Office Space

Office Space

The cast is a delight, especially up-and-coming star Ron Livingston. While almost every other character is more quirky, Livingston holds the film up by making us care for him. His performance is the best in the film, despite the flashy roles of others in the cast. Jennifer Aniston virtually sheds her Friends persona in a hilarious performance that will have everyone laughing in knowing recognition. David Herman is also funny as the man whose name (Michael Bolton) gets him more prestige than anything else. Ajay Naidu is good, but he doesn’t seem to know what to do in his role. Deidrich Bader (The Drew Carey Show) is funny as the nosy neighbor who can hear Peter’s affairs through the wall. But the scene stealer is Gary Cole in an incredibly realistic and dead-on imitation of your worst manager. He’s absolutely hilarious. Stephen Root does what so many actors aren’t able to do: make the wretched and annoying appealing to watch. Root is terrific as Milton.

Office Space is essentially the Ferris Bueller’s Day Off for the working men and women of today. The main character decides that he wants to control his own life, tries to get fired, but ends up getting promoted. Two consultants (both named Bob) are brought in to evaluate the workers, and in a shining example of cynicism, Peter seriously announces that he does as little work as humanly possible. “I work about fifteen minutes in your average work week,” he tells the two Bobs (John C. McGinley and Paul Willson). Mike Judge’s screenplay is full of witty one-liners that will be spouted right and left throughout offices for quite a long time. The best? “It appears that you’ve been missing quite a bit of work lately,” one Bob says. “I wouldn’t say I’ve been missing it much,” he responds. It’s a line of sheer perfection and it works very well. 

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