I watched this because of the indie hype it received.... What a bomb! Oddly enough, it reminded me of "The Devil Wears Prada," which, in comparison, is so much better than this! At least, in "Prada," we see a developing arc in Andy's character--from condescension to mania to dismissal. In this flick, the "assistant" is disgruntled & jaded from her pre-dawn start to her day to the very end. Her character remains static like an EKG flatline from beginning to end. And what should have been a dramatic clincher in the film--her confession to Human Resources about her boss--ends up being (justifiably) hearsay, thereby muting the very real toxic environment that her character is supposed to be revealing! In being so disappointing, it became also very annoying.
Review of The Assistant
