Office Space

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Type:
Movie
Rating:
7.80 / 10
Duration:
One Hour and 29 Minutes
Release Year:
1999
Office Space (1999)

Three office workers strike back at their evil employers by hatching a hapless attempt to embezzle money.

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Producing Country:
USA
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Office Space (1999) - Trailer

Release Date:

19 Feb 1999

Language:

English

MPAA Content-Rating:
R – Restricted

Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian. Contains some adult material. Parents are urged to learn more about the film before taking their young children with them.

Director:

Mike Judge

Writer:

Mike Judge (Milton animated shorts), Mike Judge (screenplay)

Main Actors:

Ron Livingston, Jennifer Aniston, David Herman, Ajay Naidu

Plot:

In the Initech office, the insecure Peter Gibbons hates his job and the abusive Division VP Bill Lumbergh that has just hired two consultants to downsize the company. His best friends are the software engineers Michael Bolton and Samir Nagheenanajar that also hate Initech, and his next door neighbor Lawrence. 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. He dates the waitress Joanna and changes his attitude in the company, being promoted by the consultants. When he discovers that Michael and Samir will be fired, they decide to plant a virus in the account system to embezzle fraction of cents in each financial operation into Peter's account. However Michael commits a mistake in the software and instead of decimals, they steal a large amount. The desperate trio tries to fix the problem or they will go to prison.

Awards:

2 nominations.

Production:

20th Century Fox

Ratings:
Internet Movie Database:
7.7/10
Rotten Tomatoes:
80%
Metacritic:
68%