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2012-05-22 04:46:56

Like Wall Street & have a sense of humor? Then buy it!

This movie has so many funny lines and situations. If more people were aware of it, it would surely become a cult classic. So check it out and pass the word.

lambiepie-2 2012-05-21 19:38:11

Are YOU Executive Material?

When this film first came on cable in the 80's, I was still young andit it wasn't that funny to me.Now, some 18 years later, the first half hour of this film had me institches. The rest of the film though..is still pretty much uneven anddull.First of all, if you can't identify with Big American Corporate and howthose companies actually work -- this film will do nothing for you fromthe start. If you can identify, then after the first half hour you'llloose interest.When I first saw this film, I didn't have a job and was just gettingout of college. Now, I can identify with all the players that areintroduced in that first half hour for I can say: I've worked at thosekinds of companies.The backbiting, the moving an Executive out of an office ("I don't givea damn how loyal to the company he is, he's out!"), early stock salesfrom insider information, the "please don't tell anyone my problem",the two-faced over achieving women in the workplace, the jockying forparking spots, the high blood pressure head of PR/Marketing, its allhere..including the "prayer breakfast meeting"(let me just say thecompany I was at that reflected the prayer breakfast meetings has arodent as a Brand!). I can't help but laugh about it now, but whenyou're going through it it isn't funny. This film takes a good insiderpoke at it all in this half hour. Sadly, that's all there is in thisfilm and it dies a fast death from there.The rest of the film after that wanders into a "slacker Senator's sontries to make good on the environment and gets the gal" type of thingand that doesn't work for me. For all out there who are just entering the Corporate workforce fromthat BA or MBA, the first half hour will give you pearls of wisdom youneed to carry as you work "for the next 40 years of your life".Favorite pearls? Here's one that always makes me laugh:Executive: "Are you Executive material?" New Guy: "Do you mean I am onthe ball? Yes." Executive: "No, I mean, can you kiss ass?"And:Executive to New Guy: "If you want to survive, never directly make adecision."Other than that, you might want to skip this film. So for me, the first1/2 hour of this film is a 6 on a scale of ten, the rest a 2.

2012-05-20 00:50:36

Gut busting laughter

This is one of those movies that offers me moments when I can't catch my breath from laughing. I have seen it a number of times and the Rick Moranas conversation with his Mercedes dealer almosts kills me every time. It has a number of very subtle corporate digs that will make you laugh till you cry if you catch them as they whiz by.

swayrob 2012-05-19 02:47:26

At its best, the most underrated comedy ever.

I agree with most of the previous reviews, but I'd like to emphasizethat not only is the first half of this movie great, its as funny andahead of its time as it gets. An absolute classic and contains some ofits actors' best work. Rick Moranis is one of the comic geniuses of hisgeneration and his brief scenes are worth the entire experience alone.I've quoted his big line in appropriate situations (unfortunately to noappreciation / recognition) more than any other movie joke. This is theonly feature film where he's as funny as in his best moments from SCTVand SNL. Eddie Albert's very first scene and punch line is one of thegreatest satirical jokes ever written of this genre. MichaelO'Donoghue's deadpan performance is chillingly convincing, etc, etc.Yes, there is the obligatory Judge Rhienhold "voice of sanity"character who's storyline gradually sinks the movie into formulaicbanality (and I subtract just one point for that), but the first halfof this thing is an absolute must-see for any satirical comedy fan.I'll go further - this movie, at its best, is the most underratedAmerican comedy ever. Period.

2012-05-12 12:35:51

A funny movie about the "real" corporate life

This flick has some great scenes with an excellent cameo by Rick Moranis. The theme is a tongue in cheek look at the corporate world. Eddie Albert is the CEO of a company he started. His famous line is "look at this empire; and to think I only began with ten million!" It is worth checking out if this theme interests you.

2012-05-11 22:36:06

The original Office Space

I first saw this movie about four years ago when it was on TV. This movie is hilarious from the start to the finish. With the great roles of Rick Moranis and Danny Devito to the character of Max Landsberger by Richard Masur, who's one liners are what make this movie. But of course the movie would not hold with out Judge Reinhold and Jane Seymour. This movie set the standard for the office comedy. Truely a classic, I highly recommend!

