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A bare indie film from 1998 starring young Toni Colette and a restrained, but peRfEcT Parker Posey - about four girls temping in an office, who find their budding dynamic disrupted by the appearance of an anonymous office thief !
Anyway, I weirdly love it. It’s stranger than it should be allowed to be - and funnier - a good comfort watch.
None of us really spend our time in bland corporate office environments anymore, so it's funny and a bit deranged to remember back to when 9-5 was the premiere terror of all creative independent minds.
Nov 2, 2023
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The sheer relatability of this movie 20+ years later is a testament to its wit and charm, as well as to the stubbornness and rigidity of the post-grad corporate experience. CLOCKWATCHERS is reassuring, semi-romanticizing the 9-5 drudgery, while illustrating just how arbitrary the office setting truly is. Relatable!
Parker Posey again proves to be the most darling of 90s indie darlings, and I feel a kinship to all of the main characters based on their chunky mary janes alone. Cheers to female friendship, may it exist as fashionably and as rebelliously as capitalism allows!
May 7, 2025
“Everything is temporary. Everything begins and ends and begins again.”
dir. Jill Sprecher
Starring Toni Colette, Lisa Kudrow, Parker Posey, and Alanna Ubach. Stellar performance by the late great Stanley DeSantis: queer icon and goated character actor.
Jan 12, 2025
I'm 20 minutes in and am already thinking about rearranging my four favorites on letterboxd. I love Parker Posey and want to be too hot to be a librarian all day. I missed buying tickets for the Valentine's Day showing at Vidiots but they added another show on Friday... my mouse hovers above the purchase button as we speak.
Feb 3, 2024
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It cost $2 at a market. It’s gigantic, soft, and orange. I can’t explain why, but it just makes me happy. The color is so bright and it’s so fluffy. Sometimes, the little things count.
Jan 26, 2025
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It is seriously the most soothing activity. It’s simple, it’s gentle, it smells good, it feeds your friends and makes them happy. If you’re feeling low, I truly and deeply recommend getting a pan out and some crushed tomatoes and just slowly making a simple tomato sauce and slap it on some spaghetti. Your heart will feel grateful.
Jan 26, 2025