Jon Hamm delivers a fascinating performance which is both subtle and broad, a patented specialty of his, in this strangely interesting film.
This unique movie seems to be a spiritual sequel to Melville's Bartleby the Scrivener. The problem with Corner Office, though, is that it doesn't seem to have anywhere to go. Bartleby works in large part because it's not very long, but Corner Office definitely overstays its welcome.
Once we're introduced to the eccentric characters, the odd office, and the title room, a mystery seems to be put in motion, but once we figure out, early on, that there really isn't any mystery (natural or unnatural), the ending is a predictable and foregone conclusion.
So, we're left with an interesting journey to nowhere, and while I'm glad to have gone on it, the final half of the film becomes frustratingly predictable.
This unique movie seems to be a spiritual sequel to Melville's Bartleby the Scrivener. The problem with Corner Office, though, is that it doesn't seem to have anywhere to go. Bartleby works in large part because it's not very long, but Corner Office definitely overstays its welcome.
Once we're introduced to the eccentric characters, the odd office, and the title room, a mystery seems to be put in motion, but once we figure out, early on, that there really isn't any mystery (natural or unnatural), the ending is a predictable and foregone conclusion.
So, we're left with an interesting journey to nowhere, and while I'm glad to have gone on it, the final half of the film becomes frustratingly predictable.