#CORNER OFFICE

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Currently watching Danny pudis' entire filmography because my brain apparently cannot survive for more than 4 hours without seeing his face and I keep staring at him but for the life of me I cannot figure out what makes this man so FREAKING ATTRACTIVE

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A nickle for everything I've seen in the past seven days where Jon Hamm is introduced while walking around with a box and looking perplexed...

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CAN THE DARK LORD BANE BLESS OUR MARRIAGE WHILE HE'S AT IT ?

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Just watched the movie Corner Office and I don't know what its supposed to be about but it read to me like a perfect metaphor for trying to work while neuro-divergent.

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Corner Office trailer just dropped

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Corner Office

directed by Joachim Back, 2022

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Movie Home Video Releases for September 12, 2023

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Corner Office Trailer

Orson is trapped in corporate life as The Authority's newest employee. He finds it difficult to connect with his desk mate Rakesh and the rest of his colleagues. "His alienation deepens when he discovers a room he's told doesn't exist - a place that unleashes his true potential, leading to an ascent up the corporate ladder. Buoyed by his newfound confidence, Orson invites a receptionish into his sanctuary, sparking a climactic clash between the corporate world's harsh realities and his own wild fantasies." (Lionsgate)

Corner Office stars Jon Hamm, Danny Pudi, Sarah Gadon, and Christopher Heyerdahl. Joachim Back directs from a screenplay by Ted Kupper. The film is based on the novel The Room by Jonas Karlsson.

Corner Office releases to theaters, On Digital, and On Demand on August 4, 2023.

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Corner Office

Corner Office    [trailer]

As Orson, The Authority's newest employee, finds himself trapped in the absurdities of corporate life, his alienation deepens when he discovers a room he's told doesn't exist.

The movie's too long. But I still smiled at the absurdity of Orson's workplace that feels all too real.

And while it becomes increasingly clear that he needs help. At times I was fascinated by his self-assuredness and pretentiousness.

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Corner Office (2022)

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Skullduggery: corner office...

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Corner Office and Mental Health

I just watched Corner Office a couple hours ago, and it’s… hard to describe. Best way I can explain is it’s like Wes Anderson directed American Psycho. But I’m getting ahead of myself. Basically, if you haven’t watched it yet, I highly recommend doing so.

[SPOILERS AHEAD]

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I don’t know how to begin this. It’s more a thought dump than anything. I’ll just start by saying the movie felt very surreal, which I guess is kind of the point. You have a guy who seems to live a fairly normal life, aside from being fairly neurotic. And one day, he finds this room that nobody else can see. More details on that later.

But as the movie goes on, you see how the MC (Orison) is not a reliable narrator (and he is narrating for about 95% of the movie). We see how sensitive he is of the details in his surroundings. The way he over-analyzes the world around him, sometimes accurately, sometimes not. We see how awkward he is in social situations. There’s emphasis on how his unusual thought process influences the world around him and vice versa.

And I don’t want to admit this, but I relate on a certain level. I discovered 15 years after my diagnosis, that I have autism. When I learned I had it, it was like a puzzle piece that completed the bigger picture. I understood why something felt off about my behaviors and why it felt like I was behind on emotional maturity. I realized why I do things differently. But it also made me paranoid about the way people perceive me. It made me reflect on past experiences and try to “mask” more often, which I didn’t even know was a thing.

I don’t know what Orison has, if anything, but he rarely self-reflects. And the few times he does, it’s a detriment to his mental health. When he changes his outward behaviors, he becomes tired and frustrated. His work suffers, which seems to be his only purpose in life. Yes, people like him more, but to what end? To just exist?

And that’s where the room comes in. It’s semi-ambiguous as to what the room is, but is implied early on to be a sort of self-induced psychological coping mechanism. When he enters this “perfect room”, his coworkers only see him staring at the wall. But it provides a space for him to clear his mind and work more efficiently. But he’s seen as odd despite being equally productive as his coworkers, if not more, due to this.

Obviously, I’m no expert on mental health. My highest education on the subject is a Psych 101 class from freshman year of college. But I drew some parallels from his life to mine, and it was heartbreaking. It was hard to see him struggling in life because of the way he thought, and the half-assed help he received; To work and be punished for finding different solutions. That, coupled with the obnoxious bureaucracy of a dying corporate office, moved something in me. Idk. That’s all.

[tinyreviews]

A sad man with a sad ending, with absurdist vibes. I wonder what the point was.

Corner Office is a 2023 American black comedy film directed by Joachim Back and written by Ted Kupper, based on the novel The Room by Jonas Karlsson. The film stars Jon Hamm, Danny Pudi, Sarah Gadon and Christopher Heyerdahl.

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Corner Office (2023)