Product: Office Space (1999)
Rating: 4.0
Best use of a soundtrack that I can remember
All of the preceding reviews were very true to the film but left one thing out - the soundtrack. The idea of a hardcore rap soundtrack for a film about a bunch of white people working in an office would seem ridiculous, but I've rarely seen a better use of songs during a movie. Right from the start, with Michael Bolton singing along to gangsta rap in his car, the soundtrack was an integral part of the film, rather than a few songs heard in the background during street scenes so they could be included on an album. I actually was so impressed with the use of music in the film that I didn't catch some of the subtler humor until I watched it a second time. I'll never get over the perfect joining of the slow motion action on screen during the execution of the scam, with the song 'it feels good to be a gangsta' being played over it. It was genius.