'Office Christmas Party' Clips: Lying, Fighting, and 'Gone-Girling'
Josh Gordon and Will Speck must see Jason Bateman and Jennifer Aniston as a match made in comedy heaven, given that the directing team cast the co-stars of their previous big-screen release, 2010’s The Switch, in Office Christmas Party, their first one since. And while a trio of new clips (watch them below) may spoil some of the upcoming film’s choice surprises, they do give us a taste of what’s in store: a collection of very funny people behaving in incredibly moronic ways.
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The three scenes help lay out the basic premise of the film: A company boss (Aniston) is set to close a local branch run by her brother (Silicon Valley’s T.J. Miller) and his CTO (Bateman). To prevent that from happening, Miller’s doofus arranges a giant Christmas party that, he believes, will allow him to successfully woo a coveted client for a big contract and, in turn, save the branch from termination — a scenario that apparently will lead to all sorts of insanity involving Kate McKinnon, Olivia Munn, Courtney B. Vance, Jillian Bell, Vanessa Bayer, and Rob Corddry, among others.
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If nothing else, Office Christmas Party will finally give Miller a spotlight vehicle for his particular brand of arrogant-doofus ridiculousness. And with so many other hilarious players involved, there’s hope Gordon and Speck’s latest will bring some raucous R-rated cheer to multiplexes when it opens on Dec. 9.
‘Office Christmas Party’: Watch a trailer:
