Product: Office Space (1999)
Rating: 3.0
It's Really Good..huh,huh..yeah, good..he..he
Don't get me wrong. I really want to like this film, but it doesn't pass one age old measurement of quality. I would not pay $7.50 to see this at a theater. $4.50 matinee, yes. Rental; yes. Purchase. Not unless I found it for under $8.00.I have a great deal of respect for Mike Judge. I loved Beavis & Butthead; and got caught up in the whole Hank Hill propane and propane accessories saga. And this film is great in a cartoon reality sort of way. Milton is fantastic (Stephen Root is incredibly versatile); a great caricature of the scary guy cowering in the corner of his cubicle clutching a CLASSIC Swingline stapler.But it's not really a film about people; per se (sp?). It's really a bunch of funny situations with one liners you always wanted to say. And Mr. Judge can always pick up colloquialisms that define his characters. The a-hole VP who says, "Why don't you go ahead and..." or talks about exchanging ideas and brainstorming and filling in and interface and networking and network solutions and a solution outside the box and pushing the envelope and...You get the idea. And our protagonist is a GenX slacker who dreams of doing nothing. Not that interesting, and even when he attempts to bring down the company, he's still kinda boring. And he's dating Jennifer Aniston, who plays a character so innocuous that you feel like you're watching her subconsciously.Add two pals and coworkers; a wannabe Beck "loser" computer geek and a "foreign", overexcited computer geek, and what do you have? A really good cartoon. Even better than Dilbert.So, all in all, this is a funny film; especially if you watch it for free. It'll probably be on Fox next year.