Clockwatchers
Artistic License | Release Date: May 15, 1998 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
64
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Generally favorable reviews based on 19 Critic Reviews
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12
Mixed:
5
Negative:
2
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TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonagh
The ensemble performances are perfectly meshed, and the Sprechers deserves special credit for bringing the desperate underside of Posey's brittle self-assurance to the surface. Read full review
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Los Angeles TimesDavid Kronke
Clockwatchers opens with fresh, quirky panache, but by film's end, those most closely consulting their watches may be those in the audience. [15 May 1988, p.F8]
50
Philadelphia Daily NewsGary Thompson
Clockwatchers is an updated 9 to 5, and as such, replaces that movie's straightfoward story of liberation from male oppression with something more Generation X-ish - liberation from a kind of self-imposed malaise. [12 Jun 1998, p.F7]
50
VarietyTodd McCarthy
What starts as a bright look at the dim lives of temps in a large company slides into unfortunate digressions and drabness in Clockwatchers. Read full review
50
Chicago TribuneMonica Eng
By the time this film hits the 45-minute mark, temps aren't the only ones watching the clock. [22 May 1998, p.A]
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