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Office Space is the story of a man (Peter Gibbons) who is fed up with the mundane nature of his work, and with the help of a hypnotherapist who miraculously drops dead, Peter is freed from the pressures of his unwanted job and abandons all care towards it.
I didn't care much for Ron Livingston and Jennifer Aniston as other actors would've played their respective roles much better, they were decent but I wasn't head over heels with either. My favorite character and someone who rather did an exceptional job was the guy who played Michael Bolton (no, not the singer
), his hatred-filled obsession with the singer and infuriation to the comparisons made by his fellow co-workers ensures a hilarious side-gag. Samir is the cheap-laugh magnet, you know the guy who's dumb, foreign and swears a lot, I laughed at his stupid antics though I probably shouldn't have (:skeptical). Milton and Lawrence are universally loved characters of Office Space, I just didn't get their shtick, I wasn't entertained by Milton's mumbling or Lawrence's cool talk. I would've much preferred a character similar to Gordon from Dodgeball, who Stephen Root also played, he was more along the lines of a nervous wreck than a mumbling goof. It seems realistic that someone like that would be working in an IT company than a borderline retard, excuse my french. Lawrence is a gimmick that was over done even prior to Office Space, plain and simple.
With all this rambling on the characters that I don't like, it seems like the final verdict would be something like a but really no, Office Space is great with its subtle humor and memorable characters (Michael Bolton and Bill Lumbergh), did I even mention Gary Cole? to put in a phrase, he's the boss you shouldn't like but just because of how cool he is, you do. Everyone aspires to be Bill Lumbergh, you say you don't wanna become an a-hole like that but deep down, you sure as hell want to. What else was left unmentioned? Oh yeah, the montages with gangster music in the background, so much win. Who thought something like grunge rap would fit so well with the innocent and humble office workplace, I love every single one of them equally but my favorite montage is Cube's "Down for Whatever" mainly for the slow-mo shots of office sneakiness and system hacking, thus making it seem like a spy-thriller (parodying the genre successfully) but also for the song which is equally as awesome as the visuals that precede it. Overall, Office Space is one of the top comedies of the 90s (and most overlooked) and successfully satirises the seemingly boring life of an IT worker into something funny, subtle and great. Screw printers.
Review #8 - Office Space:
(Mike Judge, 1999)
(Mike Judge, 1999)
Office Space is the story of a man (Peter Gibbons) who is fed up with the mundane nature of his work, and with the help of a hypnotherapist who miraculously drops dead, Peter is freed from the pressures of his unwanted job and abandons all care towards it.
I didn't care much for Ron Livingston and Jennifer Aniston as other actors would've played their respective roles much better, they were decent but I wasn't head over heels with either. My favorite character and someone who rather did an exceptional job was the guy who played Michael Bolton (no, not the singer
), his hatred-filled obsession with the singer and infuriation to the comparisons made by his fellow co-workers ensures a hilarious side-gag. Samir is the cheap-laugh magnet, you know the guy who's dumb, foreign and swears a lot, I laughed at his stupid antics though I probably shouldn't have (:skeptical). Milton and Lawrence are universally loved characters of Office Space, I just didn't get their shtick, I wasn't entertained by Milton's mumbling or Lawrence's cool talk. I would've much preferred a character similar to Gordon from Dodgeball, who Stephen Root also played, he was more along the lines of a nervous wreck than a mumbling goof. It seems realistic that someone like that would be working in an IT company than a borderline retard, excuse my french. Lawrence is a gimmick that was over done even prior to Office Space, plain and simple.With all this rambling on the characters that I don't like, it seems like the final verdict would be something like a but really no, Office Space is great with its subtle humor and memorable characters (Michael Bolton and Bill Lumbergh), did I even mention Gary Cole? to put in a phrase, he's the boss you shouldn't like but just because of how cool he is, you do. Everyone aspires to be Bill Lumbergh, you say you don't wanna become an a-hole like that but deep down, you sure as hell want to. What else was left unmentioned? Oh yeah, the montages with gangster music in the background, so much win. Who thought something like grunge rap would fit so well with the innocent and humble office workplace, I love every single one of them equally but my favorite montage is Cube's "Down for Whatever" mainly for the slow-mo shots of office sneakiness and system hacking, thus making it seem like a spy-thriller (parodying the genre successfully) but also for the song which is equally as awesome as the visuals that precede it. Overall, Office Space is one of the top comedies of the 90s (and most overlooked) and successfully satirises the seemingly boring life of an IT worker into something funny, subtle and great. Screw printers.