What a delightful surprise! The narration did it, for me. The text and the delivery of its lines were on point. Though it reminded me somewhat of _Severance_ (same eerie office vibe), this movie was a breath of fresh air. I think the ending could have had some more work put into it, but, overall, it was a very satisfactory experience.

Office-noir with a hammy Jon Hamm; Corner Office is every bit as stylish as it is quirky, but without a clear, driving message it comes off a little meandering and aimless. Severence comparisons will be plentiful, but this is more about the subtle humdrum and bleak nature of office life over anything more elevated. Still enjoyable, stylish and just a splash depressing, Corner Office is an interesting watch and short enough to support a spontaneous viewing to gauge it for yourself. Give it a whirl.

"In this office satire..." satire? This is supposed to be a satire?
There's a few chuckles in this, the rest is listening in on the voice over of a mentally ill person, making sstories up about the people around him. The entire rest of the cast is nothing more than noise to fill the room, pun not intended. I am not quite sure what the satire is supposed to be here. There's no structure, no focus, no clear goal. Is it that offices are dead ends? Every person is afraid of the boss of their floor? Striving to be better than anybody else to make someone else the money? Being replaceable despite being the best in your division? How mental disorders are viewed? I don't know. I don't find anything satirical about this, nor engaging for that matter.

This movie is not just very weird but cynical, cold, depressive and lacks any kind of focus and resolve.
It's definitely not a satire for that it lacks any kind of finesse and the story is not particularly clear in what it wants to tell.

Don't bother! Kept waiting for it to get better and it disappointed. Such a shame :confused:

I wanted this to be interesting and good. Instead I got a 100 minute snooze fest. It's pretty clear early on where this is heading. And once you understand where it is headed, the whole thing seems to go in slow-motion. I'm sure they're trying to make some kind of artistic statement with this film, but it just falls flat as far as I am concerned. I'm not sure what they were exactly going for. Maybe the whole thing is over my head. Definitely don't call this an office satire. Characters are hard to relate to, and the whole film is much too sanitized of an experience to capture my attention for even a full minute. It was a struggle.

It gave me strong Severance vibes; mixed with Dwight from The Office (the first two seasons). The narration and Hamm's acting is what "shines" on the movie, even tho is not too bright. The theme has you guessing only until maaaaybe half of the movie. Then you realize [spoiler] that Orson is just nuts; and cannot wait for the movie to be over. [/spoiler] The movie doesn't have any twist (which it could have had at many points; specially near the end), the background characters are just there to fill the office space, and the plot itself is weak (considering how straightforward it is). For some people may rank higher, but for me is merely a 5; and just because Hamm was in it. If not, it would have rated worse.

Gave this movie 30 minutes and it went nowhere. Supposed to be funny... but forgot to include funny bits in the movie. Completely tedious. Skip it!!
1/10

I'm not even sure why, but this movie was fascinating. It just pulld me into the mind of the main character.

I don't agree with the description of this movie introducing it as Office Satire. I also disagree with this categorised under Comedy. This movie is neither of those things.

This is more inline with movies such as American Psycho (without the violence), that deal with Narcissistic Personality Disorders such as Delusions of grandeur etc. that typical "corporate middle-management" type workers go through.

We live in the year 2023. In a post-Covid world. You should already know who these people are in your workplace by now. These are the very people who insist everyone MUST return back to their cubicle, in some office tower in the city. Their Delusions of grandeur only works when we are all physically co-located in a depressing, fluorescent lit shitholes masquerading as an "Offices". :joy: