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Actors: Toni Collette, Lisa Kudrow, Parker Posey, Alanna Ubach
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Clockwatchers |
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Toni Collette stars as Iris, who is on her first day as a temp working for Global Credit, an impersonal huge corporation. She is very shy and insecure. She meets another temp, Margaret (Parker Posey) who is very cynical and sets about to teach Iris all the ropes of working there as a temp. Iris soon meets the other two temps (Lisa Kudrow and Alanna Ubach) and they all become a tight-knit little group.
Margaret always talks about how she has been a temp for too long and she is dying to get a permanent job with the company, if for no other reason than to please her displeased parents. When another gal snags a coveted position in the company, things start to go wrong as egos collide and tempers flare. Things go from bad to worse when items start disappearing from the office and nobody is above suspicion.
--Ann Gabriel, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Clockwatchers |
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Plot
Comedy, primarily
Yes
Time/era of movie:
- 1980's-1999
Kind of comedy
- "Clerks" style comedy
Job/Profession/Poverty Story?
Yes
Job:
- white collar office worker
How much humor v. drama
- Mostly humor, but some serious drama
Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Profession/status:
- secretary
Age:
- 20's-30's
Hair color?
- red
Hair type
- (woman) medium/shoulderlgn straight
Body type
- (woman) average
Events of movie makes character more...
- tougher
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor?
- Strong but gentle sense of humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
Hair style
- (woman) medium/shoulderlgn straight
Body type
- (woman) average
How much in movie?
- 80%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Female
Age:
- 20's-30's
Profession/status:
- secretary
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 40%
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
Hair type
- (woman) medium/shoulderlgn straight
Body type
- (woman) skinny
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- healthy but a geeky weakling
Setting
United States
Yes
City?
Yes
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- no torture/death
Movie makes you feel...
- thoughtful
Any profanity?
- Occasional swearing
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