Synopsis
In this comic take on big-business wheelings and dealings, an ambitious senator's son (Judge Reinhold) moves up the corporate ladder through undeserved promotions. But against his better judgment, he falls for a woman (the chairman's daughter, no less) who's leading a protest against the company's shady business practices.
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Cast
- Judge ReinholdJack Issel
- Lori-Nan EnglerRachel Helmes
- Eddie AlbertPete Helmes
- Merritt ButrickJohn Hudson
- Ron FrazierBob Nixon
- Richard MasurMax Landsberger
- Rick MoranisHoward Gross
- Don NovelloSal
- Michael O'DonoghueScott Dantley
- Jane SeymourJane Caldwell
Recommendations
- 50
The New York Times
Has a droll tone that sets it well above comedy's lowest common denominator. But it also has a bloodlessness that keeps it from being funny very often. - 50
Chicago Tribune
It`s a lamebrained movie, without much sense in its construction. - 38
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
If it had the guts to be either zany or pointed, it might have been both; instead, it's neither. It's an old copy of Mad magazine that wouldn't have been your favorite even when you were 12. [6 Jan 1986, p.C11] - 30
Los Angeles Times
Here is a satire about government and business corruption that's as empty, corrupt and manipulative as everything it attacks: a frantic, jokeless comedy about selling out, that sells out itself constantly. This is another big, dumb, pointless picture, a "high concept" movie that's all concept and no movie. - 30
Washington Post
Reinhold has a face that is halfway between leading-man handsome and Donald Duck, and a relaxed, drawling confidence with a line -- he seems to float not above the action but on it, like oil on water. And he seems to survive Head Office, a comedy so confused and cowardly it makes television look daring. [4 Jan 1986, p.D4] - 25
TV Guide Magazine
Unforgivably bad, painfully unfunny, and downright stupid, HEAD OFFICE tries to do to the corporate world what AIRPLANE did to the airlines. A needle in a haystack would be easier to find than a laugh in this film--which is surprising, considering that the cast includes such names as DeVito, Moranis, Novello, Doyle-Murray, and Shawn. - 25
Miami Herald
Head Office has fleetingly funny moments -- Don (Father Guido Sarducci) Novello's attempt to lure women into his limo to listen to boring pop tapes, a Don King rap that's almost as funny as his hair -- but overall, this is one movie that's bankrupt. [7 Jan 1986, p.4]
