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Esperando la hora

Título original: Clockwatchers
  • 1997
  • PG-13
  • 1h 36min
CALIFICACIÓN DE IMDb
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Parker Posey, Toni Collette, Lisa Kudrow, and Alanna Ubach in Esperando la hora (1997)
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La relación entre cuatro empleadas temporales que trabajan para la misma empresa de créditos se ve amenazada con la llegada de un nuevo empleado, que consigue un puesto fijo por el que compe... Leer todoLa relación entre cuatro empleadas temporales que trabajan para la misma empresa de créditos se ve amenazada con la llegada de un nuevo empleado, que consigue un puesto fijo por el que competía una de las mujeres.La relación entre cuatro empleadas temporales que trabajan para la misma empresa de créditos se ve amenazada con la llegada de un nuevo empleado, que consigue un puesto fijo por el que competía una de las mujeres.

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    • Jill Sprecher
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    • Karen Sprecher
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    • Toni Collette
    • Parker Posey
    • Lisa Kudrow
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  • CALIFICACIÓN DE IMDb
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      • Karen Sprecher
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      • Toni Collette
      • Parker Posey
      • Lisa Kudrow
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      • 2 premios ganados y 1 nominación en total

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    • Iris
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    FargoUT

    An honest and often hilarious look at office life

    At the suggestion of co-workers, I rented this film, and was amazed at the honest and funny portrayal "Clockwatchers" offers. Sure, it's a slow-moving tale, but working in an office is like that--slow, monotonous, boring. This movie is a very funny satire of inner-office politics. I am surprised the amount of negativity directed towards the film. Perhaps it was a bit too honest?

    Parker Posey is so perfect in this movie. Toni Collette has the perfect low-key performance to work off Posey's. Lisa Kudrow is funny, but she smartly remains in the background for most of the movie. Alanna Ubach has the thankless role of doing nothing. However, all four work so well off each other, you can easily overlook the negatives.

    For the person who commented that there are no offices like the one portrayed here, let me say: WRONG! I have worked in two offices that are nearly identical to that portrayed. It was horrible, and I quit both of them quickly. Admittedly, the film does push the realism boundaries, though this is a satire. Exaggeration is key to satire.

    Go rent this movie. Preferably on DVD for the widescreen. This is better than "Office Space" and is more honest in its depiction of office life. It's sad, funny, quirky, and original. Parker Posey's brilliant performance is worth the price alone. Two Thumbs Up? You bet!
    8dcshanno

    The sad, sad truth

    The only thing that I can think when reading the negative comments left for this movie is that the people who wrote them have *clearly* never temped. As someone who spent four years of his life wasting away in other people's cubicles, I can tell you with complete authority that this movie gets every mind-numbing, insulting, and degrading aspect of the experience dead on. I suppose you should be thankful if you can't relate to what's going on in this film because it probably means you've never had to tip-toe into some middle manager's office on a Friday afternoon to get a signature on your time card.

    As for those who think "Clockwatchers" is "dull" or "boring," it's called subtly. Look into it.
    doktor d

    Sprecher's perceptive, sad slice of reality

    Inappropriately marketed as a comedy, Clockwatchers is actually a sad, almost disturbing slice-of-life concerning the empty lives of four office temps and the realistic and/or idealized ways they seek to escape their individual predicaments. This low-key, purposefully bland drama, with spare touches of humor from Margaret (Parker Posey), is steeped in realism, making it all the sadder.

    Margaret, Paula, and Jane befriend Iris, the central character, at her new temp job. Margaret is loud-mouthed, foul-mouthed, and smart. Paula (Lisa Kudrow) is a young woman with fast-fading beauty, loose morals, and no hope for a future. Jane (Alanna Ubach) is biding her time waiting for her man to marry her and take her away from the temp world. And Iris (Toni Collette) is intelligent but timid. Unlike her new friends, she has the opportunity to score a real job at an interview that her father has lined up for her; however, low self-esteem, shyness, and a new-found friendship with the office girls contribute to her procrastination. Outward, upward mobility seems to scare her.

    One day Iris stares blankly at her empty diary. Her temp job affects her so badly that she can find nothing to write about; she's been turned into a mindless zombie. During a moment of introspection, she thinks, `Sometimes it hits you, how quickly the present fades into the past. And you question everything around you. You wonder if anything you'd ever do would matter, or if you could just disappear without a trace.' Jill and Karen Sprecher's script is punctuated with perceptive, thought provoking lines, many of which comment on the individual's insignificance in society. Early in the film, Margaret comments on how `a person can just drift through life like they're not connected to anyone or anything.' Later, Iris admits that `even if a person wanted to break free, they could find out they've got nowhere else to go.'

