Office Space (1999)

	Directed by: Mike Judge	COUNTRY USA GENRE Comedy NORWEGIAN TITLE Office Space RUNNING TIME 89 minutes
	Produced by: Daniel Rappaport Michael Rotenberg Mike Judge
	Written by: Mike Judge

Cast includes:
CHARACTER	ACTOR/ACTRESS	RATING
Peter Gibbons	Ron Livingston
Joanna	Jennifer Aniston	½
Michael Bolton	David Herman
Samir Nagheenanajar	Ajay Naidu
Lawrence	Diedrich Bader	½
Milton Waddams	Stephen Root	½
Bill Lumbergh	Gary Cole
Tom Smykowski	Richard Riehle	½
Bob Slydell	John C. McGinley	½
Bob Porter	Paul Willson	½

Review

Brilliant and hilarious satire on life in an office cubicle and the dot-com bubble of the late 1990s. Mike Judge gets everything right with his writing and direction, constantly hitting the bullseye with his characterizations and observations on a business that has not only outgrown its relevance, but also embodies a hollowness that typifies the culture in many fields of work today. Judge poses existential questions in a manner that makes it impossible not to see the ridicule in the world he depicts. And he does it without being pessimistic or cynical, because, as Judge claims, it's that very same idiocy and absurdity that will ultimately save us. His ideas and points of view are heavily inspired by Scott Adams, and yet brought vividly and originally to life by Judge's brilliant dialogue and knack for positively peculiar plot twists. The film's quirky atmosphere is reminiscent of Steve Oedekerk's best work, and it anticipated much of what made Ricky Gervais' The Office a success a few years later. A must-see.