Office Space (1999)

It's funny because it is so much like real life.

We all have lived it.

Gary Cole was hot.

Not until you put on all your pieces of flair, OP.

This. Fuck her.

It's a good late-90s time capsule.

I love this movie. It's one of the few that I own, in hard copy and on Amazon Prime as well.

I didn't watch it until at least 2005. It matched up to ALL of my work experiences.

I have used - many times - several of the key pieces of dialogue in daily life/living. It still makes sense in many instances. Yes, I do quote it sometimes.

My friends and I quote this scene all the time

What is it - you say - you DO here??

So you hand deliver the forms?

Well, no, my secretary does....

25 years later, and the film still holds up really well, even with the dated elements (the Y2K bug plot).

The only problem is the ending is kind of ... whatever. The office burning down feels like Mike Judge didn't know how to end the story.

Still fun to watch as this cutie pie with that accent wins some money by knowing "Office Space" trivia.

^ Wow, he was annoying

How great is character actor Stephen Root?

I just watched a fun but little seen indie from last year called Lousy Carter where he played a German psychiatrist. He was perfect. He was perfect in Office Space.

He's terrific in everything I've seen him in.

Ann might be cheating.

When I'm in the mood for this movie, nothing else will do. So many great moments.

“Michael Bolton? I celebrate his entire catalogue.”

"That no-talent ass-clown became famous and started winning Grammys!"

I always thought Ron Livingston was hot

[quote How great is character actor Stephen Root?]

He was also going to be the recipient of harvested organs in Get Out.

"Samir Naga...Naga...Na-Gonna-Work-Here-Anymore, anyway!"

I have "Damn It Feels Good to Be a Gangsta" on my playlist.

The dorky white guy listening to hardcore rap then locking his car when a black guy walks by is too good!

Why did Ron Livingston's career go down the shitter?

I wanted to fuck that twink so hard, r15!

R23 Did his career go south?

r23, because he broke up with a horse with a Post-It note.

I liked his show Loudermilk. Ron was scruffy, but still doable.

He was best in Band of Brothers.

[quote]I didn't watch it until at least 2005. It matched up to ALL of my work experiences.

Same here; I had a boss that was obsessed with fonts so the beginning of the movie when he was being criticized for changing the fonts was too triggering for me. More than any particular line, I could just relate to the soulless of it all: the office, the restaurant and the bland/passive-aggressive corporate speak

I believe you have my stapler.

Just the thought of having to go down to the unemployment office and stand in line with those SCUMBAGS!!!!!

Stephen played the world's saddest vampire in True Blood. This movie and Idiocracy are two of my favorites of Judges'.

Corporate Accounts Payable Nina speaking. Just a moment.

Corporate Accounts Payable Nina speaking. Just a moment.

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Corporate Accounts Payable Nina speaking. Just a moment.

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Corporate Accounts Payable Nina speaking. Just a moment.

Corporate Accounts Payable Nina speaking. Just a moment.

Corporate Accounts Payable Nina speaking. Just a moment.

Corporate Accounts Payable Nina speaking. Just a moment.

Corporate Accounts Payable Nina speaking. Just a moment.

Corporate Accounts Payable Nina speaking. Just a moment.

Corporate Accounts Payable Nina speaking. Just a moment.

I have unfortunately worked with guys who were a lot like Gary Cole's character. It's awful and soul-crushing.

Everyone looks so good in this clip.

Still holds up wonderfully even with all the changes in technology.

"pizza shooters, shrimp poppers ore extreme fajitas"

They got TGI Friday down to a science. So many of those types of places with made of garbage food to sound exciting. Usually the only option nearby corporate office spaces. I can feel the pain of dying inside every time I drive by one of those places.

“Office Space” is indeed a classic when it comes to satirical takes on corporate life. Written and directed by Mike Judge, the film humorously captures the frustrations of working in a typical 1990s software company1. The story centers around Peter Gibbons (played by Ron Livingston), a disillusioned programmer who, after a hypnotherapy session gone wrong, decides to rebel against his mundane job and overbearing boss, Bill Lumbergh (played by Gary Cole)1. The film also features memorable performances by Jennifer Aniston as Joanna, Peter’s love interest, and Stephen Root as Milton, the mumbling office worker obsessed with his red stapler1. Despite its initial box office disappointment, “Office Space” gained a cult following, especially among IT professionals and anyone who has ever felt trapped in a cubicle1. Its themes of workplace dissatisfaction, corporate downsizing, and the absurdity of office culture resonate with many.

Will you AI copy/paste clowns and/or bots do us a favor and go find a raging grease fire?

When that movie came out, I actually had a job where I did TPS reports and I had a red stapler which I still have.

r38 has suffered the same fate as I did this evening...their post posting in the wrong thread.

R40, sorry I meant to specify that I was addressing R37.

R41 and R40 lol don’t ever meddle/mess with AI or there will be consequences in no time.

The way they smashed that printer made me want to stand up and cheer.

The characters were losers for staying at a job they despised.

Love this movie!

Mike Judge captures that soul-crushing suburban Texas life so well:

The shitty office park, the gigantic water tower behind the cookie-cutter POS house, the sitting in traffic for an hour morning and evening, the ugly apartment complexes with walls so thin your loser neighbor can yell through it…

The neighbor character is the best. “Well shit, you don’t need a million dollars to do nothing man. Look at my cousin. He’s broke, don’t do shit!”

The film is anti-capitalist propaganda that promotes laziness and a bad work ethic.

The industrious waiter is mocked and ridiculed.

I had a boss in my first job who would take all my reports and fold them in half and if the title wasn't perfectly centered would give them back to me to redo without looking at them. He became an alkie, and then a Trumper.

Clockwatchers is a good companion film to Office Space.

I worked in the same office park used for exteriors of the office in Austin a couple of years before the movie came out. I drove the same path as that guy to work.

I lived Office Space.

Agreed, r50! As a former temp I totally related to the plot. Plus it paired Lisa Kudrow up with her future TV sister-in-law, who was great in this.