Office Space (1999)

Directed by Mike Judge · Comedy

Starring Ron Livingston, Jennifer Aniston, David Herman, Ajay Naidu, Diedrich Bader, Stephen Root, Gary Cole, Richard Riehle, Ali Wentworth, Joe Bays, John C. McGinley, Paul Willson, Kinna McInroe, Todd Duffey, Greg Pitts, Michael McShane, Linda Wakeman, Jennifer Jane Emerson, Kyle Scott Jackson, Orlando Jones, Barbara George-Reiss, Tom Schuster, Rupert Reyes, Jackie Belvin, Gabriel Folse, Jesse De Luna, Mike Judge, Justin Possenti, Jack Betts, Charissa Allen, Samantha Inoue Harte, Josh Bond, R.C. Keene, Spencer Kayden, K. Todd Lytle, Cassie Townsend, Heath Young

IHBM6 IMDb7.6 RT82% MC68 Trakt79% TMDb7.4Not bad

A depressed white-collar worker tries hypnotherapy, only to find himself in a perpetual state of devil-may-care bliss that prompts him to start living by his own rules, and hatch a hapless attempt to embezzle money from his soul-killing employers.

My review · Reviewed 08/22/2025

I think that this movie is the classic case of people remembering a few lines / mannerisms from the movie, and they confuse that with the movie being good. I don't believe it is hard to satirize the workplace, and the movie actually does a decent job of that. But the rest of the film (particularly the middle part) is a bit of a slog, and last I checked, comedies should not slog. I think there was a better movie in there. If this movie is remembered for something, it should be that it appears to be the inspiration for the show Severance.