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Generation X falls into the mold. The back cover blurb of this video describes it as a "smart and wry Working Girl for a postmodern world"--but let's be clear. Actually, sisters Jill and Karen ...( read more 
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MCT:September 10, 2008This was the best movie that I have ever seen I can relate to every thing in it and I would watch it again and again
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MCT:January 6, 2008If you have ever been a Temp worker before then this movie is for you. This movie really captures the horrible aspects of being a Temp. There are some funny parts in this movie but also some very serious ones. It deals with work relationships very realistically.
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MCT:August 8, 2007
Life as a temp is rough, but then friends in the workplace are dogs. Butthis movie made me want to become a clockwatcher or become permanently employed...
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MCT:July 11, 2007This is a story about some 20 somethings types that work in a doll droll office, and the office experiences that they each encounter, THe stand out in this film is Toni Collette.
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MCT:May 19, 2007
What starts as a kind of Nine to Five comedy about a group of young women temping at a credit company, evolves into a rather dark, frustrating, realistic and somewhat depressing dramedy.
Iris (Toni Collette) is the newest temp recruit at a credit company where the key is to "look like you're busy". Incredibly shy, somewhat insecure and lonely Iris is soon befriended by three fellow tempers (Parker Posey, Lisa Kudrow and Alanna Ubach) who welcome her into their world of boredom, under-appreciation and aspiring dreams unfulfilled or out of reach. The catalyst for their friendship becoming stronger before ultimately falling apart is the arrival of a new office assistant and a subsequent string of thefts of everything from stationery to personal diaries. As suspicious eyes turn to the temps ("it's them and us"), it isn't long before bitterness and resentment break out, and things are never the same again.
Despite the truly terrible, 80's looking DVD cover which inaccurately suggests a kooky office comedy, this is actually quite a bleak look at friendship and office politics, and is powerful stuff in parts. Toni Collette, as narrator and lead player, is truly excellent and has a way of portraying inner thoughts not spoken that is quite unique. As the film enters its second phase, you can see her think through possibilities and suspicions and, though the transformation of character she promises in voiceover at the start isn't (thankfully) completely fulfilled, her depiciton of Iris remains compelling throughout. Parker Posey provides excellent support, and has a heartbreaking and frustratingly real scene when her friends seemingly abandon her.
A very cheap and plainly looking film (though that's probably half the point), Clockwatchers doesn't have enough of a satisfactory conclusion to make this entirely successful, but still remains a film you shouldn't judge by its tacky cover.
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MCT:January 22, 2007
I wouldn't mind working at a brain-numbing office as long as I had Parker Posey in the next cubicle.
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MCT:January 4, 2007A must for Parker Posey fans. Speaks to those stuck in dead end office jobs (he cries whilst sitting at his office desk watching the time slowly tick by)...
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