Product: Office Space (1999)
Rating: 5.0
Mike Judge Scores with NASCAR Analogy in the Workplace!
Ron Livingston stars as Jeff Gordon in this thinly-veiled homage to NASCAR's Winston Cup Series in the late 1990's. Against all odds, the young outsider finds a way to fit in and succeed in an environment wherein success is typically reserved for those who normally take a much more well-travelled path of self-induced pain and humiliation (IE, the Busch Grand National Series).>Also starring Jennifer Aniston as Brooke Gordon (who is obviously the Perfect Woman...who ELSE could look that good and share an affinity for the 1970's classic TV show "Kung Fu") and Diedrich Bader, who in all his mullet-headed glory plays the working class "everyman" representing NASCAR's collective "true roots" fanbase who learns to accept (and even work side by side with) Livingston's self-actualized hero by the end of the production...this movie cleverly presents to those not normally inclined to follow Winston Cup auto racing the intricacies and complexities of a typical race season from Daytona in February to Atlanta (most years) in November.>Of course this is all complete nonsense...but reviews that claim this movie was based on the reviewer's own 9-to-5 gig are hopelessly passe' by now. Understand simply that this is an extremely funny movie. "Beavis & Butthead" may have made a name for Mike Judge before this came along, but if there's any justice at all in this world, Judge will be remembered for this movie...and Tony Stewart will be kicked out of Joe Gibbs Racing in time for the 2002 NASCAR season.