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Jennifer Aniston, Ron Livingston, Gary Cole, Stephen Root, David Herman

Peter Gibbons is computer programmer who at the ripe old age of 28 is having a mid-life crisis. Unable to endure another moment of the mind-numbing routine and petty annoyances that assault him day af...( read more  read more... )ter day, Peter and some equally frustrated colleagues hatch a plot which could lead to a very lucrative and early retirement.

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R, 1 hr. 30 min.

Directed by: Mike Judge

Release Date: February 19, 1999

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DVD Release Date: August 31, 1999

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  • allan913
    October 3, 2009
    allan913
    A smart, savage and original comedy. An outragious, gut-busting and flat-out funny movie from start to finish. A sharp, well-written and clever movie. A wildly hilarious flick that is so much fun to watch even right after its just as fun. Ron Livingston, Ajay Naidu and David Her...( read more)man are outragiously wonderful together, brining great chemistry and laughs
  • SirPant
    September 25, 2009
    SirPant
    This is a great comedy, made well before 'The Office' and much funnier!
  • organgrinder136
    March 6, 2009
    organgrinder136
    started off so promisingly... until you think it's just about to promise a huge joke... and nothing comes of it... just more little ones! it's originality is key. still a well made film despite some faults. mind... it's a few days later now and i'm still thinking about it so it h...( read more)as affected me. i think it's the philosophical side i'm hooked to
  • DrZeek
    February 1, 2009
    DrZeek
    Peter Gibbons: So I was sitting in my cubicle today, and I realized, ever since I started working, every single day of my life has been worse than the day before it. So that means that every single day that you see me, that's on the worst day of my life.
    Dr. Swanson: What about t...( read more)oday? Is today the worst day of your life?
    Peter Gibbons: Yeah.
    Dr. Swanson: Wow, that's messed up.

    A very funny movie that provides both a true and hilarious look into an office environment. While the eventual plot that centers the film is just ok, its the characters that truly make this film work.

    Ron Livingston is awesome as Peter. A nice enough guy being destroyed daily by his job. It is a mundane office job full of annoying people, sounds, and activities. The best example are his bosses, namely Lumbergh, played great by Gary Cole, who has a horrible delivery to all situations that is both hilarious and irritating.

    Peter Gibbons: The thing is, Bob, it's not that I'm lazy, it's that I just don't care.
    Bob Porter: Don't... don't care?
    Peter Gibbons: It's a problem of motivation, all right? Now if I work my ass off and Initech ships a few extra units, I don't see another dime; so where's the motivation? And here's something else, Bob, I have eight different bosses right now.
    Bob Slydell: I beg your pardon?
    Peter Gibbons: Eight bosses.
    Bob Slydell: Eight?
    Peter Gibbons: Eight, Bob. So that means that when I make a mistake, I have eight different people coming by to tell me about it. That's my only real motivation is not to be hassled; that, and the fear of losing my job. But you know, Bob, that will only make someone work just hard enough not to get fired.

    The story sort of surrounds Peter and how he is hypnotized into just not caring about work anymore. This causes him to do what makes him happy, basically upsetting the social order of the office. It couldn't comes at a better time however though, because consultants have come to the office to make some layoffs, but see perfect potential in Peter for higher employment.

    These are just simple plot points though, the movie also features a number of supporting players all working in the office, with some dealing with simple stuff such as fax paper jams and others holding onto their staplers. And then you also have Jennifer Aniston as the cute waitress.

    Bill Lumbergh: Milt, we're gonna need to go ahead and move you downstairs into storage B. We have some new people coming in, and we need all the space we can get. So if you could just go ahead and pack up your stuff and move it down there, that would be terrific, OK?
    Milton Waddams: Excuse me, I believe you have my stapler...

    Directed by Mike Judge, this movie is not a big budget but is certainly made well enough to have a certain style, especially given that its main location is in an office full of cubicles. The use of rap music certainly brings a counter balance to much of the activities going on.

    The movie achieves its cult status through its memorable moments and characters. Its very funny and well written.

    Peter Gibbons: Our high school guidance counselor used to ask us what you'd do if you had a million dollars and you didn't have to work. And invariably what you'd say was supposed to be your career. So, if you wanted to fix old cars then you're supposed to be an auto mechanic.
    Samir: So what did you say?
    Peter Gibbons: I never had an answer. I guess that's why I'm working at Initech.
    Michael Bolton: No, you're working at Initech because that question is bullshit to begin with. If everyone listened to her, there'd be no janitors, because no one would clean shit up if they had a million dollars.
    Samir: You know what I would do if I had a million dollars? I would invest half of it in low risk mutual funds and then take the other half over to my friend Asadulah who works in securities...
    Michael Bolton: Samir, you're missing the point. The point of the exercise is that you're supposed to figure out what you would want to do if...
    [printer starts beeping]
    Michael Bolton: "PC Load Letter"? What the fuck does that mean?
  • StaisilD
    January 3, 2009
    StaisilD
    Milton Waddams: [talking on the phone] "And I said, I don't care if they lay me off either, because I told, I told Bill that if they move my desk one more time, then, then I'm, I'm quitting, I'm going to quit. And, and I told Don too, because they've moved my desk four times alre...( read more)ady this year, and I used to be over by the window, and I could see the squirrels, and they were married, but then, they switched from the Swingline to the Boston stapler, but I kept my Swingline stapler because it didn't bind up as much, and I kept the staples for the Swingline stapler and it's not okay because if they take my stapler then I'll set the building on fire... "


