The idea of a naive young man finding himself in the cutthroat world of big business is far from an original idea for a movie. But I think it could work again as long as enough energy and originality was thrown in. Sadly, this time around it's pretty much a complete misfire. What went wrong? Well, plenty. While Judge Reinhold has proved to be appealing and amusing in other movies, he seems out of his league here. He gives a very lifeless performance. In fact, all the performances in the movie are sorely lacking energy save for Danny De Vito and Rick Moranis - and those two actors only have cameo roles! The lack of vitality by the cast is probably due to writer/director Ken Finkleman. His direction is dull and lifeless, with a cold heart feeling to every scene. And his screenplay is full of obvious and unfunny attempts at humor, and also has the problem that there's hardly anything in the way of a plot to be found. It's no wonder this movie didn't do well in theaters and has been pretty much forgotten more than 25 years later.
Review of Head Office
