Robert McKee: "...and God help you if you use voice-over in your work, my friends. God help you. That's flaccid, sloppy writing. Any idiot can write a voice-over narration to explain the thoughts of a character".
A game I play sometimes when there is narration is to imagine if the scene I'm watching would still work without the voiceover. The same with music played over scary movies scenes. So much of Corner Office fails cinematically that it only works with the voiceover, becoming the very crutch that ruins it.
It is in the WHOLE film. It looks like they have an explanation when it comes to show he's recounting his experience to a counselor, but then it keeps happening to the very end. See quote above again.
Yes, it is about autism, creativity in captivity, and the pressure to conform even when a clear truth is being denied. The issue is that all those things in CO are laid out and super obvious in the first 30 minutes...and then the film keeps going for another hour and ten minutes without actually saying anything about them, only to arrive at an ending that concludes nothing and just kinda...stops.
The tone and production design are fine, if pretty flat and uninspired, sitting at some nexus between Brazil, Severance, and Office Space. It just has nothing to say beyond standard office issues and just presenting them.
Also, the title. The Room in question is, in fact, NOT a corner office. They even repeatedly call it just "the room" throughout. So while I'm sure they changed the title from the short story to avoid association with one of the most famous bad movies ever, it should be no surprise a film as devoid of creativity and a voice as this one couldn't even title itself better.
- Adaptation. (2002)
A game I play sometimes when there is narration is to imagine if the scene I'm watching would still work without the voiceover. The same with music played over scary movies scenes. So much of Corner Office fails cinematically that it only works with the voiceover, becoming the very crutch that ruins it.
It is in the WHOLE film. It looks like they have an explanation when it comes to show he's recounting his experience to a counselor, but then it keeps happening to the very end. See quote above again.
Yes, it is about autism, creativity in captivity, and the pressure to conform even when a clear truth is being denied. The issue is that all those things in CO are laid out and super obvious in the first 30 minutes...and then the film keeps going for another hour and ten minutes without actually saying anything about them, only to arrive at an ending that concludes nothing and just kinda...stops.
The tone and production design are fine, if pretty flat and uninspired, sitting at some nexus between Brazil, Severance, and Office Space. It just has nothing to say beyond standard office issues and just presenting them.
Also, the title. The Room in question is, in fact, NOT a corner office. They even repeatedly call it just "the room" throughout. So while I'm sure they changed the title from the short story to avoid association with one of the most famous bad movies ever, it should be no surprise a film as devoid of creativity and a voice as this one couldn't even title itself better.