Product: Office Space (1999)
Rating: 4.0
I lived it...
Office Space will appeal to almost anybody who has worked in the corporate world. Pretty much everyone who has had to work in a cubicle will find something they can identify with in this film. Office Space uncannily recreates and satirizes situations most of us have had on the job, whether it is the ominous threat of a reduction in force, listening to corporate gobbledygook or dealing with a smarmy jerk of a boss.The difference between those of us in the real world and Ron Livingston's character is that he loses all cares about his hated job and actually strikes back at the corporate powers that be. As such, the first half of this film is absolutely hilarious. We vicariously live out our dreams to smash the jam-prone printer, knock out a cubicle wall, and skip work for a day of fishing. Fortifying the movie are quirky supporting characters - a white computer geek who listens to gangsta rap, a perpetually cheery temp, a mumbling weirdo, and so forth.The movie does begin to drag a bit during the second half, as the story moves away from office rebellion, to a floundering embezzlement scheme. Nevertheless, this movie has something for almost everybody who has worked in the rat race, and is just the right thing to watch after a bad day at work. Mmmmmm, yeah.