Office Space
Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation | Release Date: February 19, 1999 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
68
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 31 Critic Reviews
Positive:
23
Mixed:
7
Negative:
1
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60
Chicago ReaderLisa Alspector
Until the story diverges from a similar agenda, the gags about the daily grind and what happens when a drone forgets how to be submissive make for beautifully low-key satire, and the caricatures of office types seem clever. Read full review
60
TV Guide MagazineSandra Contreras
Even if it doesn't up live to its inspired beginning, Mike Judge scores something with all the marks of a workplace cult classic with his first big-screen, live-action outing. Read full review
60
Film.comJohn Hartl
Livingston is especially good at capturing Peter's passive rebelliousness, which suggests the suddenly uncooperative worker who defies employer logic in Herman Melville's "Bartleby."
60
TimeRichard Corliss
At its shambling best, Office Space is like a bracing break at the coffee machine. Some horrible Monday, why not cut work to see it? Read full review
50
Chicago TribuneMichael Wilmington
Drably shot, unimaginatively written and shallowly acted, it's a poor example of the "daffy, goofy, sex-crazed guys" occupational comedies that flourished throughout the job-obsessed '80s. [19 Feb 1999]
50
Entertainment WeeklyOwen Gleiberman
Feels cramped and underimagined. I think Judge is capable of making an inspired live-action comedy, but next time he'll have to remember to do what he does in his animated ones--keep the madness popping. Read full review
40
The New York TimesStephen Holden
It has the loose-jointed feel of a bunch of sketches packed together into a narrative that doesn't gather much momentum. Its conspiratorial eager beavers are so undeveloped that they could hardly even be called types. You don't care for a second what happens to them. Read full review
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