Editing Office Space (section)

===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>