Office Space (DVD)

note: also appears in part on Flixster and The Student Room Mike Judge shot to fame as the genius behind the MTV cartoon Beavis and Butthead, which firmly dissected the "airhead" culture, as well as pop culture in general and the latest music releases. However, in 1999 he released his masterwork, a live action film this time, about the drudgery of the office that will resonate almost instantly with anyone that has ever worked a desk job. The film's protagonist is Peter Gibbons (Ron Livingston), an officer worker who hates his life and his job as a programmer for a bank, preparing for the Y2K switchover. His co-workers include Samir ...  Read the complete review

Work, who likes it? If the answer to that question is, "I do", you probably won't enjoy this film. But if, like my (and probably most of the population) you don't, then I doubt you'll stop laughing until well after the credits have rolled. The tag line of this film is work sucks, that's a good summary of the content of this film. Work to many is a necessary evil. Peter Gibbons, played by Ron Livingstone, is in office hell, the daily monotony, the constant harassment from his many supervisors and managers. Hounded by meaningless reports and memo's, he feels that his life is not his own, he can't even get out of working weekends, ...  Read the complete review

I got sent this DVD by mistake and was told to keep it as it wasn't my fault. I hadn't intended on watching this DVD because I'd never even heard of it but I had a look on the back and decided as it was free it was worth checking out. This film is all about this guy who has absolutely had enough of his job. He puts up with bosses who do nothing but slurp coffee all day. The opening scenes were the only ones to make me chuckle as they involved the poor guy being told off for a simple mistake, that he'd already rectified, about ten times over. He was asked "didn't you get the memo?" and replied "sure, I've got it right here, it was just a ...  Read the complete review

Office Space is a 1999 comedy that somehow became a cult classic, after not selling too well at release. I think this was mainly because viewers could relate to Peter Gibbons (Ron Livingston); a programmer working for a management heavy company named Initech. You are introduced to his depressing and repetitive daily life with annoying workmates and a (hilariously) patronising boss. After having hypnotherapy, Peter changes and makes a program to steal from the company which is where the main plot really starts. Although a comedy, Office Space has tried to include all the real troubles in an office such as paper jams, slow computers and Judge created some very ...  Read the complete review

The comedy Office Space, was written and directed by Mike Judge, the creator of Beavis and Butthead and is his first film. The story is about Peter Gibbons, a white collar worker who hates his job. His boss hates him, his girlfriend’s left him and his company is downsizing but he doesn’t care because he got hypnotised into not worrying. When the consultants come in, Peter lets them know exactly what he does in the company. Nothing! The film starts well but sadly starts to sag in the middleand the ending is weak. It really is a shame because it really is a great cynical and comical observation of office life. If you’ve seen Mikes other work like King of ...  Read the complete review