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Office Space

  • 19991999
  • RR
  • 1h 29m
IMDb RATING
7.7/10
261K
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POPULARITY
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Three company workers who hate their jobs decide to rebel against their greedy boss.Three company workers who hate their jobs decide to rebel against their greedy boss.Three company workers who hate their jobs decide to rebel against their greedy boss.

IMDb RATING
7.7/10
261K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
388
14
  • Director
    • Mike Judge
  • Writer
    • Mike Judge(Milton animated shorts)
  • Stars
    • Ron Livingston
    • Jennifer Aniston
    • David Herman
Top credits
  • Director
    • Mike Judge
  • Writer
    • Mike Judge(Milton animated shorts)
  • Stars
    • Ron Livingston
    • Jennifer Aniston
    • David Herman
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 700User reviews
    • 119Critic reviews
    • 68Metascore
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 1 win & 2 nominations

    Videos3

    Office Space: Special Edition
    Trailer 1:57
    Office Space: Special Edition
    What Roles Was Jennifer Aniston Considered For?
    Video 2:49
    What Roles Was Jennifer Aniston Considered For?
    'Office Space' | Anniversary Mashup
    Video 1:50
    'Office Space' | Anniversary Mashup

    Photos124

    Stephen Root in Office Space (1999)
    Jennifer Aniston and Mike Judge in Office Space (1999)
    Jennifer Aniston and Ron Livingston in Office Space (1999)
    Gary Cole and Ron Livingston in Office Space (1999)
    David Herman and Ajay Naidu in Office Space (1999)
    David Herman, Ron Livingston, and Ajay Naidu in Office Space (1999)
    David Herman, Ron Livingston, and Ajay Naidu in Office Space (1999)
    Ron Livingston in Office Space (1999)
    Jennifer Aniston and Ron Livingston in Office Space (1999)
    Jennifer Aniston and Ron Livingston in Office Space (1999)
    Gary Cole and Ron Livingston in Office Space (1999)
    Jennifer Aniston and Mike Judge in Office Space (1999)

    Top cast

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    Ron Livingston
    Ron Livingston
    • Peteras Peter
    Jennifer Aniston
    Jennifer Aniston
    • Joannaas Joanna
    David Herman
    David Herman
    • Michael Boltonas Michael Bolton
    Ajay Naidu
    Ajay Naidu
    • Samiras Samir
    Diedrich Bader
    Diedrich Bader
    • Lawrenceas Lawrence
    Stephen Root
    Stephen Root
    • Miltonas Milton
    Gary Cole
    Gary Cole
    • Bill Lumberghas Bill Lumbergh
    Richard Riehle
    Richard Riehle
    • Tom Smykowskias Tom Smykowski
    Alexandra Wentworth
    Alexandra Wentworth
    • Anneas Anne
    Joe Bays
    Joe Bays
    • Dom Portwoodas Dom Portwood
    John C. McGinley
    John C. McGinley
    • Bob Slydellas Bob Slydell
    Paul Willson
    Paul Willson
    • Bob Porteras Bob Porter
    Kinna McInroe
    Kinna McInroe
    • Ninaas Nina
    Todd Duffey
    Todd Duffey
    • Chotchkie's Waiteras Chotchkie's Waiter
    Greg Pitts
    Greg Pitts
    • Drewas Drew
    Michael McShane
    Michael McShane
    • Dr. Swansonas Dr. Swanson
    • (as Micheal McShane)
    Linda Wakeman
    • Laura Smykowskias Laura Smykowski
    Jennifer Jane Emerson
    Jennifer Jane Emerson
    • Female Tempas Female Temp
    • Director
      • Mike Judge
    • Writer
      • Mike Judge(Milton animated shorts) (screenplay)
    • Production, box office & more at IMDbPro
    • All cast & crew

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    Storyline

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    In the Initech office, the insecure Peter Gibbons hates his job and the obnoxious Division VP Bill Lumbergh who has just hired two efficiency consultants to downsize the company. His best friends are two software engineers Michael Bolton and Samir Nagheenanajar, that also hate Initech, and his intrusive next door neighbor Lawrence. He believes his girlfriend Anne is cheating on him but she convinces Peter to visit the hypnotherapist Dr. Swanson. Peter tells how miserable his life is and Dr. Swanson hypnotizes him and he goes into a state of ecstasy. However, Dr. Swanson dies immediately after giving the hypnotic suggestion to Peter. Peter, in his new state, starts to date the waitress Joanna and changes his attitude which results in his being promoted by the consultants. When he discovers that Michael and Samir will be downsized, they decide to plant a virus in the banking system to embezzle fraction of cents on each financial operation into Peter's account. However Michael commits a mistake in the software on the decimal place and they siphon off over $300 thousand. The desperate trio tries to fix the problem, return the money and avoid going to prison. —Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
    • black comedy
    • boss
    • office
    • computer
    • corporation
    • 178 more
    • Plot summary
    • Plot synopsis
    • Taglines
      • Work Sucks.
    • Genre
      • Comedy
    • Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
      • Rated R for language and brief sexuality
    • Parents guide

