when the credit start for clockwatchers toni collette and parker posey and lisa kudrow the senior citizen around me in the art house theater complain they hadn not hear of anybody . ( there be also choice bit role by james elliott of jag and bob balaban and paul dooley and they do not recognize them either . ) there be a row of young kid in the front for some reason who talk as much a the senior through the movie and keep go in and out to get food and slam the door . all of which be hard to take during a comedy . this be a great movie for those of u in unsatisfactory office cubicle job ideal for those in temp hell . not necessarily laugh out loud funny all the way through but bite social satire about office life today for those at the bottom end of a ladder that doesn not go anywhere . collette central character be almost too bland and vacant towards the end a there no ring conclusion just some small revenge and but it all in character and place . kudrow get to be a bit nasty and practical life face than her usual role . clearly the sister creator of this movie have spend some time a temp . and temporary office placement company be now the large employer in the country . ( originally write 5/26/1998 ) .