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Office Space (1999)

Rate: 7
Viewed: 2/19

2/19: For many who work or have worked in the corporate environment, Office Space is literally a documentary, and those who haven't will have a hard time relating to it.

The first half was working out well, but the second half was such a downer. Yes, it's consistently funny and has a lot of laughs. Yet why This Is Spinal Tap got everything correct is it focused on the little things during the goings-on of the band's tour.

Thus, Office Space loses its way by putting too much attention on wishful thinking when it should've stuck with the office culture which includes pointless meetings, technology problems, snarky political battles (department vs. department, team vs. team, coworker vs. coworker, etc.), undeserved credit grabbers, senseless promotions, getting along with people, etc. Stories can easily be made out of them for the sake of dry humor.

One of the biggest mistakes is the casting of Jennifer Aniston. She doesn't belong in an independent picture. In fact, her mere presence makes it all worse, adding nothing to the overall message.

All in all, Office Space would've been more like This Is Spinal Tap if it focused strictly on the office culture.

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