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==Reception==
===Critical reception===
On the [[review aggregator]] website [[Rotten Tomatoes]], the film has an approval rating of 81% based on 103 reviews and an average rating of 6.80/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "Mike Judge lampoons the office grind with its inspired mix of sharp dialogue and witty one-liners."<ref>{{rotten-tomatoes|office_space|Office Space}}</ref> [[Metacritic]] gives the film a [[weighted average]] score of 68 out of 100 based on reviews from 31 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".<ref>{{Metacritic film|title=Office Space}}</ref> Audiences polled by [[CinemaScore]] during opening weekend gave the film an average grade of "C+" on a scale ranging from A+ to F.<ref>{{cite web |title= Cinemascore |url= https://www.cinemascore.com/publicsearch/index/title/ |access-date= November 9, 2018 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20181220122629/https://www.cinemascore.com/publicsearch/index/title/ |archive-date= December 20, 2018 |url-status= dead }}</ref>

[[Roger Ebert]] of the ''[[Chicago Sun-Times]]'' gave the film three out of four stars and wrote that Judge "treats his characters a little like cartoon creatures. That works. Nuances of behavior are not necessary, because in the cubicle world every personality trait is magnified, and the captives stagger forth like grotesques."<ref>{{cite news|last=Ebert|first=Roger| author-link=Roger Ebert |title=Office Space|work=[[Chicago Sun-Times]]|date=February 19, 1999|url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/office-space-1999|access-date=8 March 2021}}</ref> In his review for the ''[[San Francisco Chronicle]]'', [[Mick LaSalle]] writes, "Livingston is nicely cast as Peter, a young guy whose imagination and capacity for happiness are the very things making him miserable."<ref>{{cite news|last=LaSalle|first=Mick|title=Workers' Souls Lost In ''Space''|work=San Francisco Chronicle|date=February 19, 1999|url= https://www.sfgate.com/movies/article/Workers-Souls-Lost-In-Space-2946061.php|access-date=2008-09-18 }}</ref> In ''[[USA Today]]'', Susan Wloszczyna wrote, "If you've ever had a job, you'll be amused by this paean to peons."<ref>{{cite news|last=Wioszczyna|first=Susan|title=No Frills ''Office'' Party|work= USA Today |page=13.E |date=February 19, 1999 |url= https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/USAToday/access/39122458.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&date=Feb+19%2C+1999&author=Susan+Wloszczyna&pub=USA+TODAY&edition=&startpage=13.E&desc=No-frills+%27Office%27+party |access-date=2013-05-11 |via=Proquest Archiver|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130630051750/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/USAToday/access/39122458.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&date=Feb+19,+1999&author=Susan+Wloszczyna&pub=USA+TODAY&edition=&startpage=13.E&desc=No-frills+'Office'+party|archive-date=30 June 2013}}{{subscription required|date=May 2013}}</ref>

[[Owen Gleiberman]] in ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'' gave the film a "C" rating and criticized it for feeling "cramped and underimagined".<ref>{{cite magazine|last= Gleiberman|first=Owen|title=Office Space|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|date=March 5, 1999|url=https://ew.com/article/1999/03/05/office-space-2/|access-date=May 17, 2023 }}</ref> In his review for ''[[The Globe and Mail]]'', Rick Groen wrote: "Perhaps his TV background makes him unaccustomed to the demands of a feature-length script (the ending seems almost panicky in its abruptness), or maybe he just succumbs to the lure of the easy yuk...what began as discomfiting satire soon devolves into silly farce."<ref>{{cite news|last=Groen|first=Rick|title=Workplace satire almost does the job |work=Globe and Mail |date=February 19, 1999 |location=Toronto |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/movie/MOVIEREVIEWS/19990219/TASPAC|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090116181107/http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/movie/MOVIEREVIEWS/19990219/TASPAC |archive-date=2009-01-16 |access-date=2008-09-18|url-status=dead}}</ref> In his review in ''[[The New York Times]]'', [[Stephen Holden]] wrote, "It has the loose-jointed feel of a bunch of sketches packed together into a narrative that doesn't gather much momentum."<ref>{{cite news|last=Holden|first=Stephen|title=Film Review; One Big Happy Family? No, Not At This Company|work=The New York Times|date=February 19, 1999|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1999/02/19/movies/film-review-one-big-happy-family-no-not-at-this-company.html |access-date=2013-05-03}}</ref>

In 2008, ''Entertainment Weekly'' named ''Office Space'' one of "The 100 best films from 1983 to 2008", ranking it at #73.<ref>{{cite magazine |title=The New Classics: Movies |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |date=June 16, 2008 |issue=999–1000 |url=https://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20207076_20207387_20207063,00.html |access-date=2013-05-03 |archive-date=June 19, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190619055930/https://ew.com/ew/article/0,,20207076_20207387_20207063,00.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>

===Cult status===

Disappointed in the film's $12 million domestic gross, Judge decided to move on and began work on what eventually became ''[[Extract (film)|Extract]]'', a similarly themed followup to ''Office Space''. Fox suggested that next time, he pay more heed to the studio's casting suggestions. However, he soon learned that the film had not gone unnoticed within the industry. "[[Jim Carrey]] invited me to his house. [[Chris Rock]] left me the best voicemail ever. I had dinner with [[Madonna (entertainer)|Madonna]]", who found the Michael Bolton character's anger "sexy", Judge said.<ref name="EW oral history" />

Four years later, Judge was working on the ''[[Idiocracy]]'' screenplay with [[Etan Cohen]]. During a break, the two went to an Austin [[Starbucks]], and the baristas were doing impressions of Lumbergh. Cohen asked Judge if they were only doing it because he was present, whereupon the barista turned around and asked the two if they had ever seen the movie.<ref name="EW oral history" />

Other cast members found the film had reached people when strangers began associating them with their characters. Cole, who had previously worked service jobs including bartending, said that he had not realised "the scope of the office audience" until a year after release, when people began shouting dialogue from the movie at him. Aniston says that even today, when she is eating "at a certain type of restaurant", people will ask if she likes their flair.

The [[cable television|cable]] channel [[Comedy Central]] premiered ''Office Space'' on August 5, 2001; that airing drew 1.4 million viewers. By 2003, the channel had broadcast the film another 35 times.<ref name="Valby3"/> These broadcasts helped develop the film's cult following; Livingston credits the regular airings the film received on Comedy Central for making ''Office Space'' a cult favorite: "It felt like it kind of went viral before that concept even existed."<ref name="EW oral history" />

Since then, Livingston has been approached by college students and office workers. He said, "I get a lot of people who say, 'I quit my job because of you.' That's kind of a heavy load to carry."<ref name="Valby3"/> Livingston says that people tell him watching ''Office Space'' made them feel better, which he still appreciates.<ref name="EW oral history" />