Corporate Animals

A miserable time in poor company.

[P]oor Demi Moore - playing the self-centered CEO of a failing company - comes off as stiff and shrill, setting the tone for a movie that's stilted from start to finish.

It's good to have Demi Moore making a comeback after a prolonged absence from the screen, but not in a load of unmitigated crap called Corporate Animals.

The worst episode of "The Office" ever.

If what you're looking for are vulgar cartoons based on facile social stereotypes being awful to each other, "Corporate Animals" will fill the bill.

Even at a brisk 86 minutes, this feels like an awfully long meeting-and if the filmmakers really recognize that sensation, their movie doesn't show it.

Brice and company get too tied up in the character comedy for Corporate Animals to work as a satire, and the televisual filmmaking isn’t helped by a plotline that could have been a single episode of The Office.

Director Patrick Brice's film presents itself as a comedy and you might be of the mindset that there should be enough talent there to raise a few laughs. It doesn't.

If you're going to do deadpan humor, don't explain every joke. If you're going to do an ensemble piece, maybe don't have twice as many people as you need.

Overall, Corporate Animals suffers from an imbalance of predictability and creativity. It has some hilarious moments but ultimately, it feels like a missed opportunity.