Through these four temp workers trying to do their menial office jobs in a soul-crushing environment, banal Muzak tunes piped in over the corporate loudspeakers, we get a satire of the dehumanization of the modern workplace. There is a camaraderie between them but it's as fragile and tenuous as their temporary employment. I liked the performances from the leads, Parker Posey and Toni Collette especially, but struggled to like the film as a whole, maybe because the temp workers were tough to like or appreciate as better than their situation, e.g. Lisa Kudrow's character jamming up the copier with paperclips so she could hit on the attractive repairman. The story was dreary to me, not investing enough in the plot line that had Posey's character trying to organize them to stand up for themselves, so that even at just 96 minutes, it had me watching the clock for it to finish.
Review of Clockwatchers
