Life imitates art, and in the case of an Office Space-inspired accounting scam, that imitation led to some very real criminal charges.
Most of the cast of 1999's Office Space Reunite for a Walmart BlackFriday Ad.
Office Space is a classic comedy from 1999 that was based on director Mike Judge's animated short film Milton. You can watch the short here.
Mike Judge's Office Space is a ceaselessly hilarious satire about working in a cubicle. There are so many jokes, some may have slipped by unnoticed!
It’s been 20 years since a peculiar little comedy called Office Space graced our screens. While not initially a box office success, the movie has gone on to become a cult classic over the past two decades. It’s best known for the scene where the guys smash up the broken printer in a field, but the film as a whole is brilliant.
"Why should I change, he's the one who sucks!"
The core of Office Space is the absurdity of office life. Mike Judge’s comedy wasn’t the first to seize on this, and the second-half of the 20th century is filled with examples of people feeling like meaningless drones in a corporate existence that holds considerable sway over the lives of individuals while also divorcing individuals from their individuality. Peter (Ron Livingston) chooses to meet absurdity with absurdity, becoming disconnected from a workplace that has no connection to him. But through it all, Office Space has just that—space. It’s a workplace that’s both uncaring and …