Movie Review

OFFICE SPACE (1999)

EW's GRADE
C

Details Release Date: Feb 19, 1999; Rated: R; Length: 89 Minutes; Genres: Comedy, Romance; With: Jennifer Aniston and Ron Livingston

OFFICE SPACE Ron Livingston, Jennifer Aniston (1999, Fox, 93 mins., R, also on DVD) Oh, those studio duds released in the dead of winter: They inevitably resurface on video during the dog days of summer. A case in point is this tepid spoof of workplace politics, in which an office schlepp (Livingston) overdoses on hypnotherapy, burying his inhibitions just enough to plan a rip-off of the company. Trouble is, hypnosis also makes him a verrry laid-back guy -- and that's all too appropriate for the ho-hum pace of writer-director Mike Judge (Beavis and Butt-head), whose move from animation to live action has somehow dulled his anarchic instincts. C

Originally posted Sep 03, 1999 Published in issue #501 Sep 03, 1999 Order article reprints
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