The Promotion - 2008 * *

Two guys, one job, no rules.

I went into this film thinking it was something totally different ( for some reason I thought it was The Proposition with Sandra Bullock!) so it was a bit of a shock to see old Seann WS having a main role in it!

Seann William Scott definitely makes me laugh but I can't stop seeing him as someone from the American Pie films where he really shone and so anything else he is in just seems pale in comparison. In this film he's a customer supervisor in a large Wal-Mart type store hoping desperately for a promotion which will offer him more money and stability with his girlfriend. Also a chance to get out of the cramped flat he lives in where he is constantly bothered by the weird banjo-playing sexaholic next door. What he didn't count on was being up against a new supervisor from another store ( John C. Reilly) who appears like a whirlwind and starts changing everything in the store round much to Seann's annoyance. He also has a secret past and an infuriating wife with the most fake Scottish accent I have ever heard. The 2 men realise that they have bitten off more than they can chew and set about doing everything in their power to secure their future.

Some parts are mildly amusing, but I'm fed up with films coming out named 'comedies' when really they should be marketed as 'drama with a few comic tones'!