Perry Kate Very very predictable, including the post credit scene !!!

TrueJoshNight Truly Dreadful Film

Lucia Ayala It's simply great fun, a winsome film and an occasionally over-the-top luxury fantasy that never flags.

Ezmae Chang This is a small, humorous movie in some ways, but it has a huge heart. What a nice experience.

Red_Identity I certainly expected a riot of a film, a very brass comedy in the vein on Romy and Michelle's High School Reunion. Why? Well, if one looked at the poster and the summary. in reality, it's mostly a drama, and deeper than I had expected going into it. The four leads are very strong, and while she has the most screen time, Collette does not have the showiest role. That would be Parker Posey who is great at this type of role. Lisa Kudrow's character is also something we've seen from her before, but she's so fantastic at it. She's not as over-the-top as her character in Friends, but she gives it so much nuance and quiet humor, the type that'd be surprising if I already didn't know how great of an actress she was. This is definitely recommended.

chris-2270 I just looked this film up and saw it was only garnering a 5.8 and I was appalled. I've seen it 3-4 times in the past nine years. I have always been a Parker Posey fan. I love the "elevator music". It moved me to go buy some Les Baxter stuff off i-tunes today. It's a dark view of our strange, modern times. It's well shot. It may appear to some perhaps as a chick flick, but I'm a guy and I don't go for chick flicks. It's a heartfelt and provocative film. Totally cool atmosphere. But apparently not popular with the masses. As it should be, I suppose.But that's not all! The IMDb has reminded me that I have not provided enough detail in my comment, so I have to add more. Uhhh, Lia Kudrow and Toni Colette both did admirable jobs. Am I done yet?

vchimpanzee Iris is a temp at a company called Global Credit. She makes several friends who are also temps, but she is never really accepted by other employees. The company is not pleasant to work for--the bosses are not shown being really mean, but they just don't truly appreciate their employees. The temps are bored, and most people at the company tend to do as little as they can get away with. Though I have to admit, there doesn't seem to be enough work for the number of people in that office. A couple of examples of the company's attitude--after some thefts, new rules are made and security measures such as cameras are added, and the bosses are always suspicious. Then there is the music--Muzak, elevator music, dentist's office--whatever you want to call it. I'm one of the few people who actually likes that music, and it made the movie worth seeing for me, though the music could have been used more in some scenes where it wouldn't fit, just for irony. Parkey Posey was great as usual. Margaret was charming and almost perky but also cynical and prone to cheating and stealing whenever she felt she could get away with it. She wanted a better career but was having a hard time moving forward. I enjoyed some, but not all, of the scenes with her character. Lisa Kudrow was perky, beautiful and slightly ditzy as an aspiring actress. I assume Toni Collette did a good job as Iris. I just didn't care much for her character, who wanted more out of life just like her co-workers and occasionally narrated. Her father wanted her to work at his company, International Foods, but she didn't seem motivated to do that for some reason.This seemed to be a pretty good movie. There was some comedy, even if the movie tended to be depressing. Something about it suggested an art film that might appeal to, say, Woody Allen fans. It just wasn't really my kind of movie.

mew-4 This is a really provocative movie that is artfully filmed.Good art often offers commentary on the times. When you're in the midst of an era, it's hard to see what characterizes it. I think Clockwatchers does a terrific job of capturing a facet of the temp world of the 80's/90's. I was a temp for a year in 1988. It's quite accurate.But you don't have to be a temp to recognize these characters. Yes Dilbert, yes Office Space, and especially the beginning of Joe vs the Volcano have these same foils. But I think Clockwatchers' take was unique. The characters were well developed while still being archetypes. There was a subtlety and style that all the others listed chose against.The direction and cinematography of this film is terrific. It takes guts to burn film doing a close-up of someone's glasses for 10 seconds. There is real art to this film. The writing, the directing, the pacing, editing, all right up at the top of the scale. The acting was fine, but I don't think it's the strong suit of this movie. Toni Collette is a standout. While I love Parker Posey, I think she was probably a bit over the top here. The Muzak, while as mood-setting as the buzz of florescent lighting, can grate at a viewer.This film touched on too may things to list them all. Here's a sample... What are you doing with your life if you're waiting for it to burn off? Isn't it exhausting and poisoning to pretend to look busy all day? If you are a cog in a machine, and accomplishing nothing at that too, did you really even exist? Are the "troublemakers" in life getting us in trouble, or offering us freedom (note there are two people here stirring up the pot)? What is theft (and theft of services)? Where is the dividing line between unethical play and immorality? At what point do you give up on the dream of personal growth? Are some people "better" than others? What does beauty (and grooming) have to do with it? Does the corporate hierarchy define our worth to others or our self-worth? What is loyalty and betrayal, to whom do you owe how much, and how do you give consent to those obligations/ownership? Work/friends/family are all portrayed as villains and allies wielding this loyalty Sword of Damocles.One IMDB reviewer said this film was a good way to kill time after work. That's terrific irony. :)