    Ultimately, the Sprechers' four-character quasi-study can be applied to everyone, every day. Some characters move on, thus positively changing their lives forever; others, whether out of preference, procrastination, or lack of education, stay put, forever locked in dead-end jobs. At the film's end, Iris realizes that improving her situation can come only from `never hiding, never sitting silently, and never just waiting -- and waiting -- and watching the world go by.' Clockwatchers may be a `small' film with a soft voice, but at least it has something to say.
    7Sergiodave

    The monotony of life

    I would consider this movie a drama, not a comedy. It is a movie about the dull routine of office life, which I know from experience is mind-numbing. The four lead actors are great, indeed none of the cast put a foot wrong. This is a sedate but sharp movie where dialogue is key, if you're wanting action look elsewhere. A well made ensemble piece.
    mew-4

    Existential angst in a service based world

    This is a really provocative movie that is artfully filmed.

    Good art often offers commentary on the times. When you're in the midst of an era, it's hard to see what characterizes it. I think Clockwatchers does a terrific job of capturing a facet of the temp world of the 80's/90's. I was a temp for a year in 1988. It's quite accurate.

    But you don't have to be a temp to recognize these characters. Yes Dilbert, yes Office Space, and especially the beginning of Joe vs the Volcano have these same foils. But I think Clockwatchers' take was unique. The characters were well developed while still being archetypes. There was a subtlety and style that all the others listed chose against.

    The direction and cinematography of this film is terrific. It takes guts to burn film doing a close-up of someone's glasses for 10 seconds. There is real art to this film. The writing, the directing, the pacing, editing, all right up at the top of the scale. The acting was fine, but I don't think it's the strong suit of this movie. Toni Collette is a standout. While I love Parker Posey, I think she was probably a bit over the top here. The Muzak, while as mood-setting as the buzz of florescent lighting, can grate at a viewer.

    This film touched on too may things to list them all. Here's a sample... What are you doing with your life if you're waiting for it to burn off? Isn't it exhausting and poisoning to pretend to look busy all day? If you are a cog in a machine, and accomplishing nothing at that too, did you really even exist? Are the "troublemakers" in life getting us in trouble, or offering us freedom (note there are two people here stirring up the pot)? What is theft (and theft of services)? Where is the dividing line between unethical play and immorality? At what point do you give up on the dream of personal growth? Are some people "better" than others? What does beauty (and grooming) have to do with it? Does the corporate hierarchy define our worth to others or our self-worth? What is loyalty and betrayal, to whom do you owe how much, and how do you give consent to those obligations/ownership? Work/friends/family are all portrayed as villains and allies wielding this loyalty Sword of Damocles.

    One IMDB reviewer said this film was a good way to kill time after work. That's terrific irony. :)

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    • Trivia
      Lisa Kudrow postponed her honeymoon to shoot this film.
    • Errores
      When Iris attempts to retrieve the bag Paula drops on the bus, the small child who was sitting immediately in front of Paula vanishes. Iris immediately sits where the missing child was last seen.
    • Citas

      Iris Chapman: Everything is temporary. Everything begins and ends and begins again. When I look ahead, I imagine infinite possible futures repeated like countless photocopies, a thousand blank pages, and in each one I see myself, never hiding, never sitting silently, and never just waiting and waiting and watching the world go by.

    • Créditos curiosos
      The opening credits are shown over the sound of the loud ticking of a clock.
    • Conexiones
      Featured in Siskel & Ebert & the Movies: Deep Impact/Woo/Clockwatchers/Little Men/Artemisia/In Our Own Hands (1998)
    • Bandas sonoras
      Snooky's Theme
      Written by Joey Altruda

      Performed by Joey Altruda

      Published by Josho Publishing/Careers-BMG Music Publishing, Inc. (BMI)

      Courtesy of Ocean Park Music Group

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    • Fecha de lanzamiento
      • 15 de mayo de 1998 (Estados Unidos)
    • Países de origen
      • Reino Unido
      • Estados Unidos
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      • Clockwatchers
    • Locaciones de filmación
      • 110 East Union St, Pasadena, California, Estados Unidos(former Clothes Heaven location; Jane's fiance picks her up)
    • Productoras
      • Goldcrest Films International
      • John Flock Productions
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    • Total en EE. UU. y Canadá
      • USD 537,948
    • Fin de semana de estreno en EE. UU. y Canadá
      • USD 34,838
      • 17 may 1998
    • Total a nivel mundial
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      • 1h 36min(96 min)
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      • 1.85 : 1

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