Product: Office Space (1999)
Rating: 4.0
"A 4-star hilarious comedy from Mike Judge"
Office Space, starring Ron Livingston and Jennifer Aniston and directed by Mike Judge (the creator of Beavis and Butthead), is indeed a very funny comedy about work and how boring it could be. For a straight hour and a half you'll be treated to a pure helping of jokes, each which will succeed in making you laugh. With pure Beavis and Butthead humor, Mike Judge's comedy is a winner and deserves to be seen by all comedy fans. Featuring a good cast that includes Stephen Root and John C. McGinley, Office Space is a comedy that you must go out and rent now! Satisfaction guaranteed.Ron Livingston plays a character named Peter Gibbons, a computer guy who works at a company called Initech. He has eight bosses so every time he makes the smallest mistake, he is commented eight times. After several incidents, Peter becomes stressed and decides to go for therapy. When he comes out he decides not to go to work and start enjoying his life. He tries to spend more time with his girlfriend (Aniston, The Good Girl) and only comes to work to wreck stuff and play games on his computer. However, this attitude lands him a promotion and some of his partners get fired. Anxious for revenge, Peter and his partners decide to perform a scam to steal money from this computer company. Every time the company transfers money, they will get a fraction of every penny. However, instead of the fraction of a cent they're supposed to get, they wind up with over 350,000 dollars. Now, they must figure out away to get themselves out of this situation and not get Gibbons fired.I won't wreck the ending for you but this truly is a great comedy. The performances are satisying. Ron Livingston, who we don't see much these days, gives a very good performance as Peter and Jennifer Aniston provides us with a good performance as a waitress and Peter's girlfriend. John C. McGinley (starring now in the TV show Scrubs) gives a star-making performance as one of Peter's bosses and there are several cameos by people such as Orlando Jones. The movie is destined to become a comedy classic if people would just not miss it when passing the comedy section at the video store. Maybe it is a bit over-rated but you still got to see it. Mike Judge is simply a comedic genius. The only bad part about it is that it didn't go on. Comedy fans, this is a must for you.A satifying and hilarious comedy!Title: Office SpaceActors/Actresses: Ron Livingston, Jennifer Aniston, Stephen Root, John C. McGinley.Director: Mike JudgeRated R for scenes of strong language, crude and sexual humor, and brief nudity.