The formula for a comedy based on two average joes fighting it out for mediocrity has been done. Employee of the Month made half an effort on it and banked its popularity on Jessica Simpson’s breasts instead of its supporting cast, but it just fell short of being a lasting memory.
Now the guys at Cinematical rave about The Promotion after catching it at the SXSW film festival:
Written and directed by Steve Conrad (writer of The Pursuit of Happyness), The Promotion stars Seann William Scott and John C. Reilly as two guys who REALLY want to land the new managerial job at the supermarket across town. In fact, both will go to great lengths to get that job — and, while the premise sounds sort of played, silly and uninteresting, the execution is wonderful. This is truly one of my favorite films of the year so far, and we hope you like it too.
Check out the trailer:
