BY MIKEY MIGO
I like being caught off guard by movies. In this case I had a familiar movie on my TV for background noise. That movie ended and I looked over as the next movie was coming on. It ended up being “The Consultants” this time around. It’s a 2009 comedy that looked to clearly be a lower budget independent. I don’t say that as a jab because I like it. A looser and grittier look is livelier than a cold and sterile bigger budget flick. Here we have a corporate slacker named Paul, played by Paul Hughes, who gets caught up in the middle of some inner-office war. He has to hire the worst people to run the company into the ground. He hires his vulgar slacker friend, a trashy girl, and a big guy who calls himself “The Captain”. The corporate stuff becomes more exposed to Paul as he and the team bond and start proving themselves. This is not a movie that I would have wanted to watch based on description or cover art. I’m pretty open about movies, but it just doesn’t grab me. The movie was pretty good though. There was the right about of cheese, right amount of drama, right amount fun to make it a worthwhile movie. I enjoyed the three consultants and Paul’s story with the company’s secretary. I understood what was going on with Paul having to hire the worst candidates, but I found myself losing interest during the corporate stuff. The good definitely outweighs the bad. At first I didn’t know what to make of Paul, but I ended up wanting to cheer him on by the end. The characters that were the consultants were all entertaining in their own right at different times. They also include a little pro wrestling. In all, it’s a pretty pleasant viewing. Solid B-.
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