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I think I just found mine. Corner Office After seeing the trailer a while back, I had put this one on my watchlist. From the trailer, it appeared to be weird, quirky, a comment on corporate culture, slightly "Brazil"-esque, even. It's not. It's boring. Mind-numbingly so. 1999's "Office Space" did a better and way more entertaining job at taking a shot at corporatism. If you ever have trouble falling asleep, put this on. The constant drone of Jon Hamm's emotionless narration, the lack of interesting plot or, god forbid, turns that may pique your interest further beyond the pointless premise will put you under. I merely held on in hopes that there would be something interesting happening aaaany second now. Spoiler: It doesn't. I felt like it could, no, had to become interesting, like the TV series "Severance", which had added a whole other premise unto a similar office setting, but the twist or satisfying resolution never comes. I'm astonished Jon Hamm signed up for this. I thought, "Hey, maybe it's me. Maybe I'm not getting it". Doing a cursory search, most articles teasing with a headline like "Corner office - Explained" are merely retellings of the plot with no further insight or meaningful speculation. No, I haven't read the book "The Room" this is based on. Maybe that one is better. If so, shame on the screenplay writer. The short, interspersed absurd moments barely elicit a chuckle. There is this brief outburst of Hamm's character Orson that sparks some passion and tries to hammer the anti-corporate sentiment home, but it's entirely too little, too late. Ugh. What a waste of time. And then I went and added insult to injury by posting about it, spending even more time on it than the 104 minutes of runtime I will never get back. mcbexx fucked around with this message at 06:34 on Oct 20, 2023 |
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