Office Space is Mike Judge's feature movie based on his 'Milton' animated shorts, and includes scenes of pure genius. Ron Livingston as the lead really doesn't do that much for me, but there's several others doing great and the movie's real strength is its grip on the office job and the gangsta scenes.
I recently watched the entire NewsRadio TV show, and I would never have guessed the actor playing 'Milton' in Office Space is the same I've laughed of as the eccentric billionaire 'Jimmy James' at NewsRadio. It's another great performance of Stephen Root, and to make it even harder to grasp it's him acting in both; the last season of NewsRadio aired the same year as this movie was released. Jennifer Aniston was in the midst of Friends, and this is one of her better movie choices. Others like David Herman, Ajay Naidu, Gary Cole and the rest of the cast helps breathing life to the office and diner.
Anyhoo. The gangsta scenes. Oh, my. This movie is from the end of the 90's, a decade when Quentin Tarantino popularized violent gangster movies in his own vision. Then watching director Judge giving the office-geek-twist on some of the scenes in this movie is nothing short of legendary. They're alone well worth the time of finally getting around to this, or even to revisit it. I lack words.
The general feel of the movie is great, and it's got those memorable scenes elevating it above the masses. Overall Office Space is a disturbingly overlooked late 90s classic.
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