Office Space

Come on, it’s Office Space… can’t go wrong.

Have this as an inside joke present and she loved it!

Seen it more than once I love it

Fall down, laugh out loud funny and too close to real life. From the daily commute to life in the cube farms prairie dogging, the worthless paper pushing boss, and the G.D. printer that shows a paper jam when there IS NO PAPER JAM!!!. Oh my DOG, this is funny and is worthy of its cult movie status, but is a stand alone masterpiece of hilarity! . Dietrich Bader is such an understated actor and is a hoot in this one. Even Jennifer Aniston is funny with her fight over her mandatory pieces of flair. Once seen, youll find yourself watching it many times, just because youll see little pieces of your won life being portrayed in it and wander how they managed to get a camera in your workspace and see what it is you go through every day. You will know Bill TPS Report cover sheet required...yeah...Lumberg, Milton Waddams ( I believe you have my red stapler...the statement that forced Swingline to make an actual fire engine red stapler...THE POWER OF A MOVIE!!! WOW!!!) Thank you Mike, King of the Hill/Bevis and Butthead, Judge for this great bit of fun! GET THIS MOVIE!

Hands down the greatest piece of satire of all time for the modern working class.

This has to be one of my favorite movies of all time. I think anyone who has ever worked in an office will identify with all of the characters. There are days when I feel that the lead character played by Ron Livingston was based on my life. I must be having a case of the Mondays I used to work with a guy who insisted on only using his personal antique stapler. If anyone ever finds a hypnotist that can zap me into not knowing I went to work - please find me. Until then, I will continue to arrive late to work, enter through the back door, zone out for an hour pretending to work, and get an actual fifteen minutes of work done every day. This movie gets funnier every time. Everyone who commutes to work, especially in California, will also identify with the traffic scenes. After seein the movie, I can now at least smile a little thinking about how funny everyday, mundane life can really be.

I recently rewatched this movie as an adult, and I found that I related to an alarming number of the cliches! Anyone who works in an office should be able to recognize most of the elements in this kind of film, and it presents those elements in such an entertaining way that it provides a sense of catharsis to those same office workers. I know I sure have days where Id love to take a baseball bat to malfunctioning printers, and Im not even a violent guy... Anyway, its a fun film thats very well made, with a great cast that consistently pulls off their roles impeccably. I highly recommend it, whether you relate to the subject matter or not!

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.

For anyone whos worked in an office ... and especially in tech.

Such a classic!!