The Movie: Office Space, directed by Mike Judge
Recommendation: Dee
Reason: I have seen Office Space before, but who wouldn't want to see it again?
There is a painful amount of truth in Office Space. Not about morality or legality or anything like that, but just in the treatment of the soul-deadening ways that an office job can break a person down. There are Miltons in this world, and there are pieces of flair. There are meaningless jobs and horrible management techniques and dear god there are Lumberghs everywhere. The plot of the movie is almost irrelevant, compared to the insight that Mike Judge demonstrates.
The plot is subdued and a little wacky. After a hypnosis accident, a peon at a software company shrugs off the shackles of his oppressive workplace and tries to break free with a stack of the company's money. It's office-monkey wish fulfillment. In between point A and point B though there are plenty of entertaining stops.
As a cult film. Office Space stands up, setting itself head and shoulders above the rest. It was mismanaged and badly marketed, leading to its being an utter flop (and Mike Judge refusing to do a sequel). Thank god for video and DVD sales.
-184/365 down, 181/365 to go
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