspects in Bobby 's murder . Lacking evidence , the police are forced to let the trio go free . The trio consult with Jones again , but learn that he never actually killed anyone , having been imprisoned for bootlegging the film Snow Falling on Cedars . Jones suggests that they get Harken to confess and secretly tape it . The three accidentally crash Harken 's surprise birthday party , where Nick and Dale get Harken to confess to the murder before realizing that Kurt , who has the audio recorder , is elsewhere having sex with Rhonda . Harken threatens to kill all three for attempting to blackmail him . They flee by car , but Harken gives chase and repeatedly rams their vehicle . Believing they have committed a crime , the car 's navigation @-@ system operator remotely disables Kurt 's car , allowing Harken to catch and hold them at gunpoint . Harken shoots himself in the leg as he boasts about his plan to frame them for murdering Bobby and attempting to kill him to get rid of the witness .   The police arrest Nick , Dale and Kurt , but the navigation @-@ system operator , Gregory , reveals that it is his companies policy to record all conversations for quality assurance . Gregory plays the tape that has Harken confessing he murdered Pellitt . Harken is sentenced to 25 years to life in prison , while the friends get their charges waived . Nick is promoted to president of the company under a sadistic CEO , Kurt retains his job under a new boss , and Dale blackmails Julia into ending her harassment by convincing her to sexually harass a supposedly unconscious patient , while Jones secretly records the act .   = = Cast = =   Jason Bateman as Nick Hendricks   An executive at a financial firm who is manipulated into jumping through hoops in order to get a promotion that his boss never intended to give him . Markowitz wrote the role specifically for Bateman .   Charlie Day as Dale Arbus   A dental assistant who is sexually harassed by his boss . Described as a " hopeless romantic " in love with his fiancée . Ashton Kutcher was in talks for the role at two different points in the lengthy production . Day was considered for the role following his co @-@ starring performance with Sudeikis in the 2010 film Going the Distance — Reuters reported that industry insiders believed his performance overshadowed the main stars .   Jason Sudeikis as Kurt Buckman   An account manager at a chemical company dealing with a new , drug @-@ addicted boss after his beloved former boss dies . Sudeikis was cast in May 2010 .   Jennifer Aniston as Dr. Julia Harris , D.D.S.   Markowitz based the character on a former boss , claiming she was " very sexually aggressive with everybody " . When writing the script , Markowitz intended for the role to go to Aniston . He stated , " but [ the aforementioned boss ] looked more like Cruella de Vil . It was like flirting with a cobweb . So I decided for the sake of the movie , let ’ s go with Jennifer An
