A classic

For many years, I kept hearing good things about this flick and even though it was barely noticed when it was released, it has become since then a cult-classic (it has an impressive rating of 7.9 on Imdb) so I was really eager to check it out. For Mike Judge, the guy behind Beavis and Butt-Head, it was apparently a tough experience even though he got much love afterwards. Personally, I thought it was indeed pretty good but it didn’t really blow me away though. I don’t know, maybe it has to do with the fact that Ron Livingston is not really a charismatic lead actor but, on the other hand, it was better to have an average looking guy to play an average character with an average job instead of the usually pretty faces. At the end of the day, this flick tries to be a really edgy satire about those (supposedly) dreadful office jobs but, honestly, even though some jokes were indeed really funny, some others didn’t work really well and, eventually, they were constantly opening a whole bunch of open doors, at least, that’s my opinion. At least, it was nice to see Jennifer Anniston in something else than her typical underwhelming romantic-comedies. To conclude, even though I don’t think it is a masterpiece, it remains a pretty good black comedy and it is definitely worth a look, especially if you like the genre.

7/10