An absolute classic piece of workplace comedy.
The 1999 flick Office Space, directed and written
by Mike Judge, was a box office disappointment
but later became a significant cult film of epic
proportions.
I had considered not posting this gem because of
the current pandemic and it’s effect on our daily
occupational routine but we WILL eventually
return to normal, whatever that is, and this will
all seem seriously funny again.
It’s still a hoot, regardless of your situation.
Ron Livingston is top notch as Peter Gibbons, a
software company drone who longs for a better
job…he undergoes hypnotherapy to ease his
depression, achieving a state of bliss, but it
becomes permanent when his therapist dies during
one of his treatments.
This leads Peter to approach his job with lots more
honesty and hilarity ensues.
A real sleeper of a movie, much funnier that it has a
right to be…I had avoided it like the plague when it
first came out due to the disdain I had for Beavis and
Butthead, a Mike Judge creation that had been
irritating the airwaves for a few years previously.
That was a mistake on my part, where as B&B was
puerile nonsense this flick was superb satire of a
very high degree.
This scene has excellence written all over it…