The relationship between four female temps all working for the same credit company is threatened with the arrival of a new hire, who lands a permanent position one of the women was vying for.
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| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Toni Collette | ... | Iris Chapman | |
| Parker Posey | ... | Margaret Burre | |
| Lisa Kudrow | ... | Paula | |
| Alanna Ubach | ... | Jane | |
| Helen FitzGerald | ... | Cleo | |
| Stanley DeSantis | ... | Art | |
| Jamie Kennedy | ... | Eddie | |
| David James Elliott | ... | Mr. MacNamee | |
| Debra Jo Rupp | ... | Barbara | |
| Kevin Cooney | ... | Mr. Kilmer | |
| Bob Balaban | ... | Milton Lasky | |
| Paul Dooley | ... | Bud Chapman | |
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Scott Mosenson | ... | Jack Shoberg |
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Irene Olga López | ... | Coffee Lady (as Irene Olga Lopez) |
| Joshua Malina | ... | Global Credit Receptionist | |
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Iris can best be described as a wallflower. She begins her first day as a temp for the nondescript Global Credit Association by waiting in a chair for two hours. This sets the scene for her (mis)adventures with the other "corporate orphans", Margaret, Paula and Jane. Led by Margaret, they find subtle ways to lessen the ennui of corporate oppression. The tension escalates when the new permanent hire, Cleo, enters the picture. Written by Vanessa Exum <vexum@mail.utexas.edu>
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$34,838, 17 May 1998, Limited ReleaseGross USA:
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When Iris attempts to retrieve the bag Paula drops on the bus, the small child who was sitting immediately in front of Paula vanishes. Iris immediately sits where the missing child was last seen. See more »Quotes
Iris Chapman: Sometimes I thought about what Margaret said. About how a person can just drift through life like they're not connected to anyone or anything. You look around - all those characters trying to kill time. Going around in circles. Even if a person wanted to break free, they could find out they've got nowhere else to go.See more »
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Trailer's EndWritten by Joseph L. Altruda
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Jill Sprecher, the enormous talent behind "Clockwatchers", needs to be seen more often. We saw this witty comedy in its original debut and it was a pleasure to watch it again on IFC. Ms. Sprecher and her sister Karen wrote a delicious movie that is on the one level a satire about the way "temps" are used in an office, and it's at the same time, a character study about these four souls at the center of the movie.
Each one of the young women in the film has a problem. They come together because they don't have a life on their own. Iris, Margaret, Paula and Jane, form a bond because they find safety in numbers. Iris is a clever girl whose shyness doesn't let her assert herself and is dragged along by the others that show stronger personalities. Margaret puts up a front, but deep down, she is just as vulnerable as the others. The most pathetic one is Paula, a woman who is pretending to be what she is not. Jane is waiting for the security of marriage to beat it out of being a temp.
When the sneaky Cleo is hired as a permanent employee, the problems in the office are magnified. As things begin disappearing from the office, all eyes point to the four temps. That is the beginning of the end of the clique, as they knew it. Iris is the one that stays the longer and she is the one that discovers the mystery of the missing things in the office, but alas, it's too late, because at that time she leaves the temp job.
Toni Collette, Parker Posey, Lisa Kudrow and Alana Ubach, are perfect as the four temps. Toni Collette has a better role where to shine as most of the story is seen through her eyes. Parker Posey is delightful as the free spirited Margaret. Lisa Kudrow also makes a good contribution with her pathetic Paula. Helen Firzgerald, who only has a few lines, cast a giant shadow as the creepy new employee that wants to make friends with Iris, only to be ignored.
The Sprecher sisters created a film that feels real a situation one has seen is prevalent in the office setting.