Office Space

Mike Judge once again does a fantastic job marrying the absurd with legitimate satire. Highly recommended for anybody with experience in the corporate world and even the slightest sense of humor.

This was an unexpected hit in my household! Disclaimer: This movie is NOT for everyone. There is a certain level of crude humor, sarcasm, negativity, and irreverence about the whole thing, but if you can relate to the subject matter, that is precisely what makes it a GEM. Having worked for the real-life equivalent of this movies evil corporate conglomerate, I was able to relate to this movie in a particularly strong way, which made it a much-needed outlet for me. From the humorous depictions of corporate motivation attempts, to the evil boss who tortures the main characters (even in their dreams), to the sudden lay-offs that send them over the edge, this movie is tailor-made for the white collar working stiffs who live it every day (especially anyone in a technical/computer/programming field). If you have experienced the forest of gray cubicle walls, the droning, boring corporate meetings, the logic-lacking company policies, the inhuman treatment from management, you will LOVE this movie. It will serve as an anchor for you to see that you arent the only one who sees the BS for what it is, and I must say it is a refreshing feeling! If you fit the profile, the smallest detail of this movie will cause you to burst into tear-producing laughter. If not, you might want to give it a try, but proceed with caution. :)

How much we like a movie often depends on how closely we can relate it to our own lives or how far it allows us to escape from our own lives. Office Space is that rare movie that meets both these needs. Everyone who has worked in an office will relate to someone in the movie. This brilliantly low-key and low-budget film manages to mock life as a corporation myrmidon in America in just about every possible way. Have you been downsized? Youll love Office Space for its brilliant take on consultants. Have you lived in Dallas, Texas, the capital city of Generica? Youll love Office Space for its acerbic portrayal of life as an apartment rat. Have you been the pawn of intraoffice political power struggles? Youll love Office Space for the character Milton played by Stephen Root. The only people who wont love Office Space are those with IQs in the sub-100 range and corporate vice presidents. Sorry Lundbergh but I accidentally wiped my butt with the TPS reports.

Dont ever steal Miltons stapler

I had never seen it and constantly heard people talking about it so I decided to get it. Its great. Funny and clever and oh so true to life. and its fun to see Jennifer Aniston in htis early role as well. If you have a movie night to fill and dont know what to watch this will entertain you. Pretty family friendly as well except there are some noises of a neighbor having sex next door as I recall. thats about it though. Good movie. Glad I finally took the time to watch it. now when people reference it at your workplace you will understand. and if you own a company or are a boss this is a good example of what not to do.

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!

This movie reminds me why Id never want a desk job. I had to watch it a couple of times before I got the full gist of it, but every time, I understood it more and more. Unless youre self-employed and work at home, you cant help but draw your own similarities to the Office Space work environment and your own. Ive worked with a Lumberg, a Joanna, and a Michael... and a guy who didnt have an Arabic name, but he wanted to beat up every piece of office machinery which didnt work right. We even had a Milton-like guy once... he ended up going berserk and being escorted out by the police, but thats another story. All in all, I highly recommend this movie to everyone who has a job and knows what its like to suffer from the aggravation of office politics. This movie delivers a figurative eye-gouging to all the politics and backstabbing that goes on every day in Americas corporate workplaces. It shows one of the things that can happen when big corporate CEOs think theyre making some really smart move, and end up shooting themselves in the foot instead. WORDS OF WARNING: 1) if youre a bureaucratic jerk boss like Lumberg, DO NOT watch this movie because you wont find it funny... 2) never, ever do anything to make a Milton angry, because you never know what theyll do.

I wish more movies were made like this.. a classic. Very funny. Highly recommended

Work sucks and if youve had such a thought or unhappiness at work, it is your duty to see this movie. It just might give you the inspiration you need to do something that doesnt suck your life away, killing you an hour at a time. Update: First watched in 99, and again randomly over the years, and now in 2021. It holds up and is still a great movie.

Comedic gold