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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15 May 1998 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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$34,838, 17 May 1998, Limited ReleaseGross USA:
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Lisa Kudrow, Parker Posey, Jaime Kennedy and Debra Jo Rupp have all worked with Courteney Cox. See more »Goofs
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Margaret: Oh. You think I'm your little office thief. Well you got me. You finally got me.See more »
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Some of the earlier reviewers have called "Clockwatchers" dull, pointless and have asked why it was made. My question for these reviewers is: What movie were you watching? Is there another movie with a similar title out there? This movie is incredible!
No, it's not a "There's Something About Mary" farce. No, there aren't any explosion and no one is killed. (Someone does die... but that happens off camera and we don't see any blood.) The comedy here is of the subtle, "funny because it is true" variety. If you've ever had a job, any job, the comedy in this movie cannot escape you.
Parker Posey once again shows us that she is one of the finest comic actresses alive. And, contrary to what others have said, this is not a one note performance. She is at once obnoxious, brash, funny and fun...and yet, very vulnerable, struggling so hard to be recognized and very terrified of where her life is headed.
I could give similar praise to the performances of Toni Collette, Alanna Ubach and (believe it or not) Lisa Kudrow.
Director Jill Sprecher (I will have to watch more from her) has aimed her dart at office politics: The pecking order, the self-absorption, the pointlessness of it all, the feeling of "Oh, how I would I love to leave this place but where would next month's rent come from?"...and Jill has hit the bullseye!