2012-05-10 05:39:06

HEAD OFFICE

This review is from: Head Office [VHS] (VHS Tape) A corporate cult film,you will see many of your coworkers in this verry funny film.Unfotunately it is not all that far from true. FRANK

iroiro 2012-05-09 14:51:32

too funny not to watch, too bad not to turn off

Head Office is the only film I know that truly deserves mention whendiscussing both the best and the worst of comedies. It contains a firsthalf hour that is classic, a perfect combination of intelligent biteand ridiculous slapstick. The jokes barely leave you time to recoverbefore the next one hits.The amazing comic quality of Jack's first day at the office can only betopped by the movie's amazing fall into an unwatchable steaming heap.It may be the most amazing plunge ever taken by a movie.For that reason it is a must see. Rent it. Get something to snack onfrom the fridge during the gratuitous-sex-joke opening. Make sureyou're back for the graduation sequence and that you have a stableplace to set your drink and enjoy the laughs. When Jane Seymour'scharacter gives her speech, a momentary soul search in her new office,you have a decision to make. You can turn it off, which is mysuggestion, or watch a Hollywood story plunge some great comic writingoff a cliff.

mcfly-31 2012-04-30 15:14:21

head(ache) office

A lot of the previous comments shocked me as to how anyone could likethis,but I guess you guys have a point. Possibly if you went through somethinglike this in life, you may find some humor or connection. But if you'rejust a movie going Joe, this will rank as one of the all time worsts. Thewriter-director of "Airplane II" comes up painfully short in thiscorporatecrapola about a rookie executive (Reinhold) who gets his head spun by allthe chaotic antics that go on in his office. "Airplane II" was not asgoodas the first, but Finkleman did manage a good amount of laughs. Here, Iswear to you, not one. I rarely disreguard the fast forward button, orforthat matter leave a movie on when its awful, but I had to see if thisactually had one laugh. So, I slogged through the ninety numbing minutesand can say...nada! Zip! Zilch! I didn't even chuckle once. A few ofFinkleman's ideas that pass for jokes: DeVito running through hallways forthe first 20(!) minutes of the movie before he (and I usually don't spoilbut I'm trying to get you to avoid this anyway) commits suicide!; RickMoranis, who I've always liked, looks more like Rick Moronic as he ramblesaway into a phone for five minutes before dying of a heart attack; and theendless swearing by the cast that seems so forced, like Finkleman wasdoinganything to keep the audience awake. A tremendous cast was assembled,whichmakes you wonder if everyone involved was at the end of a three picturedealand needed to do this lame-o to complete it. Some have said this is asatire, or comedy AND drama, which would explain the lack of laughs. Butthe way things are carried out, complete with cartoon-like whistlingsoundsas DeVito dives of the highrise, make me believe this is just a comedywithone of the all time worst scripts. No wonder Finkleman disappeared afterthis atrocity. I mean, what can you say about a movie where the bestperformance may be the one by Don King!!

petervee 2012-04-30 05:46:13

Excellent movie for those working in large corporations

As the other reviewer says, this is definitely a gem of amovie!If you work in a 15000+ employee corporation, you will see what we mean.Danny De Vito is excellent as a manager who has been forced to jump to hisearly fall from an office window; Don Novello as the car driver with atastefor Julio Iglessias; Judge Rheinhold playing Jack Issel is great as thesonof a congressman; Rick Moranis as a PR head is also great especially withthe delivery of the line "I love this business" as he is checking hisbloodpressure; as is Jane Seymour, offering the line, after making love to acolleague: 'I wouldn't be much if a screwed my way to thebottom."Great movie all round. I specially liked the line "we make everything fromtoilet paper to nuclear power plants."You will certainly enjoy this one!

2012-04-29 10:54:05

Head Office - Look Out Below!

This review is from: Head Office (DVD) I used to watch this back in the day on HBO. It was funny then, & it still holds up today. The cast & the cameos are a treat. Judge Reinhold plays Jack, a college grad being thrown up the ladder of a corrupt mega-corporation. Richard Masur plays Jack's 'mentor', Max.Max: Lesson No.4 - the secret to survival here is never make a decision.Jack: Never?Max: Never. The minute you do, your screwedThis is good, plain fun!I was worried when I saw that the DVD aspect ratio was listed as full-screen (1.33:1), but this comment on the Amazon customer review by Nicholas Moore "nicklesm17" confirms what I've seen on my new DVD --Floridante says: The release is in anamorphic widescreen, but unfortunately it is the wrong aspect ratio. The title credits are presented in the original ratio of 2.35:1, everything else was reduced to a 1.85:1 ratio via pan & scan.-- Good enough for me! It was great to finally see it in wide screen.Read through the other reviews here, as most have their own takes on this great flick. DIS-CO-NNECT!!

2012-04-28 21:33:50

i saw this movie 20 years ago and thought it was funny but..

This review is from: Head Office (DVD) i saw this movie 20 years ago and thought it was funny but now that i am over 40 and working for a true INC... this movies is sooooo true it is not funny anymore.. watch up america... everyone is in bed with everyone.

