Corner Office
In this office satire, Orson, a straight-laced employee, retreats to a blissfully empty corner office to get away from his lackluster colleagues. But why does this seem to upset them so much?
- Released: 2022-06-09
- Runtime: 101 minutes
- Genre: Comedy, Drama
- Stars: Jon Hamm, Danny Pudi, Sarah Gadon, Christopher Heyerdahl, Allison Riley, Bill Marchant, Kimberley Shoniker, Shawn Macdonald, Conor Stinson O'Gorman, Veena Sood, Michael P. Northey, Doron Bell, Mark Dozlaw, June B. Wilde, Matthew Kevin Anderson, Andy Thompson
- Director: Joachim Back
Comments
- juanquaglia - 21 April 2024
It should have been an episode
The premise of the film is intriguing and quirky, worthy of an episode of The Twilight Zone, but not enough for a full feature film, let along one that lasts 1.40 hours. The story has been adapted from a book, and I suspect it must have been a very short one.
This is the biggest limitation of this movie: there is not enough "meat" in it. Not enough plot, characters, situations, or character development. In fact many of the scenes seem repetitive, slow-paced and prolonged more than it's necessary.
Another important issue is that the ending is predictable. I could tell how the film was going to end halfway into it. Even though some people will try to extract some deep meaning from it and the story overall, there aren't enough elements to suggest there's a deeper message but to address the alienation of work life.
On the positive side, it's refreshing to see a story that is very different from everything else. Points to that. - avindugunasinghe - 3 December 2023
You will never find him there
In the perspective of Orson it's his refuge from ugliness. In times where children being left increasingly uncared for only to be grown and become a foot soldier in a crusade to quench the corporate desires it's a fertile ground to grow more Orsons. Visuals are perfect to signify the coldness and impenetrable ways of the massive structures where ants rush. A great story that mocks what's accepted as normal. Hopeless staring at a world left behind out there is what's left to do when routine entrapment seemed hopeless. Great meaningful use of audio. Excellent performances by the cast. In this corner office you will be left to choose between alternatives and that's a fun experience. - hector-61488 - 22 September 2023
In its own little room
This gave me a bit of an Office Space vibe, and a bit of a Wes Anderson narration-type vibe perhaps.
A 6 is too low a rating, perhaps 8 is slightly too much, so lets say 7.6.
A nice way to spend a rainy day for sure, its nothing masterclass though also not lacking anything.
Being able to figure out some things as the movie progresses helps, having worked such jobs perhaps helps.
Ive read people assume it involved autism and were somewhat annoyed when it didn't project those one or two types of autism they are mildly familiar with. Autism has many faces, many traps, and many ways of camouflaging itself, just to name three.
Its such a modern form of laziness to think every autistic person will either like trains or math and gets hysterical when a routine is changed.
Short attention spans these days lead to very compact nuggets of information advertised as oceans of knowledge, which will very likely be a problem for this current swipe-generation onward as children with adult bodies keep having more children. But I digress..
To me there were parts which reminded me of autism, sure, not to spoil anything, I would have reached a different analysis.
It feels more like an etch of how so many people must feel these days.
It speaks to all those who get gripped by the main character. Enjoy the movie.
