Employee Of The Month - Jessica Simpson's store walls

Good condition rental version DVD of a funny recent movie

For years, Zack Bradley (Dane Cook) has worked hard at not working hard at all, coasting under the radar as an ambitiously invisible trolley-boy at the local warehouse-sized supermarket. Living with his grandmother, and spending his free time with his trolley-boy crew, Zack keeps people’s expectations of him as low as his profile. So when his suck-up co-worker Vince (Dax Shepard) earns the Employee of the Month title for the 17th time in a row, Zack couldn't care less. But when sexy cashier Amy (Jessica Simpson) joins the store’s staff, and rumours being circulating that she only dates winners of this award, the stakes are instantly raised. What begins as a plan to win Amy’s heart slowly morphs into a much greater challenge, with Zack’s low aspirations gradually growing into earnest attempts at excellence. With the crazed Vince always in his way, Zack must prove his worth to his superiors, his friends, Amy, and himself. New director Greg Coolidge takes few risks here, but manages to deliver laughs thanks to a solid cast of comic actors including Andy Dick, Tim Bagley, Brian George, Danny Woodburn, and Efren Ramirez. Likewise, Cook gives the film a certain charm without trying too hard. Like OFFICE SPACE and THE 40-YEAR-OLD VIRGIN, EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH benefits from its banal setting. The wholesale-size proportions of the props contrast nicely with the small story being told, with Cook and his fellow actors taking full advantage of the set’s comic possibilities. Though the script does not give Jessica Simpson much to do, she makes the best of her limited character. By seeming aware of the role her own sex appeal plays, she adds a little tongue-in-cheek sass to the mix, and helps the film get away with its cheeky obsession with her body.

Zack (Dane Cook) is a popular guy but a known slacker who has never had any desire to become Employee of the Month at Super Club. That is until a new cashier named Amy (Jessica Simpson) joins the team and it becomes known that she only dates the high achievers. In a quest to win her over Zack decides that this month he's going to try for Employee of the Month but to do so he must knock head cashier Vince (Dax Shepard) off his pedestal. As winner of seventeen consecutive titles of the Employee of the Month and with a prize of a sports car in view if he can get Employee of the Month once more Vince isn't giving up without a fight. Let the amusement begin!

This was a cracker of a comedy and I think that was mostly down to Dax Shepard who reigned supreme as Vince. Jessica Simpson was virtually non-existent during the whole movie and her part was played up beforehand to make it sound like she'd a lot more of a prominent role than really was the case. She was no great loss anyway as the scenes she did participate in were forgettable at best. But every other character in the movie made up for her lack of involvement and what you're left with is a really amusing and enjoyable movie.