Product: Office Space (1999)
Rating: 3.0
Warning: If You Like Michael Bolton, You Won`t Like This
A pleasant and witty surprise, "Office Space" is an offbeat and enticing comedy that presents a glimpse into the boring, dull and predictable corporate world. This movie wisely focuses the tedious and mundane situations that occur in multiple offices today, delivering an amusing and realistic cast of characters.Ron Livingston plays the average mid-twenties guy who suddently gets terribly bored with his job and decides it`s time to call it it quits. This event will lead to some funny and interesting situations, making for an entertaining and true-to-life (even if a bit cartoonish) cinematic experience. Director Mike Judge, whose previous work includes MTV`s "Beavis and Butthead", knows how to create a clever and intelligent movie with a lot of dead-on observations about the daily and mundane routines.Although "Office Space" displays a certain low-budget feel, the acting is very convincing and the characters are quite an achievement. Sure, this film hasn`t great camera tricks, a stunning photography or a superb soundrack, still it works well and stands as an above-average comedy. The comical approach is low-key, delivering subtle and ironic observations and avoiding the typical and predictable slapstick tendencies that are presented in most comedies today. It also shares a couple of similarities with the famous comic strip (and TV series) "Dilbert", where one`s job is boring as hell.Generates some genuine laughs.