Workplace comedy offers broad laughs
“Take This Job and Shove It” mixes comedy, drama, good ol’ boy hijinks and plenty of country music into a satirical look at a corporate conglomerate’s takeover of a struggling Iowa brewery. Robert Hays (“Airplane!”) stars as a slick, big-city executive and Barbara Hershey (“Hannah and Her Sisters”) co-stars as an empathetic hometown girl.<br /><br />Frank Macklin (Hays) is assigned by boss Samuel Ellison (Eddie Albert) to go to the Star Brewery to shake things up, improve efficiency, and maximize profits. He’s to report directly to Dick Ebersol (Martin Mull) at the home office. Frank gets a cold reception initially until he informs the workers that the brewery is losing money and they may lose their jobs. The challenge for Frank is twofold. Because the brewery is located in his hometown, he has to balance his old relationships with the workers against their antagonism toward changing their long-established but inefficient routines.<br /><br />Frank’s old friends Harry (David Keith) and Ray (Tim Thomerson), employees of the brewery, don’t make things easy for him. They assume Frank will take it easy on the workers and pick up their roughhouse joking as if everything is the same as in their younger, wilder days. But Frank is serious. His promotion in the company depends on the success of this assignment. This causes resentments and even hostility from the workers.<br /><br />Director Gus Taikonis includes two scenes that veer from the main story and throw off the balance of the movie. One is a truck race that ends with everyone sliding and cavorting in mud, and the other is an impromptu football game in a barroom that causes considerable destruction yet is presented as guys just blowing off steam. The scenes offer action but resort to low comedy to elicit laughs and digress from the main story line.<br /><br />Barry Schneider’s screenplay mixes blue-collar pranks and good-natured mischief with Frank’s attempts to achieve his goal despite obstacles from both corporate headquarters and the townsfolk, and a bit of love interest is tossed in between Frank and former girlfriend J.M. (Hershey). The film is served greatly by country music performances seen and heard throughout, which provide a sweet, down home feel to the proceedings.<br /><br />Inspired by the Johnny Paycheck song of the same name, “Take This Job and Shove It” is funny in obvious slapstick ways but never achieves the level of cleverness. We know how things will work out despite a few twists along the way. Hays is very good as the likable, non-confrontational outsider who is also an insider. While he is sympathetic to the brewery workers, he nonetheless must force them to face realities that could destroy their livelihoods.<br /><br />Keith and Thomerson as Frank’s one-time buddies provide most of the film’s energy. When they’re on screen, the film is at its best. They have their characters down pat and embody fun loving, beer drinking, living-from-one-paycheck-to-the-next, good-hearted cut-ups. Rather than treat them as joke machines, Schneider’s script humanizes them. Keith’s Harry is seen at home worrying about what will happen to his family if he loses his job.<br /><br />Bonus materials on the Blu-ray release include an image gallery and theatrical trailers.<br /><br />“Take This Job and Shove It” was not successful in theaters when first released in 1981, but became popular on cable TV. Hays does a good job as the main character, and the assortment of colorful types gives the movie a needed lift to shore up a simple plot. It’s a breezy, easygoing picture with just the right amount of conflict.
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Here is a brief synopsis of the title : Wacky comedy, based on the hit song by Johnny Paycheck, stars Robert Hays as Frank Macklin, an executive sent to his small hometown to restructure the financially strapped local brewery. Frank soon finds himself caught in the middle between the employees-many of whom are his old buddies-and the conglomerate he works for. Can he get the suds flowing and save everyone's jobs? With Art Carney, Barbara Hershey, David Keith, Martin Mull, Tim Thomerson. 100 min. Widescreen; Soundtrack: English; Subtitles: English; photo gallery; theatrical trailer..