Office Space
1999movie
Mike Judge, who gained fame through MTV’s “Beavis and Butt-Head,” and made the droll animated film “Beavis and Butt-Head Do America” (1996), has taken his “SNL” Milton cartoons as an inspiration for this live-action comedy, which uses Orwellian satirical techniques to fight the cubicle police: No individual detail of office routine is too absurd to be believed, but together they add up to stark, staring insanity.
In many ways, Office Space (1999) is still the definitive commentary on workplace culture. Incisive, hilarious and unrepentantly direct, this classic comedy pulled no punches in skewering workplace burnout, insensitivity, monotony and beyond in a tale that still resonates with many young viewers today.Peter and Bill from Office Space. Peter's change via hypnosis alters much about him and his life, but the most striking change is the subtlest. Post-hypnosis, on his first date with Joanna (Jennifer Anniston), he asks her questions about her life.
