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This film is another one of my favorate comidies because it's one of those films I can easily emphasize with, it's so funny it's actually true.

This is a film that is based on verbal humor and it's truely at it's best in this film,...
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This film is another one of my favorate comidies because it's one of those films I can easily emphasize with, it's so funny it's actually true.

This is a film that is based on verbal humor and it's truely at it's best in this film, I always prefer that over physical anytime. There is one bit of physical humor but that's it and I'll get to that latter.

What makes this funny is there is some truth in most of what happens or what the three characters say. One of my favorate scenes was with the printer because it has one of my favorate quotes in the film, "Why must you say there is a paper jam when their is no paper jam!" That quote always made me laugh my head off.

I really like Ron Livingston's character's aditude, he says my favorate quote in the film "It's not that I'm lazy, I just don't care." and in a way that quote almost speaks into a subconcious feeling we've all carried if we ever worked bad jobs.

His character I can emphasize partially, there was one scene where his jerk boss played comically by Gary Cole(Harvey Birdman: Attorney at Law)he is a villian you love to hate, he's just got this strange snobish egocentric tone, when he expresses certain impossible demands you almost would want to grab that coffee cup he always is carring and then fling that coffee on him. His boss tells Ron to work on the weekends may'be also Sunday even though Ron had set plans to have a good time.

I'll level with you it's the same as how I feel about doing homework on weekends, I hate having to work another day or two because after five days I just feel beat up, low on energon. I love weekends because they are always my free times off where I have time to recharge, do certain things I couldn't do during the weekdays and I simply don't feel like working. Though on a side note the overtime pay does dull the pain, almost.

One of my favorate conversation scenes was when all three characters were asked what would they do if they had a million dollars. Ron says nothing, and that's really not a bad answer, if you had that amount of money that could make you last for years on end why would you want to work. With me, I would continue writing and making movies but most of the time I would live life care free like travel, play video games or whatever I can think of. Some cases I can understand why they would still want to work, but others not so much I don't feel it makes much sense. I don't know that could just be me since I'm not in that possition.

There is one part that makes me laugh hard, when all three chracters were doing a ganglike beatdown of a printer, it was almost like an epic which made it all the more funny.

So, if you've ever worked a crappy job, or you may have had a certain amount of bad days at work than this is the film for you, Office Space works.

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Posted oct 4, 2009 11:49 am pt

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This is an awsome movie. It is so funny. This is Mike Judges best writing ever for sure. this is one cult classic for sure. I think anyone can enjoy this movie and laugh once for sure. Go check this one out.

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Posted jul 20, 2009 4:40 am pt

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This movie was pretty funny. It was hard not to laugh at It to tell you the truth. The big thing In this movie that got me laughing was Milton. Every scene hes in makes me laugh. Theres also this one scene that just made me laugh out loud. All in...
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This movie was pretty funny. It was hard not to laugh at It to tell you the truth. The big thing In this movie that got me laughing was Milton. Every scene hes in makes me laugh. Theres also this one scene that just made me laugh out loud. All in all this is a highlight in Mike Judges career. If you havent seen this yet, then go see It very soon.

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Posted jun 26, 2009 5:54 am pt

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Sometimes I need to watch this so that I can remember that Mike Judge can make better stuff than King of the Hill.

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Posted nov 13, 2008 2:10 pm pt

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When I first saw this on DVD I though it was a pretty good film. Then I watched it a second time and liked it even more. Damn I love this movie! It may well end up ranking itself as one of my all time favourite comedies. A great first attempt at a...
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When I first saw this on DVD I though it was a pretty good film. Then I watched it a second time and liked it even more. Damn I love this movie! It may well end up ranking itself as one of my all time favourite comedies. A great first attempt at a live action major length film from Mike Judge!

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Posted oct 16, 2008 5:54 am pt

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One of my favourites. Not a laugh-a-minute comedy, as such - rather a barbed take on modern office-life and its associated pointless activities.
Alas, plenty of folks confuse Office Space with 'The Office' - a fatal error !
Best bit...
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One of my favourites. Not a laugh-a-minute comedy, as such - rather a barbed take on modern office-life and its associated pointless activities.
Alas, plenty of folks confuse Office Space with 'The Office' - a fatal error !
Best bit - Peter's dream involving Joanna and Lumbergh - a real gem !
So - damn those TPS reports and damn those Bobs (who, in real life, should be locked away until they can do something that's actually useful).
Miss this movie at your peril !

