Product: Office Space (1999)
Rating: 1.0
Office (Waste of shelf) Space
Weak Weak Weak. I was absolutely flabbergasted at the rave reviews this movie has received on the internet. Are we really that desparate for entertaiment? For those of you thinking about renting or buying this piece of trash, let me clue you in. Here's the plot (unbelievable and stupid as it is) in a nutshell: A guy and his pals get fed up with their redundant jobs. (Who hasn't felt that way?) The company decides to downsize, and calls the employees into the office one by one to (SUPPOSEDLY) evaluate their value to the company. So our hero goes in, admits that he does NOTHING, and (hold onto your hats) gets A PROMOTION. And his father-in-law isn't the big boss (note sarcasm.) Is there such a company on the face of the entire PLANET? If so, let me know, I want to work (or not work, rather) for them! There is a scene in this movie where he has went to see a hypnotherapist to instill some confidence in himself, and the therapist dies right there in the office, BEFORE HE CAN EVEN PLANT ANY SUBLIMINAL POSITVES INTO THE GUY"S THICK SKULL! This "Session" supposedly gave him confidence in himself! Then our hero hardly ever comes into work anymore, and isn't even reprimanded, not to mention fired. Our heroes (3 of them) decide to embezzle money from their (very generous) company. The thing backfires as they have stolen way too much money too soon, and most of the rest of the movie consists of these three idiots running around in a panic. The ending (I'll not give it away, some poor entertainment- starved people might actually get one chuckle from this total waste) is stupid, thrown together, an afterthought. Moronic. No, it's beyond moronic, it's Sub-Moronic. I bought this phlegm-wad of a tape based soley on the rave reviews I read about it. PLEASE don't make the same mistake. Funniest movie ever made? Don't make me laugh, the movie certainly didn't!