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Office Killer (1998)

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Reviews Counted: 15

Fresh: 2

Rotten:13

Average Rating: 3.3/10

Runtime: 83 mins

Genre: Horror/Suspense

Synopsis: In this camp comedy thriller directed by artist/photographer Cindy Sherman, Dorine Douglas suffers depression when relegated to performing her job for Constant Consumer Magazine at-home. Not... In this camp comedy thriller directed by artist/photographer Cindy Sherman, Dorine Douglas suffers depression when relegated to performing her job for Constant Consumer Magazine at-home. Not knowing how to cope, after accidentally killing one of her coworkers, she finds the residual feelings very satisfying. Revived, Dorine continues to populate her new work environment with dead coworkers. [More]

Starring: Carol Kane, Molly Ringwald, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Barbara Sukowa

Starring: Carol Kane, Molly Ringwald, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Barbara Sukowa, Michael Imperioli, David Thornton, Alice Drummond, Florina Rodov

Director: Cindy Sherman

Director: Cindy Sherman
Producer: Tom Carouso, John Hart, Ted Hope, Pamela Koffler, James Schamus, Christine Vachon

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Jun 4, 2002

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  • Office Killer
  • Favorite screen stars Jeanne Tripplehorn (MICKEY BLUE EYES, SLIDING DOORS), Carol Kane (THE PALLBEARER, ADDAMS FAMILY VALUES), and Molly Ringwald (TEACHING MRS. TINGLE, BETSY'S WEDDING) head a great cast in this campy and darkly hilarious thriller! Dorine (Kane) is a quiet and hardworking social outcast who has endured years of abuse as the office doormat. Then one day, this mild-mannered paper pusher accidentally electrocutes one particularly obnoxious coworker ... and in the process, completely short-circuits her already unstable sanity! From that moment on, Dorine comes to believe that any office mate can be her best friend -- once they're dead! An outrageous display of the creepier side of office politics -- Dimension Home Video is pleased to bring you an unusually entertaining motion picture that's destined to kill you with comedy!
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    12/04/08
    Derek Elley
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    No review available.

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    06/29/05
    Emanuel Levy
    EmanuelLevy.Com

    Trashy, stupid, schlock-y, and completely dull.

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    02/21/04
    Greg Muskewitz
    eFilmCritic.com

    Some of this is insulting, all of it is tedious.

    Full Review Source: L.A. Weekly | comment Comment
    10/29/02
    Manohla Dargis
    L.A. Weekly

    The film opens with some intriguing and old-fashioned credits set to an ominous score. That’s the high point.

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    10/02/02
    Scott Weinberg
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    No review available.

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    07/30/02
    Philip Martin
    Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

    No terror or suspense occupies this tired, gloomy vacuum, not to mention wit or humor.

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    06/05/02
    Dale Winogura
    Boxoffice Magazine

    A pretentious pseudo-parody of a serial-killer movie.

    Full Review Source: E! Online | comment Comment
    01/01/00
    E! Online

    The measure of this film's failure is that when the nasty stuff happens, we don't laugh and we really don't care.

    Full Review Source: Apollo Guide | comment Comment
    01/01/00
    Brian Webster
    Apollo Guide

    As lifeless as the corpses that pile up in mousy Carol Kane's basement.

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    Bryant Frazer
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    Extra points for liberal use of chicken innards as wholesale gore. Minus points for not being funny enough.

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    Christopher Null
    Filmcritic.com

    A wry and intellectual romp through B-movie cliches -- without stinting on the gore and mayhem.

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    01/01/00
    David Bonetti
    San Francisco Examiner

    Despite running only 81 minutes, Sherman's debut feels distended, perhaps because it flutters around from black comedy to Grand Guignol to character study, rarely touching down on any of the above.

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    01/01/00
    Ed Kelleher
    Film Journal International

    It can't decide what it wants to be -- slasher fest, social satire or revenge comedy -- and ends up being an awkward goulash.

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    Edward Guthmann
    San Francisco Chronicle
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    It's more disturbing than finding half a cockroach in a Fluffernutter sandwich.

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    01/01/00
    Marc Savlov
    Austin Chronicle

    It doesn't offer a single moment of visceral or emotional electricity.

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    Stephen Holden
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