Office Romance
Seen it?1977 | 159 min | Comedy, Romance
Monday Morning MaybeWhy it’s a Monday Morning Maybe
With a box office flop and little lasting buzz, this one could be a tough watch. Keep your phone handy.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Made for romantics and anyone who wants a laugh.
- The mood
- Light and funny, romantic.
- The pace
- Unhurried and epic, at 2 hr 39 min.
- What might put you off
- It's long: 2 hr 39 min.
- It's in Russian, so expect subtitles (or a dub).
- Made in 1977: an older pace and style.
Anatoly Novoseltsev is a mousy single father and office stumblebum working at a statistics bureau in Moscow. In the hopes of being promoted, he is coaxed into charming his disagreeable and seemingly unfeeling boss, Ludmila Kalugina, or "Meany" as she's otherwise known by her subordinates. Helped by his colleagues Olya and Yura, Anatoly attempts to ease the yoke of Ms. Kalugina, and what follows in the wake of his graceless manoeuvres is completely unforeseen, as he awakens a side to her not yet known, even to herself..
How it earned its rating
- CriticsNot counted
Not enough reviews on record yet
- AudiencesSolid
7.8 out of 10
- AwardsWeak
1 win and 0 nominations from smaller awards and festivals
- Reach & staying powerWeak
Streaming release that reached a small audience so far
- Buzz & cultural impactBelow par
About 23K people sought it out in the past year
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Cast & crew
Directed by Eldar Ryazanov
- Alisa FreyndlikhЛюдмила Прокофьевна Калугина
- Andrey MyagkovАнатолий Ефремович Новосельцев
- Svetlana NemolyaevaОльга Петровна Рыжова
- Oleg BasilashviliЮрий Григорьевич Самохвалов
- Liya AkhedzhakovaВерочка, секретарь Калугиной
- Lyudmila IvanovaШура
- Pyotr ShcherbakovБубликов
- Nelli Pshyonnaya
- Nadezhda Repina
- Viktor Filippov