Office Space

I missed seeing this one way back and rediscovered it on youtude when a work-internet sort of company was using some to the cast to recreate scenes of the movie for their Web-Collaboration Tele-Work product (extremely funny ads by the way).

Cool rap score also. Great movie.

i suspect everyone can relate to the dynamics in this movie. There were a few times i found myself saying Oh no he dinnint! LOL This movie is a keeper.

Everything you want it to be.

After a breif run at the theaters, Office Space has found a renewed and vibrant life on video tape. It seems that everyone I talk to -- no matter what their age, background, or current job -- considers this film to be a personal favorite, a film that they can especially relate to. The reasons are pretty obvious. Everyone hates their job. Everyone feels that theyre working for idiots who fail to understand just how special and unique their neglected employees truly are. This is something that we all have in common, whether we work for a retail chain or a fortune 500 company. This is also a feeling that Office Space manages to perfectly capture. Taking place in Houston in waning days of the 20th Century, Office Space stars Ron Livingston as an affable computer programmer who has found himself stuck in a dead end job that requires him to spend countless hours looking over a code to make sure that various computers are Y2K compliant. Its a job that makes little sense to him but one that hes expected to devote his life to. His coworkers are all incredibly (and realistically) annoying. Who hasnt had to deal with someone like the Looks Like Somebodys Got a Case of the Mondays! woman? His bosss (a hilarious Gary Cole) blandly friendly manner brings new meaning to the term corporate evil, while over in the next cubicle, pasty-faced Milton (Stephen Root, also hilarious) mutters about burning down the building. Finally fed up, Livington first seeks help from a hypnotherapist, pursues a relationship with a waitress (Jennifer Anniston who is sweetly likeable here but doesnt have much to do) at a generic Chilis-like establishment, and finally engages in a plan to embezzle money from the company. Obviously, the plot is a little bit ragged and at times, it seems as if director Mike Judge and his actors made up the plot as they went along. But no matter, the films quality is not to be found in the plot as much as in how it captures the small, realistic details that makes everyone hate their job. From the pointless memos to the corporate stooges, Office Space captures them all and sends them up in such a savagely hilarious way that the film serves as a wonderful catharsis for anyone whose just finished a hard day at work. Office workers will especially appreciate the scene in which Livingston and two recently laid off co-workers take revenge on an irksome xerox machine. (If not for the fact that children might be reading this review, Id quote the rap song that plays over this scene but lets just say that its impossible not to cheer as our workers get their revenge.) Judge, best known as the creator of Beavis and Butthead, directs in an offhand, almost casual manner. Theres a relaxed air about the whole affair and you get the feeling that everyone involved in the film was having a good time. Luckily, the feeling is infectous. The film is also well-acted by everyone involved. Along with Cole, Aniston, and Root, good supporting work is given by Deidrich Bader who plays Livingstons redneck neighbor. Ron Livingston is the perfect everyman lead for this film and gives a totally winning and likeable performance. With its portrait of mindless office jobs, Ikea-furnished apartments, and overly intelligent people struggling to find some way to establish some sort of individual identity in a corporate culture, Office Space at times plays like the gentler, slightly more juvenile cousin of Fight Club. Whereas Fight Club battled modern culture through violence, Office Space battles modern culture through practical jokes and whoppee cushions. Both films are must sees for anyone who has ever hated having to make a living.

I watched this movie in high school and thought it was pretty funny. Then I graduated college and started working that cube life. Watched this movie again and got a whole brand new perception on it. Not only hysterically funny, this movie is the most relatable movie I have ever seen. A+ script and A+ acting. Not to mention it has Jenny Aniston in her prime so it is worth watching just for that. I wont say it made me re-evaluate my life, buuuut every time I hear damn it feels good to be a gangsta I get the urge to smash the printer at my office.

I just love this film and as I get older I like it more and more. Even though I havent worked in the USA for years and years, the years I have I can so relate to this film. When it first came out I loved it and now I use words like genius to describe it. Captures both the cooperate culture and chain restaurant industry so well its almost scary. The story follows a group of people working at the lower corporate level a tech firm in the 90s. I just so happened to work for tech firms in the 90s and although all of them werent like this, the majority were. But as long as you have worked at any business in the corporate office level you will get a kick out of this film. It covers all the normal office politics, annoying office mates, type A personalities, horrible upper management, worker bees and everyone else you will find in this environment. The main characters are a low lever programmer and his work mates. The main antagonist is of course the boss and his minions but its more a statement of a man exploring his place in life and where he really would like to be. And surprisingly his desire is not to be rich and powerful but just in a position to enjoy life at his own pace. There is also a peripheral character who works as a waitress at a chain restaurant similar to TGI Fridays or Applebees. Anyone who has ever worked in the restaurant industry will really appreciate this story line and the truths it reveals through her tormentuous struggle. Just brilliant! Also, I have to comment briefly on this version the Bluray, with Flair edition. Even a film of this calibre benefits from such a beautiful picture. They did a very nice transfer. I am not one of those people who like the commentary on most of these types of things but Mike Judge and the rest of the cast did a nice modern update for this edition and it was neither too long or self promoting. I really enjoyed it. And lastly, the deleted scenes were really funny! Great Friday night film. Get some good snacks, some beers and prepare to laugh and cringe!

Work sucks and if youve had such a thought or unhappiness at work, it is your duty to see this movie. It just might give you the inspiration you need to do something that doesnt suck your life away, killing you an hour at a time. Update: First watched in 99, and again randomly over the years, and now in 2021. It holds up and is still a great movie.

I love this movie, very funny cult classic

There are two types of people in this world. People who like this movie. And people whose last name is “lumberg”