s Ġcocaine Ġ@ - @ Ġaddicted Ġson ĠBobby Ġ( ĠFarrell Ġ) Ġ, Ġwhose Ġap athy Ġand Ġincompetence Ġthreaten Ġthe Ġfuture Ġof Ġthe Ġcompany Ġ. Ġ Ġ ĠAt Ġnight Ġ, Ġover Ġdrinks Ġ, ĠKurt Ġj okingly Ġsuggests Ġthat Ġtheir Ġlives Ġwould Ġbe Ġhappier Ġif Ġtheir Ġbosses Ġwere Ġno Ġlonger Ġaround Ġ. ĠInitially Ġhesitant Ġ, Ġthey Ġeventually Ġagree Ġto Ġkill Ġtheir Ġemployers Ġ. ĠIn Ġsearch Ġof Ġa Ġhit man Ġ, Ġthe Ġtrio Ġmeet ĠDean Ġ" ĠMother fuck ah Ġ" ĠJones Ġ( ĠFox x Ġ) Ġ, Ġan Ġex Ġ@ - @ Ġcon Ġwho Ġagrees Ġto Ġbe Ġtheir Ġ" Ġmurder Ġconsultant Ġ" Ġ. ĠJones Ġsuggests Ġthat ĠDale Ġ, ĠKurt Ġand ĠNick Ġkill Ġeach Ġother Ġ' s Ġbosses Ġto Ġhide Ġtheir Ġmotive Ġwhile Ġmaking Ġthe Ġdeaths Ġlook Ġlike Ġaccidents Ġ. Ġ Ġ ĠThe Ġthree Ġrecon no iter ĠBobby Ġ' s Ġhouse Ġ, Ġand ĠKurt Ġsteals ĠBobby Ġ' s Ġphone Ġ. ĠThey Ġnext Ġgo Ġto ĠH ark en Ġ' s Ġhouse Ġ, Ġwhere ĠKurt Ġand ĠNick Ġgo Ġinside Ġwhile ĠDale Ġwaits Ġin Ġthe Ġcar Ġ. ĠH ark en Ġreturns Ġhome Ġand Ġconfronts ĠDale Ġfor Ġlitter ing Ġ, Ġbut Ġthen Ġhas Ġan Ġallergy Ġattack Ġfrom Ġthe Ġpeanut Ġbutter Ġon Ġthe Ġlitter Ġ. ĠDale Ġsaves ĠH ark en Ġby Ġstabbing Ġhim Ġwith Ġan ĠEp i Pen Ġ. ĠNick Ġand ĠKurt Ġthink ĠDale Ġis Ġstabbing ĠH ark en Ġto Ġdeath Ġand Ġflee Ġ, Ġwith ĠKurt Ġaccidentally Ġdropping ĠBobby Ġ' s Ġphone Ġin ĠH ark en Ġ' s Ġbedroom Ġ. ĠThe Ġnext Ġnight Ġ, ĠKurt Ġwatches ĠJulia Ġ' s Ġhome Ġ, Ġbut Ġshe Ġsed uces Ġand Ġhas Ġsex Ġwith Ġhim Ġ. ĠNick Ġand ĠDale Ġreluctantly Ġwait Ġoutside ĠBobby Ġ' s Ġand ĠH ark en Ġ' s Ġhouses Ġ, Ġrespectively Ġ, Ġto Ġcommit Ġthe Ġmurders Ġ, Ġdespite Ġneither Ġof Ġthem Ġwanting Ġto Ġ. ĠH ark en Ġdiscovers ĠBobby Ġ' s Ġcellphone Ġin Ġhis Ġbedroom Ġand Ġuses Ġit Ġto Ġfind Ġhis Ġaddress Ġ, Ġsuspect ing Ġhis Ġwife ĠRh onda Ġ( ĠJulie ĠBowen Ġ) Ġis Ġhaving Ġan Ġaffair Ġ. ĠHe Ġdrives Ġover Ġand Ġkills ĠBobby Ġ, Ġwith ĠNick Ġas Ġa Ġsecret Ġwitness Ġ. Ġ Ġ ĠNick Ġfle es Ġat Ġhigh Ġspeed Ġ, Ġsetting Ġoff Ġa Ġtraffic Ġcamera Ġ. ĠThe Ġtrio Ġmeet Ġto Ġdiscuss Ġtheir Ġreservations Ġabout Ġcontinuing Ġwith Ġtheir Ġplan Ġ. ĠThey Ġare Ġarrested Ġby Ġthe Ġpolice Ġ, Ġwho Ġbelieve Ġthe Ġcamera Ġfootage Ġmakes Ġthem Ġsuspects Ġin ĠBobby Ġ' s Ġmurder Ġ. ĠL acking Ġevidence Ġ, Ġthe Ġpolice Ġare Ġforced Ġto Ġlet Ġthe Ġtrio Ġgo Ġfree Ġ. ĠThe Ġtrio Ġconsult Ġwith ĠJones Ġagain Ġ, Ġbut Ġlearn Ġthat Ġhe Ġnever Ġactually Ġkilled Ġanyone Ġ, Ġhaving Ġbeen Ġimprisoned Ġfor Ġboot le gging Ġthe Ġfilm ĠSnow ĠFalling Ġon ĠCed ars Ġ. ĠJones Ġsuggests Ġthat Ġthey Ġget ĠH ark en Ġto Ġconfess Ġand Ġsecretly Ġtape Ġit Ġ. ĠThe Ġthree Ġaccidentally Ġcrash ĠH ark en Ġ' s Ġsurprise Ġbirthday Ġparty Ġ, Ġwhere ĠNick Ġand ĠDale Ġget ĠH ark en Ġto Ġconfess Ġto Ġthe Ġmurder Ġbefore Ġrealizing Ġthat ĠKurt Ġ, Ġwho Ġhas Ġthe Ġaudio Ġrecorder Ġ, Ġis Ġelsewhere Ġhaving Ġsex Ġwith ĠRh onda Ġ. ĠH ark en Ġthreatens Ġto Ġkill Ġall Ġthree Ġfor Ġattempting Ġto