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Overview

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Director:
Writers:
Tom Kalin (writer)
Elise MacAdam (writer)
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Release Date:
3 December 1997 (USA) more
Genre:
Tagline:
Working here can be murder. more
Plot:
A mousy office worker accidentally kills one of her coworkers, then proceeds to bump off a few others. full summary | full synopsis
Awards:
1 nomination more
User Comments:
Downsizing more (28 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Carol Kane ... Dorine Douglas

Molly Ringwald ... Kim Poole

Jeanne Tripplehorn ... Norah Reed

Barbara Sukowa ... Virginia Wingate

Michael Imperioli ... Daniel Birch
David Thornton ... Gary Michaels
Mike Hodge ... Mr. Landau
Alice Drummond ... Carlotta Douglas
Florina Rodov ... Receptionist

Jason Brill ... Delivery Man
Eddie Malavarca ... Brian
Doug Barron ... Ted

Linda Powell ... Naomi
Albert Macklin ... Brad
Michelle Hurst ... Kate
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Additional Details

MPAA:
Rated R for strong violence and gore, and for language.
Runtime:
82 min | Argentina:95 min
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1.85 : 1 more
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According to Christine Vachon, the production company Killer Films gets its name from this film. more
Goofs:
Revealing mistakes: When Dorine's cats are scratching under the basement door, you can see that a toy is being waved under the door. more
Movie Connections:
Spoofs Citizen Kane (1941) more

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Downsizing, 15 October 2005
7/10
Author: jotix100 from New York

Don't ever fool around with Dorine Douglas! She will make sure you will pay for whatever you do to her!

"Office Killer" is a film, judging from most comments submitted to this forum, that deserved better. Cindy Sherman, the director, shows she can deliver a good movie. The film was written by Ms. Sherman and it appears Todd Haynes, a good director himself, helped with the dialog, although he is uncredited.

We don't understand, at the beginning, what is Dorine's motivation for doing what she does, but the key to comprehending what's wrong with her is revealed in flashbacks that shows her as a teen ager when some traumatic events occurred involving her parents. Dorine has been dealt a bad blow from life and her reactions, although extreme, seem to be typical of someone that has been deeply scarred.

The film works because of the wonderful Carol Kane who does some of the best work of her career. Ms. Kane transforms herself into this weird Dorine, who is the butt of all jokes at the magazine where she works. What triggers her spiral unraveling is the downsizing the company is going through that will render her a part timer, losing, no doubt, a good deal of her earnings.

The supporting cast is up to task under Ms. Sherman's direction. Molly Ringwald, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Barbara Sukowa, Michael Imperioli, David Thornton and Alice Drummond, among others, respond well to the director's instructions.

One wishes good luck to Ms. Sherman with future films because she is not afraid, to show it all for the viewer's enjoyment.

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