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Posted may 11, 2008 4:57 pm pt

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Great comedies come from life and this shows full well how true that is.

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Posted nov 23, 2007 7:27 am pt

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One of a kind movie! The characterizations, the dialog, the music, the flow couldn't have been better... If you haven't seen this and ever worked in a office setting, it's a must see.

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Posted sep 9, 2007 2:22 am pt

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Hillarious. Classic comedy. Avery simple story with very good characters. A movie that has great replay value.

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Posted mar 11, 2007 5:58 pm pt

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this is not the best movie i ever seen but it is not the worst etheir i like this movie but it is ok to watch once in a blue moon.

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Posted feb 17, 2007 1:00 am pt

• [+] TNT RoughCut
  
  95
  Observations on the modern office space are dead-on, and I dare you not to laugh out loud at a few of the sophomoric jokes!

  by Graham Verdon | Read Full Review »
• [+] Los Angeles Times
  
  90
  Bristling with shrewd observation, inspired humor and all-around smarts, Office Space is a winner about a guy who's beginning to feel like a loser. [19 Feb 1999]

  by Kevin Thomas | Read Full Review »
• [+] Variety
  
  90
  Imagine a live-action version of the "Dilbert" comic strip with a touch of Hal Hartley's deadpan absurdism, and you're ready for the frequently uproarious "Office Space."

  by Joe Leydon | Read Full Review »
• [+] LA Weekly
  
  90
  Mike Judge’s live-action directorial debut not only whittles the high-strung festering soul of ‘90s Orthodox Corporationism down to the quick and quintessential but wraps its veins around his fingers and flosses our teeth.

  by Dave Shulman | Read Full Review »
• [+] Film.com
  
  90
  Sure to become a classic; it taps into the fury of being a drone with a deeply knowing precision.

  by Ernest Hardy | Read Full Review »
• [+] Village Voice
  
  80
  A surprisingly good-natured comedy.

  by Justin Elias | Read Full Review »
• [+] Film Threat
  
  80
  For the most part, the film is brilliant.

  by Ron Wells | Read Full Review »
• [+] Salon.com
  
  80
  Its characters and its nowheresville setting are uncannily realized... It's not a cartoon in any sense, but an honest-to-God movie with some fine, understated acting and a human heart.

  by Andrew O'Hehir | Read Full Review »
• [+] New Times (L.A.)
  
  80
  Office Space's pleasures don't really depend on plot. It's pretty much what a Dilbert feature should look like.

  by Andy Klein | Read Full Review »
• [+] New York Magazine
  
  80
  Office Space is so enjoyable that you wish it were even better...Once the scheme to bilk Initech is set in motion, the off-kilter humor flattens into a take-this-job-and-shove-it thing, and the ending seems pooped-out.

  by Peter Rainer | Read Full Review »
• [+] Austin Chronicle
  
  78
  The storyline is something of a hodge-podge but what the narrative lacks in honing and straight-ahead storytelling it more than makes up for with well-aimed barbs and acutely focused observations...this funny, funny satire gets us where we live.

  by Marjorie Baumgarten | Read Full Review »
• [+] Chicago Sun-Times
  
  75
  The movie's dialogue is smart. It doesn't just chug along making plot points.

  by Roger Ebert | Read Full Review »
• [+] San Francisco Chronicle
  
  75
  Jennifer Aniston...doesn't have much screen time, but in playing this slightly insecure, affable young woman, she does her best film acting to date.

  by Mick LaSalle | Read Full Review »
• [+] New York Daily News
  
  75
  Work was never funnier.

  by Jami Bernard | Read Full Review »
• [+] Christian Science Monitor
  
  75
  In a surprise move, the creator of "Beavis and Butt-Head" has made a laid-back, even subtle comedy that generally favors mischievous ironies over outlandish jokes.

  by David Sterritt | Read Full Review »