Ġblackmail Ġhim Ġ. ĠThey Ġflee Ġby Ġcar Ġ, Ġbut ĠH ark en Ġgives Ġchase Ġand Ġrepeatedly Ġr ams Ġtheir Ġvehicle Ġ. ĠBel ieving Ġthey Ġhave Ġcommitted Ġa Ġcrime Ġ, Ġthe Ġcar Ġ' s Ġnavigation Ġ@ - @ Ġsystem Ġoperator Ġremotely Ġdis ables ĠKurt Ġ' s Ġcar Ġ, Ġallowing ĠH ark en Ġto Ġcatch Ġand Ġhold Ġthem Ġat Ġgun point Ġ. ĠH ark en Ġshoots Ġhimself Ġin Ġthe Ġleg Ġas Ġhe Ġboasts Ġabout Ġhis Ġplan Ġto Ġframe Ġthem Ġfor Ġmurdering ĠBobby Ġand Ġattempting Ġto Ġkill Ġhim Ġto Ġget Ġrid Ġof Ġthe Ġwitness Ġ. Ġ Ġ ĠThe Ġpolice Ġarrest ĠNick Ġ, ĠDale Ġand ĠKurt Ġ, Ġbut Ġthe Ġnavigation Ġ@ - @ Ġsystem Ġoperator Ġ, ĠGregory Ġ, Ġreveals Ġthat Ġit Ġis Ġhis Ġcompanies Ġpolicy Ġto Ġrecord Ġall Ġconversations Ġfor Ġquality Ġassurance Ġ. ĠGregory Ġplays Ġthe Ġtape Ġthat Ġhas ĠH ark en Ġconfess ing Ġhe Ġmurdered ĠPell itt Ġ. ĠH ark en Ġis Ġsentenced Ġto Ġ25 Ġyears Ġto Ġlife Ġin Ġprison Ġ, Ġwhile Ġthe Ġfriends Ġget Ġtheir Ġcharges Ġwaived Ġ. ĠNick Ġis Ġpromoted Ġto Ġpresident Ġof Ġthe Ġcompany Ġunder Ġa Ġsad istic ĠCEO Ġ, ĠKurt Ġretains Ġhis Ġjob Ġunder Ġa Ġnew Ġboss Ġ, Ġand ĠDale Ġblack mails ĠJulia Ġinto Ġending Ġher Ġharassment Ġby Ġconvincing Ġher Ġto Ġsexually Ġharass Ġa Ġsupposedly Ġunconscious Ġpatient Ġ, Ġwhile ĠJones Ġsecretly Ġrecords Ġthe Ġact Ġ. Ġ Ġ Ġ= Ġ= ĠCast Ġ= Ġ= Ġ Ġ ĠJason ĠBat eman Ġas ĠNick ĠHendricks Ġ Ġ ĠAn Ġexecutive Ġat Ġa Ġfinancial Ġfirm Ġwho Ġis Ġmanipulated Ġinto Ġjumping Ġthrough Ġhoops Ġin Ġorder Ġto Ġget Ġa Ġpromotion Ġthat Ġhis Ġboss Ġnever Ġintended Ġto Ġgive Ġhim Ġ. ĠMark owitz Ġwrote Ġthe Ġrole Ġspecifically Ġfor ĠBat eman Ġ. Ġ Ġ ĠCharlie ĠDay Ġas ĠDale ĠAr bus Ġ Ġ ĠA Ġdental Ġassistant Ġwho Ġis Ġsexually Ġharassed Ġby Ġhis Ġboss Ġ. ĠDes cribed Ġas Ġa Ġ" Ġhopeless Ġromantic Ġ" Ġin Ġlove Ġwith Ġhis Ġfian c Ã©e Ġ. ĠAshton ĠKut cher Ġwas Ġin Ġtalks Ġfor Ġthe Ġrole Ġat Ġtwo Ġdifferent Ġpoints Ġin Ġthe Ġlengthy Ġproduction Ġ. ĠDay Ġwas Ġconsidered Ġfor Ġthe Ġrole Ġfollowing Ġhis Ġco Ġ@ - @ Ġstarring Ġperformance Ġwith ĠS ude ik is Ġin Ġthe Ġ2010 Ġfilm ĠGoing Ġthe ĠDistance ĠâĢĶ ĠReuters Ġreported Ġthat Ġindustry Ġinsiders Ġbelieved Ġhis Ġperformance Ġovershadowed Ġthe Ġmain Ġstars Ġ. Ġ Ġ ĠJason ĠS ude ik is Ġas ĠKurt ĠBuck man Ġ Ġ ĠAn Ġaccount Ġmanager Ġat Ġa Ġchemical Ġcompany Ġdealing Ġwith Ġa Ġnew Ġ, Ġdrug Ġ@ - @ Ġaddicted Ġboss Ġafter Ġhis Ġbeloved Ġformer Ġboss Ġdies Ġ. ĠS ude ik is Ġwas Ġcast Ġin ĠMay Ġ2010 Ġ. Ġ Ġ ĠJennifer ĠAn iston Ġas ĠDr . ĠJulia ĠHarris Ġ, ĠD . D . S . Ġ Ġ ĠMark owitz Ġbased Ġthe Ġcharacter Ġon Ġa Ġformer Ġboss Ġ, Ġclaiming Ġshe Ġwas Ġ" Ġvery Ġsexually Ġaggressive Ġwith Ġeverybody Ġ" Ġ. ĠWhen Ġwriting Ġthe Ġscript Ġ, ĠMark owitz Ġintended Ġfor Ġthe Ġrole Ġto Ġgo Ġto ĠAn iston Ġ. ĠHe Ġstated Ġ, Ġ" Ġbut Ġ[ Ġthe Ġaforementioned Ġboss Ġ] Ġlooked Ġmore Ġlike ĠCr ue lla Ġde ĠVil Ġ. ĠIt Ġwas Ġlike Ġfl irting Ġwith Ġa Ġcob web Ġ. ĠSo ĠI Ġdecided Ġfor Ġthe Ġsake Ġof Ġthe Ġmovie Ġ, Ġlet ĠâĢ Ļ Ġs Ġgo Ġwith ĠJennifer ĠAn