Clockwatchers

Strange and a bit edgy. A bad mixture of commercial film and (unintentional) avant garde but it kept my attention. Mostly ;) Bottom line...it's a little vague but much better than most movies that do big box office.... Full review

Jill Sprecher, the enormous talent behind "Clockwatchers", needs to be seen more often. We saw this witty comedy in its original debut and it was a pleasure to watch it again on IFC. Ms. Sprecher and her sister Karen wrote... Full review

This is a weird movie. It has a good story, the end has a good point. A satisfying ending. Parker Posey is great even though I feel her part wasn't big enough. Toni Collette is good. This is an entertaining, interesting... Full review

This movie sucks beyond anyone's wildest imagination. I am glad that I didnt actually have to pay to see this movie because I probably would have sued the movie theater for mental distress that it caused me.... Full review

The only thing that I can think when reading the negative comments left for this movie is that the people who wrote them have *clearly* never temped. As someone who spent four years of his life wasting away in other... Full review

Inappropriately marketed as a comedy, Clockwatchers is actually a sad, almost disturbing slice-of-life concerning the empty lives of four office temps and the realistic and/or idealized ways they seek to escape their individual predicaments. This low-key, purposefully bland drama, with... Full review

This is a really provocative movie that is artfully filmed.Good art often offers commentary on the times. When you're in the midst of an era, it's hard to see what characterizes it. I think Clockwatchers does a terrific job of... Full review

I saw this on cable last night, just 2 days after seeing the Sprecher sisters' latest film, 13 Conversations About One Thing - that was the reason I stayed up til 2:30 a.m. to watch it, in fact (please read... Full review

This is one of those movies whose brilliance sneaks up on you. I saw this movie when it first opened in theaters 4 years ago and I distinctly remember not being able to take my eyes off of it...in spite... Full review

At the suggestion of co-workers, I rented this film, and was amazed at the honest and funny portrayal "Clockwatchers" offers. Sure, it's a slow-moving tale, but working in an office is like that--slow, monotonous, boring. This movie is a very... Full review

One of my favorite movies is Clockwatchers starring Toni Collette as Iris.....This movie captures the life of an office temp so well, it's scary..... ... Full Review

classic movies....should that actor be disinterested or unavailable....In terms of screenwriting, a good story is a good story, no matter where it comes from.....an ideal cast....For both movies, though, we've been incredibly lucky getting actors that we desperately wanted..... ... Full Review

classic movies....should that actor be disinterested or unavailable....In terms of screenwriting, a good story is a good story, no matter where it comes from.....an ideal cast....For both movies, though, we've been incredibly lucky getting actors that we desperately wanted..... ... Full Review

Jill Sprecher's "Clockwatchers," is my favorite type of film.....If there is any sort of problem with "Clockwatchers," it is....Thanks to the smart, perceptive screenplay, also written by Sprecher....It is a film that effortlessly observes characters and situations in an everyday setting....it was so refreshing to watch the characters and their various interactions with each other.... ... Full Review

Clockwatchers may not be a Grapes of Wrath for the Nineties, but its intelligence, slow-boil outrage over grunt workers' dehumanization, and subtle assertion of their power to resist make it a terrific piece of pro-labor propaganda. And as effective as Kudrow is as Paula, Sprecher might have been better off casting someone who isn't so closely identified with bimboesque characters. ... Full Review

Clockwatchers , the 1997 film by Madison's Sprecher sisters (Jill directed; she and Karen wrote the screenplay), was an entertaining indie about temps in a dysfunctional workplace, nothing extraordinary. ... Full Article

BY nature and vocation, Iris is a "temp" -- passively drifting through life, toiling at menial jobs in look-alike offices, moving on but never ahead. ... Full Article

List of great unsolved mysteries in the universe at the present time. Number one: Who/What created it. Number two: All other questions associated with creation. ... Full Article

Four women reflect on their lowly place in the corporate caste system in this dryly satiric comedy. Iris (Toni Collette) is a college graduate who hasn't decided what she wants to do with her life, except that she doesn't want... ... Full Article

Don't go to Clockwatchers expecting a rambunctiously picaresque romp through the fields of the transiently employed. It has none of the fun of The Kids in the Hall's classic 'Tanya the Temp' skits or Debi Mazar's regrettably short-lived series, 'Temporarily... ... Full Article

U.S. Distributor: Artistic License Films Although working the hours of nine-to-five, five days a week can be a tremendous grind for a permanent employee, it's even more difficult for a temp. ... Full Article