60
A clever, daring and unusual piece of cinema which fans of thinking outside the box will appreciate.
What are people saying?
What are critics saying?
60
The Hollywood Reporter by Clarence Tsui
Office is undermined by a simplistic screenplay lacking the nuances and frisson one expects of a cutting-edge satire of a capitalist world propelled by graft and greed.
90
Screen International by Dan Fainaru
Office is first and foremost about enjoying cinema’s capacity to entertain and have fun, which Johnnie To certainly seems to have had himself in making it.
83
The Film Stage by Ethan Vestby
The film is aware of the concentrated world it’s depicting.
83
The A.V. Club by Ignatiy Vishnevetsky
Office is one of the most original and imaginative musicals of the last decade, in spite of Lo Dayu’s largely unremarkable, temp-track-like score.
90
This boardroom tuner charmingly mines humor, romance and no shortage of eccentric lyrics from the world of spreadsheets and stock portfolios, but its real achievement is a formal and conceptual one, conjuring a tongue-in-cheek vision of modern capitalism in splendidly Brechtian terms (and in widescreen 3D, to boot).
90
The New York Times by Manohla Dargis
The songs in Office aren’t especially memorable. But it’s hard to care too much when you have a director who knows how to create tension by moving the camera and characters even while he’s delivering a nimble political softshoe with filmmaking dazzle.
90
Village Voice by Michael Nordine
Wry and self-aware but never finger-wagging, Office looks back on an economic precipice and finds more humor and spirit than any other depiction yet made about it.
88
RogerEbert.com by Simon Abrams
Several of To's recent films concern economic upheaval and its effect on personal relationships, but Office is one of his recent best because it makes something as dire as a financial crisis seem like a natural subject for a modern musical.