    Peter Gibbons (Ron Livingston) works for a big corporate computer firm named Initech, another one of those companies where they do a lot of business, but you're never exactly sure what it is they do. Peter slaves 9-5 in a small cubicle fixing software code. Livingston perfectly captures Peter's complacency, then his frustration, and finally his everyman disinterest in his job. "Office Space", written, directed and produced by Mike Judge, was one of the best comedies of 1999, and that's mainly because the plot is actually as important than the comedy itself, and the comedy is based on jokes that while being funny, they aren't stupid or gross. Office Space is funniest when Judge focuses on the rampant pettiness and politicking in the workplace.
  • maxmoser3
    February 3, 2010
    maxmoser3
    office space is a funny comedy by mike judge and has proabbly made an icon of mike judge's work afterr he did beavis and butthead he had decided to create another comedy fun funny fest called office space a funny film with a message that says WORK IS TERRIBLE
  • flatjeff
    February 3, 2010
    flatjeff
    Light hearted, well cast comedy that a huge proportion of 'pencil pushers' can sympathise with.
    Tidy little piece.
  • mannjess
    January 24, 2010
    mannjess
    Probably my favorite comedy of all time.
  • kevininsocal
    January 23, 2010
    kevininsocal
    Now a cult classic, Office Space is required viewing for fans of offbeat comedies. While it suffers at times from conservative editing, and the plodding third act is a bit of a letdown, the film still has plenty of quirky charm.
  • ElCochran90
    January 23, 2010
    ElCochran90
    An extremely smart comedy above my expectations. I'll put it this way: it made me laugh. The character variety and the clever humour are the bright spots. Business confessions and funny truths in a hilariously portrayed manner. Enterprise truths that even I, as a business manager...( read more), am learning to control, so the film inevitably appealed to me and loved it. LOL

    69/100

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Critic Reviews

June 18, 2002
Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle

Judge's sense of the ridiculous serves him well. full review

January 1, 2000
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

The movie's dialogue is smart. It doesn't just chug along making plot points. full review

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  • curiousengine
    October 26, 2008
    curiousengine
    Got the opportunity to watch the film at university's lecture theatre for the HRM class. Here's the movie review: http://ramjeeawon.info/HTML/content/office-space-work-sucks
  • Chotensai
    August 7, 2007
    Chotensai
    If you like this movie anywhere near as much as i do, you'll want to see this video on YouTube where they recut Office Space and turn it into a Horror movie.... sigh... it's like a whole different movie, it's halarious!

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGNs7QMeV7E
  • raaaaannnndyyyyy
    May 27, 2007
    raaaaannnndyyyyy
    yeaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhh

    office space is dumb but its funny regardless :D

    "it will work itself out naturally" :D

    i love that :D

    i use it all the time IRL

    and "yeeeaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhh" also
    great stuff

    lol

  • goofygirl91
    March 24, 2007
    goofygirl91
    OMG...thats fricken great! Everytime someone asks me what I did all day Im like, I did absolutely nothing...and it was everything I thought it could be. HA HA! This is the BEST movie EVER!!!
  • firdaus125
    May 22, 2006
    firdaus125
    I remember one day while printing at school and the printer jam and PC LOAD LETTER came up ... I just had to say it ... PC LOAD LETTER? WHAT THE **** DOES THAT MEAN?
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  • Goof:
    When Tom is in the wheelchair at the party celebrating his release from the hospital, there is extensive bruising and laceration to the left side of his face. Tom's car was hit from the right side, and the force of this impact would have thrown the u...( read more)pper portion of his body to the right, where there would be no portion of the car that could cause this type of injury. The only way Tom could have received this kind of injury is if his car had been hit on the left, thus throwing the left side of his face into the driver's door.
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    When Peter goes in to get interviewed for the first time by the Bobs, there is no shade or blinds covering the office window. You can see the office through the glass. However, when you see Peter first go in, the window is not see-through and has a b...( read more)lind/shade covering it.
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    In the two car scenes with Peter and Joanna (going to and from the party), the car windows appear closed in both shots. In the shots from Peter's side of the car, Joanna's hair is still. In the shots from Joanna's side of the car, her hair is being b...( read more)lown by the wind, implying that her window is open.
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    At the beginning of the movie when Lumbergh drives into his parking spot, the sign says "Reserved Parking: Bill Lumbergh, Division v.P." Later in the movie when Peter parks in the spot, the sign only says "Reserved Parking: Bill Lumbergh."
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    When Peter asks Lawrence, "What would you do with a million dollars?" the poster behind Peter's chair moves between shots.
  • Goof:
    When Peter, Michael, and Samir go for morning coffee, Michael pours tons of sugar packets into his coffee. The position of the empty sugar packets changes in one shot, moving to the side of his coffee cup where the rest show the packets in the front.
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