One of my all time favorite movies ever. I've watched it 3 or 4 times this summer alone. The cast is perfect, and the mix of action, comedy, suspense, drama, etc. is amazing. Steve Zahn is brilliant. Everyone time he shows up in the movie, laughs happen. He is hilarious throughout the entire movie. His humor is completely off the wall, and he almost doesn't even fit into the movie at all, yet fits perfectly. Matt Dillon is so laid back and cool throughout most of the movie, and you almost forget that he doesn't really have a scar in the real life until half way through the movie. The rest of the cast do their jobs perfectly. The entire movie takes a turn equal to Fight Club in my eyes. Even my friend who figures out EVERY movie 30 minutes in, never saw that coming. Then it turns on you again, then you think you know whats going to happen next. Then it doesn't happen, and then it does. Every single performance is right on, the music is perfect, and the miscellaneous humor is spot on. I think the best part, is that almost everything about the movie is given to you up front, you just have absolutely no idea.

I really enjoyed this movie, although initially I was thinking, "What am I doing watching this?" Certainly had some funny moments, but I don't know that I'd have marketed it as a comedy.It's a bit like Wildthings (another movie featuring Matt Dillon) with all the twists and turns that get revealed and certainly doesn't play out the way you think or suspect it will.In terms of the characters and actors- Matt Dillon- played his character well. As I said though, it was very much along the lines of Wildthings in terms of concept.Steve Zahn- didn't recognize him at first! By the end of the movie, he was really annoying me! It needed a character to do the things he did for the plot, but did it have to be such an annoying character? Christina Applegate- another one I didn't recognize. Played her character really well. Just can't get the Married With Children image out of my mind! Andrea Bendewald- maybe I was distracted by her good looks, but I didn't initially pick up on where she fitted into the plot. All was revealed though! (You'll need to watch the movie) David Pasquesi- I'm sure every workplace has an employee like this! Gees he deserved what he had coming....!

Damn nice little surprise this one was! The little prologue sequence, with Matt Dillon's witty voice-over, lead me to believe that the movie indeed would have a sharp edge to it. Then the viewer gets transported to events that happened 36 hours earlier, and you start watching a mild comedy, easy-going with a touch of romance even. But after 15 minutes, Matt Dillon's character gets fired from his job as a bank manager, and things start going down-hill rapidly from there on for the poor dude.The movie just keeps on getting nuttier with every scene. Some of the humor is gross and rude (especially when it's coming from Dillon's dubious life-long buddy Jack, played by a pretty hilarious Steve Zahn), but it's in perfect balance with the sad and extremely funny events that happen to David (Matt Dillon's Character). Chistina Applegate is in it too, as David's girlfriend (I didn't even recognize her at first, even though she still looks beautiful as ever), and you should wait until you see what she comes up with, totally unexpected.Both the cinematography and editing are slick and modern-looking. Lots of nice little tricks in the editing department (speed-up sequences and sudden freeze-frames), but they are never too dominant and remain pleasant eye-candy (if you fancy those kind of techniques, which I do). It all adds up to a smooth look and a fast pace. In a movie like EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH, that dresses itself mildly hip, a good soundtrack is as equally important. And this movie delivers on that. A decent rock/electro soundtrack, and even better: Most of that music seems to be composed especially for this movie. So they didn't go and got some bands to be featured on the soundtrack, but most of this type of music on the soundtrack is instrumental, contemporary and suites the film well.Without spoiling anything, I might add that this movie will have quite some surprises in store for the viewer in the third act. Indeed, it all seems to lead up to that moment where David will snap and go nuts. As much as it is fun to anticipate on when that moment will be, I was very much surprised that there is more to it. Which left me with a satisfied feeling after I was finished watching this movie.This movie confirmed something I know already: I love Matt Dillon. I love witty, clever, fast-paced and good-looking indie-flicks. Hence, EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH is a winner!

David Walsh (Matt Dillon) has a perfect life: a gorgeous fiancée, Sarah Goodwin (Christina Applegate); a beautiful house; a fancy car; a job of manager in a bank. On the day he expects to be elected "The Employee of the Month", he is fired; Sarah finds that he had an affair with his colleague Wendy (Andrea Bendwald) and calls off their engagement; and a hooker sent by his friend Jack (Steve Zahn) to stay with him in a motel steals his car. On the next day, in his farewell, there is a heist in the bank and he is abducted. But his fate before reaching Nirvana has not finished yet.While watching "Employee of the Month", I was feeling the story very unpleasant, mostly because of the disgusting character of Jack, and also because of the jinx of David. But suddenly, the story twists with an outrageous and surprising plot point, becoming the perfect bad day of David a masterpiece of black comedy. When I first saw Matt Dillon partially burnt in the beginning of the movie, I believed the actor had had some accident, and only later it was disclosed that the scars were part of his character. The unknown Andrea Bendwald is really a very beautiful woman and has an important participation in the conclusion of the story, inclusive along the credits. My vote is seven.Title (Brazil): "O Dia Perfeito" ("The Perfect Day")