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Office(華麗上班族)

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China, Hong Kong · 2015
2h 0m
Director Johnnie To
Starring Chow Yun-Fat, Sylvia Chang, Eason Chan, Tang Wei
Genre Music, Drama

A takedown of capitalist corruption and greed that's savvily packaged as a song-and-dance extravaganza.

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60

CineVue by

A clever, daring and unusual piece of cinema which fans of thinking outside the box will appreciate.

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.

90

Variety by Justin Chang

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.

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