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Clockwatchers (1997)

Clockwatchers poster
Directed by
Jill Sprecher
Genre
drama film, comedy drama
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 36m
Rated
PG-13
Rating
6.2 of 10 from 74 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

Four temp workers in a drab office form an unlikely friendship as they deal with boredom, mistrust, and invisibility from permanent staff. They navigate petty office politics and their own fragile hopes for something better.

melancholicdryly funnyrestlessunderstatedobservationalslightly absurdpoignantquietly tense

What happens

Clockwatchers is a 1997 American comedy-drama film co-written and directed by Jill Sprecher. It stars Toni Collette, Parker Posey, Lisa Kudrow, and Alanna Ubach as temporary office staffers in an office complex. The four become misfit friends in an office environment where they are ignored and mistrusted by their co-workers. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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