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I was specting the moment when this girl start to flip


I was specting the moment when this girl start to flip, going nuts and start to do things to her coworkers and boss... but no, she was just taking shit from everybody

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Yeah i felt the same, the trailer made it seem like she was gonna snap at some point, but no she just keeps taking shit and the movie ends with her continuing to take shit. So nothing changes from beginning to end of this movie, the character is in the same exact place at the end as she was at the start.

Theres no progression with her character at all, this movie is completely pointless and theres no story except for an assistant doing office work and being unhappy about it.

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You missed the whole point of the film. This is what happens in real life. And it's frustrating.

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There is no point of the film, you may as well have filmed someone working at a dairy queen for 2 hours and calling it the Fast Food Worker, where we see nothing but an unhappy employee making food and putting up with assholes and the credits roll.

Yeah i get its trying to say this is how life is, but it wasn't entertaining, real life isn't entertaining, there was no real story there, we follow an office assistant doing office work and thats pretty much the entire movie, office work with the lead girl looking unhappy.

I mean its not entertaining following a character around doing office work non stop the whole movie, cleaning up, fixing food, answering phones and typing on the computer, without anything else going on. Ok she puts up with jerks but nothing ever comes of it, she puts up with it and does her work and the movie ends. The movie just felt pointless to me, like nothing happens in it.

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Each to their own. It’s at 77% on metacritic and 91% on rottentomatoes. Although the audience score is 24%. I’m with the critics on this one.

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thank you, what a waste of a good story

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lol, "specting". Well, you certainly have a sense of humour.

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You're quite the charmer, aren't you, algae.

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I think it makes the movie more realistic and more effective that she didn't flip out or go crazy.

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