"Work sucks."

1999

1h 30m

7.4(3170 votes)

Comedy

Overview

A depressed white-collar worker tries hypnotherapy, only to find himself in a perpetual state of devil-may-care bliss that prompts him to start living by his own rules, and hatch a hapless attempt to embezzle money from his soul-killing employers.

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37 members

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Ron Livingston

Peter Gibbons

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Jennifer Aniston

Joanna

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David Herman

Michael Bolton

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Ajay Naidu

Samir Nagheenanajar

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Diedrich Bader

Lawrence

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Stephen Root

Milton Waddams

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Gary Cole

Bill Lumbergh

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Richard Riehle

Tom Smykowski

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Ali Wentworth

Anne

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Joe Bays

Dom Portwood

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John C. McGinley

Bob Slydell

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Paul Willson

Bob Porter

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Kinna McInroe

Nina

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Todd Duffey

Chotchkie's Waiter

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Greg Pitts

Drew

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Michael McShane

Dr. Swanson

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Linda Wakeman

Laura Smykowski

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Jennifer Jane Emerson

Female Temp

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Kyle Scott Jackson

Rob Newhouse

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Orlando Jones

Steve

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Barbara George-Reiss

Lumbergh's Secretary

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Tom Schuster

Construction Foreman

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Rupert Reyes

Mexican Waiter

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Jackie Belvin

Swanson's Patient #1

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Gabriel Folse

Swanson's Patient #2

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Jesse De Luna

Cop at Fire

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Mike Judge

Chotchkie's Manager

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Justin Possenti

Spectator

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Jack Betts

Judge

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Charissa Allen

Jogger (uncredited)

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Samantha Inoue-Harte

Initech Employee (uncredited)

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Josh Bond

Initech Security Guard (uncredited)

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R.C. Keene

Rush Hour Driver (uncredited)

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Spencer Kayden

Office Worker (uncredited)

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K. Todd Lytle

Rush Hour Driver (uncredited)

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Cassie Townsend

Rush Hour Driver's Partner (uncredited)

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Heath Young

Spectator (uncredited)

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