Even if it doesn't up live to its inspired beginning, Mike Judge scores something with all the marks of a workplace cult classic with his first big-screen, live-action outing. Peter Gibbons (Ron Livingston), who's on the verge of both personal and
professional meltdown, is a programmer working on the Y2K problem at Initech, a drab computer code factory. His emotional state is brilliantly conveyed by the opening sequence, which depicts the frustration of the morning commute in suburban sprawl hell. Hoping to salvage Peter's sanity and their
crumbling relationship, Peter's duplicitous girlfriend Anne (Alexandra Wentworth) drags him to a hypnotherapist, with surprisin...
Released:
1999
Rated:
R
Length:
102 mins