Josh Brown
I caught this movie on IFC one day and decided to watch it because of the cast. Matt Dillon, Christina Applegate, and Steve Zahn make a great team! A few minutes into it and I was wondering why this movie wasn't more popular.David Walsh (Dillon) has it all. The job, a sweet car, a new house, and a beautiful fiancé (Applegate). But, in one day, he loses it all. As it turns out, everything happens for a reason.I don't want to say anymore as I think you will enjoy all the twists and turns, which don't stop until the credits start rolling. Even then, you should keep watching. It gets all tied up a little too neatly but the movie is definitely entertaining.This movie is a good example of why it is a good idea to check out independent films once in a while. Even if you've never heard of the movie, it could turn into an instant favorite as this one has to me. So please enjoy this movie and support independent films!
merklekranz
I watched it all the way through, even the credits which keep rolling plot twist clarifications. The entire film is like an unwrapped package that suddenly is supposedly tied together in the last 10 minutes. What precedes the hectic, quite unbelievable, conclusion, is sort of an offensive comedy-romance. Then, suddenly the movie transforms into a convoluted crime caper. This leaves the viewer feeling manipulated and quite confused. Rarely do you see a film spiral out of control so badly. If Matt Dillon had simply put a bullet in his head and the screen fade to dark, it would have provided a more satisfying ending. - MERK
iaretehwinnerguy
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.
Claudio Carvalho
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")
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