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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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
78
Austin ChronicleMarjorie Baumgarten
The storyline is something of a hodge-podge but what the narrative lacks in honing and straight-ahead storytelling it more than makes up for with well-aimed barbs and acutely focused observations...this funny, funny satire gets us where we live. Read full review
75
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert
The movie's dialogue is smart. It doesn't just chug along making plot points. Read full review
75
Christian Science MonitorDavid Sterritt
In a surprise move, the creator of "Beavis and Butt-Head" has made a laid-back, even subtle comedy that generally favors mischievous ironies over outlandish jokes. Read full review
80
Film ThreatRon Wells
For the most part, the film is brilliant. Read full review
90
Film.comErnest Hardy
Sure to become a classic; it taps into the fury of being a drone with a deeply knowing precision.
90
L.A. WeeklyDave Shulman
Mike Judge’s live-action directorial debut not only whittles the high-strung festering soul of ‘90s Orthodox Corporationism down to the quick and quintessential but wraps its veins around his fingers and flosses our teeth. Read full review
90
Los Angeles TimesKevin Thomas
Bristling with shrewd observation, inspired humor and all-around smarts, Office Space is a winner about a guy who's beginning to feel like a loser. Read full review
80
New Times (L.A.)Andy Klein
Office Space's pleasures don't really depend on plot. It's pretty much what a Dilbert feature should look like. Read full review
75
New York Daily NewsJami Bernard
Work was never funnier.
80
New York Magazine (Vulture)Peter Rainer
Office Space is so enjoyable that you wish it were even better...Once the scheme to bilk Initech is set in motion, the off-kilter humor flattens into a take-this-job-and-shove-it thing, and the ending seems pooped-out. Read full review
63
ReelViewsJames Berardinelli
It fails to sustain its comic momentum or high energy level. The first half is fresh and funny, but it doesn't last. Read full review
80
SalonAndrew O'Hehir
Its characters and its nowheresville setting are uncannily realized... It's not a cartoon in any sense, but an honest-to-God movie with some fine, understated acting and a human heart. Read full review
75
San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalle
Jennifer Aniston...doesn't have much screen time, but in playing this slightly insecure, affable young woman, she does her best film acting to date. Read full review
63
San Francisco ExaminerCraig Marine
There are plenty of good sight gags here, and anyone who can work the phrase "ass clown" into a script is all right with me. Read full review
70
SlateDavid Edelstein
It's on the verge of being really good...his narrative peters out without a decent payoff. It's a testament to the rage and anxieties that he has brilliantly tapped into that he can't get away with a subdued conflagration and a lame twist at the end. Read full review
63
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Rick Groen
What began as discomfiting satire soon devolves into silly farce. By the time Friends star Jennifer Aniston pops up as a waitress-cum-love-interest (quite a stretch for her), it's a sure sign we're back within the smug confines of the Tinseltown formula flick. Read full review
90
The Hollywood ReporterMichael Rechtshaffen
An extremely funny white-collar satire filled with enough delightfully askew characters to pack a boardroom and the bright talent to do them justice, the picture should strike an achingly familiar chord with 9-to-5ers the world over. Read full review
95
TNT RoughCutGraham Verdon
Observations on the modern office space are dead-on, and I dare you not to laugh out loud at a few of the sophomoric jokes!
63
USA TodaySusan Wloszczyna
From morning traffic jams to passive-aggressive bosses who justify their existence by making yours miserable, Space gets it right. [19 Feb 1999]
90
VarietyJoe Leydon
Imagine a live-action version of the "Dilbert" comic strip with a touch of Hal Hartley's deadpan absurdism, and you're ready for the frequently uproarious "Office Space." Read full review
80
Village VoiceJustin Elias
A surprisingly good-natured comedy. Read full review
70
Washington PostDesson Thomson
I could love it only as far as it let me. Although the movie has hilarious moments throughout, its thematic thinness is writ fairly large on the big screen. Read full review
70
Washington PostRita Kempley
A knowing, somewhat slight, often hilarious sendup of cubicle culture. Read full review
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