Product: Office Space (1999)
Rating: 5.0
A straight shooter with upper management potential.
This is one of those quirky, highly quotable films that even if it's not great cinema, it holds up to repeated viewings much better than most. In other words, a cult classic. If you've ever been bored out of your mind at work, annoyed by chirpy co-workers, patronized by an idiotic boss, frustrated by office machinery or just plain not interested in going to work, you're eligible for membership in the cult. Yes, there are some flaws. The plot is inconsistent and the ending is too predictable. But these are minor quibbles. There are so many scenes that are perfect jewels of comedy that you can forgive this film any little lapses. The acting is uniformly great, and I think we can all agree that we need to see a lot more of Ron Livingston. My personal favorite scene is his meeting with the consultants, but there are so many to chose from that it's really not fair to select just one. Buy the DVD because you're going to be watching this movie again and again.