2012-04-23 20:48:04

Still funny after more than 20 years

Great cast here--Danny de Vito, Rick Moranis, Wallace Shawn, Judge Rheinhold, Jane Seymour, Eddie Albert, Brian Doyle-Murray, George Coe, Richard Masur, Don Novello. This is a corporate satire from 1985 that still has great chops, thanks to writer-director Ken Finkleman. Here we have Inc. International, a giant mega-corporation that makes everything from, as CEO and pitchman Eddie Albert says in the opening piece, creamy peanut butter to nuclear warheads. Sex and power figure largely here, as do politics, greed, and all that fun stuff. There are not one, not two, but THREE--yes, folks, count 'em, THREE--nervous wrecks, personified by Rick Moranis, Wallace Shawn, and Danny DeVito (you can tell he just recently lost some hair). Well, that's about accurate--corporate life can make you a nervous wreck if you're a middle level exec, not sure if you're on your way up, down, or foever stuck in your current spot.Our hero, as it were, played by Judge Rheinhold (is that the right spelling of the guy's name? I never did find out for sure) who's the son of US Senator Something-or-Other, played by George Coe and who winds up at Inc. International cause CEO Eddie wants Judge in the company, the better to influence Senator George to do what he wants. Yep, Eddie is no dope.Now it could be that this sounds kind of corny or cliched but Mr. Finkleman is too sharp to let that happen. There's more than enough razor-edge dialogue to make it so. This is a heck of a lot of fun to watch; it's a hoot to see Rick Moranis talk a mile a minute as he races up his blood pressure to a level that ultimately changes the population of the world, if you get my drift.Big dollops of black humor fit snugly into the groove here right alongside a love story in the overall context of a nice edgy satire. It's Judge's story but there's enough side-splitting stuff provided by a whole lot of other characters to make this nifty and funny from head to toe--Don Novello as the limo driver who always misses exits; Jane Seymour as the hyperkinetic sexpot exec whose appetite is unlimited; Richard Masur as the smooth-talking corporate guy who always keeps his job (unlike so many others) basically because a) he knows the rules inside and out and recites them to Judge, and b) because basically while following the rules he doesn't give a flying fork about much of anything.Well, you get the idea. Hey, I can think of a lot worse ways to spend an hour and a half. Groovy stuff.

erich9000 2012-04-23 06:11:20

Hilarious skewering of corporate bs culture

Before Dilbert and Office Space, there was this hilarious skewering ofcorporate insanity. The first 2/3rds of the film is outstandingly clever,but the ending is quite formulaic. Still well worth a rental, and veryunderrated. Rent it when you have bad day at work- you will feel alotbetter!

2012-04-21 13:13:13

head office

A cult favorite and my personal guilty pleasure. Richard Masur and Don Novello (famous as Father Guido Sarducci on SNL) are but two of the cast of characters that make this movie hilarious. Eddie Albert is fabulous as the CEO of INC who keeps in touch with the people by personally reviewing whose phone service should be disconnected for overdue bills. Don King steals the movie with his speech to the board of the directors. This is one of my all time favorite comedies.

2012-04-20 23:11:40

The funniest look at Corporate America ever made!

If ever there was a scathing parody of the excesses and self-aggrandizing of Corporate America - this is it!Look for cameos of some of comedy's greatest stars in their earliest film roles. This has been one of my favorite videos for almost a decade.

2012-04-18 02:29:26

Head Office

This movie is very funny and highly underated. It surprises me that it's never shown on tv.

2012-04-17 21:48:42

Haven't I worked here before?

If you've ever worked for a big origanization, you'll think you've worked for this company. I think Dilbert worked for one of their subsidiaries too. Sarcastic, cynical, dry-witted, quirkly, little-known gem. It's weird that Danny De Vito is the primary credit mentioned in Amazon's database - considering he only appears in the first few minutes of the film.

2012-04-17 16:17:57

An Unsung Comedy Classic

This review is from: Head Office (DVD) I first discovered this jewel of a movie in the bargain bin of a video store that was going out of business in the late 1980s. My husband and I loved it so much that we still quote from it to this day. But we loaned it out to someone who never brought it back years ago, and I thought I would never find it again. I was thrilled to find it on Amazon.Even though it almost 25 years old, is so full of biting sarcasm and comedic commentary on big business and greed that it is socially relevant again in today's economic climate. It follows the unintentional assent of a Senator's son (played by Judge Reinhold) from an entry-level position to the upper echelons of international mega-corporation, INC International (that makes everything from nuclear war-heads to softer, more absorbent toilet paper) in a hero's journey format. He meets a series of meatheads and mentors to help him (with is also unintentional) along the way, including a stressed out PR man played by Rick Moranis, a former power player who finds himself on the way down (literially) played by Danny Devito, and an ambitious office slut played by Jane Seymour. Richard Masur is well cast as the deadpan guide who accompanies the hero on his absurd rise through the corporate infrastructure, and Don Novello is memorable as the chauffeur who keeps missing the turn to Allentown. I think you will enjoy it.

2012-04-17 08:25:30

What a great movie!

This review is from: Head Office (DVD) Head Office is a great sleeper movie! It is wonderfully written comedy that captures the life in a Foturne Company. Throughout the movie there are appearances of actors you know (Judge Reinhold, Eddie Albert, Rick Moranis, Danny DeVito, and who could forget Jane Seymour). If you like the Office or Office Space, you'll love this movie.My guess is if you work in a large company you'll see many funny parallels!