Office Space (1999) Movie Info
| Field | Details |
|---|---|
| Movie Name | Office Space (1999) |
| Director | Mike Judge |
| Screenplay Writer | Mike Judge |
| Based on Novel by | — (Based on Mike Judge’s animated shorts featuring Milton) |
| Lead Actors | Ron Livingston, Jennifer Aniston, David Herman |
| Cast | Ron Livingston, Jennifer Aniston, David Herman, Ajay Naidu, Diedrich Bader, Stephen Root, Gary Cole, Richard Riehle, John C. McGinley |
| Genre | Comedy |
| Release Date | February 19, 1999 (United States) |
| Duration | 1h 29m (89 minutes) |
| Budget | ~$10 million |
| Language | English |
| Country | United States |
| Box Office (Worldwide) | ~$12.2 million |
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Summary
Three disaffected white collar drones despise their office jobs. Fed up with layoffs, consultants and general corporate thing, they decide to rebel against their obnoxious boss and company.
Review
A timeless classic for everyone who has experienced a corporate environment, Office Space addresses pretty much every annoying thing about working life in surprisingly creative fashion. Everyone will find something in this movie about which they can relate. Whether it’s the smarmy boss, Bill Lumbergh (Cole), the mumbling and socially awkward number cruncher, Milton Waddams (Root) or the damn copy machine and its paper jams that strikes a chord with you, don’t be surprised to find yourself quoting some of the film’s memorable lines for months.
In the living hell that director Mike Judge portrays, cubicle slave Peter Gibbons (Livingston) finally snaps and decides to turn his life around. After finally asking out waitress Joanna (Aniston), he proclaims that he is fed up with work and will simply stop going. Surprisingly (or not), this plan eventually lands him a promotion! Meanwhile, co-workers Michael Bolton and Samir are laid off after the company brings in a pair of management “consultants” (both named Bob) to assess its personel. The trio plots revenge via an embezzlement scam that will allow them to steal Initech’s money a little at a time and retire early.
The central characters and storyline are both highly amusing, certainly enough to carry the film. The little things, however, set Office Space apart from other comedies. Everything about the film the bit characters (Peter’s neighbor Lawrence, therapist Dr. Swanson, the “oh-facing” guy at the office, Drew), the cookie-cutter scenery, even the soundtrack full of hard core rap subtly blends into a masterful social commentary on modern American life that’s also laugh out loud funny. Most of us have felt disillusionment at some point. Here we see this complex emotion dealt with in a hilarious, true to life way. There are very few movies like it.
There are more memorable Office Space quotes than I could even hope to recall in this small space. That said, I’m going to have to go ahead and give this one a 5/5.
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