Film

Office Space 1999

Directed by Mike Judge

  • Comedy
  • 90 min
  • R

Work sucks.

A depressed white-collar worker tries hypnotherapy, only to find himself in a perpetual state of devil-may-care bliss that prompts him to start living by his own rules, and hatch a hapless attempt to embezzle money from his soul-killing employers.

Comedyworkwaitressprinterbad bosssatiredallas, texassuburbiaco-workers relationshipcorporate worlddownsizingembezzlementsoftware engineer

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