Product: Office Space (1999)
Rating: 5.0
I Wouldn't Say I'm Missing It, Bob
Somehow this movie did not hit it big in the theaters, but that is more likely a result of poor marketing than the quality of the film. This movie is hilarious and should have been a huge commercial success.I don't even remember when this movie hit the theaters, but one day at the video store I heard a skateboard carrying teenager say to a fellow teen, "Dude, this movie is the funniest EVER! " Based on that ringing endorsement (and even more based on the fact that there were only about 3 DVD available that night) I grabbed it off the shelf. I had very low expectations. By the end of the first half hour, I wanted to call the teen and tell him to get a job as a movie reviewer. This movie is one of the funniest EVER. I laughed so hard at some scenes, I had to rewind (is is still called rewinding on DVD?) immediately to watch them again.Maybe it was the unknown cast (other than Jennifer Aniston), or the lack of faith the studio had in Mike Judge's ability to direct a live action movie, but this movie got very little publicity. What a mistake. Although low brow at times, I can't think of one person who will not laugh out loud at least five times during this movie. The cast is great and very funny. There are a few "big" names, like Aniston, Stephen Root, Steve Girardot and Diedrich Bader, but it is the "unknowns" who make this flick great. Ron Livingston is great as the dissatisfied employee who decides he is just not going to go to work anymore. Every player seems to have a funny line. And, as other reviewers have pointed out, this movie has some of the most quotable funny lines in movie history, which pushes this film up to its five star status.Get a copy of this movie and enjoy. It is one of the funniest ever, Dude.