Product: Office Space (1999)
Rating: 5.0
You'll watch it over and over and laugh more each time...
I gave this tape away as Christmas presents and bought a copy for myself, as well.First time I saw it, I had hit play on the VCR not knowing this movie (Office Space) was in the machine. (it was my daughter's rental - I'd never heard of it)The opening scene is a traffic jam where an old man on a walker (beside the roadway) is making more forward progress than Peter (Ron Livingston) in his little Toyota. You *feel* his pain...That is how Peter's day begins.From there, we go to problems with "The Memo" and the cover page for the inter-office report and of course, some copy machine issues and on and on. (the copy machine does finally get what it *richly* deserves)The whole scene about "the red stapler" is just classic comedy. One of the top 10 funniest scenes in cinematic history.However, the drywall installer (played by Diedrich Bader) steals the show. Peter asks him "What would you do if somebody told you 'I think someone has a case of the Mondays?'" to which the drywaller gives a fair, honest and accurate answer. HILARIOUS!This is comedy.There are many wordy-dirds throughout the flick, but if you can get past those, you have a hilarious movie.In our own family, the classic lines of "Office Space" have become part of our own vernacular...such as "What's Happening?" and "I was told I could play my radio..."We *loved* this movie. This is too good to rent. You'll need your own copy to watch again and again.In summary - it is intelligent, subtle and thoughtful humor. Looks like it was written by someone who has quite an understanding of life in the cubicle, because the whole flick has MANY elements of truth!