    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      The iconic red stapler coveted by Milton was created for the film by the prop department. They needed a bright enough color to be seen on film and chose red. After the film was released, Swingline began to receive requests from customers for red staplers. Having stopped offering red several years before, they made the decision to start offering the color once more.
    • Goofs
      When Peter shuts down his computer, it shares characteristics with both Macintosh and DOS-based computers, including a hybrid Mac/Windows GUI, an A: drive and a C:\ prompt. The movie is set in a generic, universally-identifiable world, and the hybrid computer is clearly a carefully-planned gag based around that theme, rather than a goof.
    • Quotes

      Peter Gibbons: The thing is, Bob, it's not that I'm lazy, it's that I just don't care.

      Bob Porter: Don't... don't care?

      Peter Gibbons: It's a problem of motivation, all right? Now if I work my ass off and Initech ships a few extra units, I don't see another dime, so where's the motivation? And here's something else, Bob: I have eight different bosses right now.

      Bob Slydell: I beg your pardon?

      Peter Gibbons: Eight bosses.

      Bob Slydell: Eight?

      Peter Gibbons: Eight, Bob. So that means that when I make a mistake, I have eight different people coming by to tell me about it. That's my only real motivation is not to be hassled, that and the fear of losing my job. But you know, Bob, that will only make someone work just hard enough not to get fired.

    • Crazy credits
      At the very end of the credits, it states "This movie was cut entirely on a computer."
    • Alternate versions
      The theatrical release of the film features the soundtrack in different sequence than the DVD release of the film.
    • Connections
      Featured in At the Movies: Message in a Bottle/My Favorite Martian/Children of Heaven/Blast from the Past/God Said, 'Ha!' (1999)
    • Soundtracks
      Mambo No. 8
      Written and Performed by Dámaso Pérez Prado (as Perez Prado)

      Courtesy of The RCA Records Label of BMG Entertainment

    User reviews700

    Review
    Top review
    9/10
    As is sure to be the saying by now, anyone who has ever worked in an office should get a pretty good kick out of this one.
    Every aggravating thing about working in an office, from the traffic on the way to work to that damn copier, is in this movie, and dealt with in ways that we've all wanted to, at some point or another. Well, except for the traffic, of course. The traffic remains undefeated. Besides telling a highly amusing story about office workers who are just fed up with it all, Office Space is full of other little comments on society, such as the way the film points out the sheer goofiness of geeky white guys who listen to hardcore rap music. The film presents a heavily exaggerated version of the typical office, but underneath that exaggeration, the depiction is very accurate. You have the fairly timid but passive aggressive superior, Bill Lumbergh, portrayed hilariously by Gary Cole, the repressive office cubicles, the mumbly guy that kind of weirds everyone out, and of course, the disillusioned office employee who just doesn't care anymore.

    Ron Livingston fulfills this last role very well, being very open about his dislike of his job and his intentions to do as little as possible for as long as he still gets paid, but it is the weird guy that really gets laughs consistently, whose name, in this case, is Milton. This guy's hilarious situation involves having been laid off years before without knowing because no one told him, because he still receives a paycheck due to a glitch in the payroll system, and whose primary concerns seem to be the location of his cubicle, his red stapler, and the fact that last year, he didn't receive a piece of cake at the office party. The way that this guy's situation gets consistently worse and the way that he is pushed further and further toward the edge of sanity is one of the funniest things about this movie. And we can't forget the Indian guy, Samir, whose grammatically flawed exclamations also provide for an endless source of comedic entertainment.

    Jennifer Aniston plays a small role as Peter Gibbons' (Livingston) love interest, as well as that of a waitress who is also sick and tired of the ridiculousness of her job (such as a specified minimum of pieces of `flair' that employees must wear to work). Ron's home life is another thing that is parodied in this high quality comedy, as the shortcomings of living in an average apartment are clearly and side-splittingly portrayed. Clearly, the office scenes are by far the funniest of the film, and the eventual criminal plot to embezzle a huge sum of money from the company and take up a lifestyle of not really doing anything, despite the fact that it is also very well done, can be largely overlooked because of the sheer hilarity of the rest of the film. This is excellent stuff from the famous creator of the endlessly amusing Beavis & Butt-Head who, with Office Space, has further proved that he is just the type of guy who knows what's funny.
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    Details

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    • Release date
      • February 19, 1999 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Cubiculos de la oficina
    • Filming locations
      • 9739 Great Hills Trail, Austin, Texas, USA
    • Production companies
      • Twentieth Century Fox
      • 3 Arts Entertainment
      • Cubicle Inc.
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $10,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $10,827,810
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $4,231,727
      • Feb 21, 1999
    • Gross worldwide
      • $10,828,256
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 29 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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