History Film / OfficeChristmasParty

* TheCameo: Chicago Bulls player Jimmy Butler appears as himself.

* ComedicSociopathy: A bunch of different characters show bits and pieces of this. Jillian Bell's character is more of a straight-up example of TheSociopath.

-->'''Mary Winetoss:''' I've got doughnuts. I've got jelly. And sprinkles. But not 'cronuts', because they're a bastard pastry.\\\
'''Mary Winetoss:''' It's a Kia. It's what God would drive.
* ShoutOut: Clay is a huge fan of ''Film/TheFastAndTheFurious'' series. [[spoiler:This actually becomes a major plot point, with him coming close to committing ''de facto'' suicide by copying a stunt from the movies.]] As well, a replica of the famous Series/GameOfThrones throne is prominently featured when the party gets going.

* BenevolentBoss: Clay Vanstone is an ''awesome'' boss. As clueless and privileged as he is, he genuinely means well in every way. Josh Parker is a more realistic, down-to-earth version; he's a NiceGuy who tries his best to balance being productive with doing the right thing.

* BothSidesHaveAPoint: Carol is ''totally'' right that her brother is an eccentric goofball that isn't pushing his branch to anything like it's real potential, and the man has nothing like the calmness and impulse control (let alone the business and/or scientific expertise) that a manager at his level ought to have. Clay is ''totally'' right that her sister is a callous scrooge that does't get how employees are human beings rather than just nondescript resources to be kicked around without a care, and the woman has nothing like the basic social mindedness (let alone the positive vision about how to develop the company) that an executive at her level ought to have. [[spoiler:This makes their quasi-reconciliation at the end all the more satisfying.]]

* ComedicSociopathy: A bunch of different characters show bits and pieces of this. Jillian Bell's character is more of a straight up example of TheSociopath.

* {{Jerkass}}: Co-director Gordon said about Aniston's character, "We created this character for Jennifer because she's absolutely fearless when it comes to playing somewhat unlikeable characters in comedies. For her, the more daring the role, the better." [[spoiler: She graduates to JerkWithAHeartOfGold when her brother gets in serious trouble with Trina and her criminal associates. The siblings' relationship has shades of TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou, although she seems to significantly mellow out when the film comes to a close.]]
* LaughablyEvil: Trina. She's still enough of a tremendous asshole that [[spoiler:her arrest at the end of the film is very satisfying.]]
* MoodWhiplash: While having a layer of seriousness in that the group really does need to land that client, the generally goofy tone of the film's beginning and middle section contrasts a lot with [[spoiler:Clay's thwarted attempt at a ''de facto'' suicide. Still, there's a pretty happy ending.]]
* MrViceGuy: Clay is hedonistic in an eccentric way, but he ''sincerely'' means well, to the point that [[spoiler:it's revealed near the end of the film that he's spent a lot of his personal fortune directly to benefit his employees and doesn't have that much left.]]

''Office Christmas Party'' is a 2016 American comedy film directed by Will Speck and Josh Gordon (known for doing ''Film/BladesOfGlory''). Written primarily by Justin Malen and Laura Solon (with help from four other contributors), it has an ensemble cast of comedians including Creator/JasonBateman, Creator/OliviaMunn, Creator/TJMiller, Creator/JillianBell, Creator/VanessaBayer, [[Creator/CourtneyBVance Courtney B. Vance]], Creator/RobCorddry, Creator/SamRichardson, Creator/RandallPark, Creator/KateMcKinnon, and Creator/JenniferAniston. It was released on December 9, 2016 by Paramount Pictures.

''Office Christmas Party'' is a 2016 American comedy film directed by Will Speck and Josh Gordon (known for doing ''Film/BladesOfGlory''). Written primarily by Justin Malen and Laura Solon (with help from four other contributors), it has an ensemble cast of comedians including Creator/JasonBateman, Creator/OliviaMunn, [[Creator/TJMiller T.J. Miller]], Creator/JillianBell, Creator/VanessaBayer, [[Creator/CourtneyBVance Courtney B. Vance]], Creator/RobCorddry, Creator/SamRichardson, Creator/RandallPark, Creator/KateMcKinnon, and Creator/JenniferAniston. It was released on December 9, 2016 by Paramount Pictures.

!!!!''Office Christmas Party'' provides examples of the following tropes::

* BadBoss: Carol Vanstone embodies this to a huge degree, although she's as intelligent and capable as she is cruel and vindictive (unlike your standard [[ComicStrip/{{Dilbert}} Dilbert-esque]] executive/manager.

* ShoutOut: Clay is a huge fan of ''Film/TheFastAndTheFurious'' series. [[spoiler:This actually becomes a major plot point, with him coming close to committing ''de facto'' suicide by copying a stunt from the movies.]]

!!They provide examples of:

'' Office Christmas Party'' is a 2016 American comedy film directed by Will Speck and Josh Gordon (known for doing ''Film/BladesOfGlory''). Written primarily by Justin Malen and Laura Solon (with help from four other contributors), it has an ensemble cast of comedians including Creator/JasonBateman, Creator/OliviaMunn, [[Creator/TJMiller T.J. Miller]], Creator/JillianBell, Creator/VanessaBayer, [[Creator/CourtneyBVance Courtney B. Vance]], Creator/RobCorddry, Creator/SamRichardson, Creator/RandallPark, Creator/KateMcKinnon, and Creator/JenniferAniston. Released on December 9, 2016 by Paramount Pictures, it received middling critical reviews but proved to be a box office success.

In terms of plot, it's [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin exactly what the title says]]: a holiday movie centered around a big corporate shindig. A branch of an electronics-based company called Zenotek hosts an epic Christmas party, spearheaded by its wild manager ([[Creator/TJMiller T.J. Miller]]) and his right-hand man (Creator/JasonBateman), in order to land a big client ([[Creator/CourtneyBVance Courtney B. Vance]]) and fend off the negative attention of its humorless, uptight CEO (Creator/JenniferAniston). In a twist, the local manager and the CEO are actually [[SiblingRivalry brother and sister]].

[[ItMakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext And a guy dressed as Jesus rides a stallion]].

* ArtisticLicenseEngineering: Zenotek is working on a project to transmit high-speed internet through power lines and the rest of the regular power grid, and it's portrayed as... something close to magic in the film (understandably enough, since it's a goofy comedy and not a documentary film about electronics). Broadband Over Power Lines (BPL) is [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broadband_over_power_lines genuinely a thing]], but it faces a buttload of technical challenges to apply in practice, particularly since devices such as relays and transistors create a lot of signal noise. In RealLife, it arguably counts as AwesomeButImpractical.
** A review from ''Variety'' [[http://variety.com/2016/film/reviews/office-christmas-party-review-1201935957/ called this out]], remarking how "Zenotek hatched the most significant advance in internet technology of the new millennium" even as "employees [were] making photocopies of their butts."
* BadBoss: [[Creator/JenniferAniston Jennifer Aniston's]] Carol Vanstone embodies this to a huge degree, although she's as intelligent and capable as she is cruel and vindictive (unlike your standard [[ComicStrip/{{Dilbert}} Dilbert-esque]] executive/manager.
* BenevolentBoss: [[Creator/TJMiller T.J. Miller's]] Clay Vanstone is an ''awesome'' boss. As clueless and privileged as he is, he genuinely means well in every way. [[Creator/JasonBateman Jason Bateman's]] Josh Parker is a more realistic, down-to-earth version; he's a [[NiceGuy nice boss]] who tries his best to balance being productive with doing the right thing.
* BothSidesHaveAPoint / JerkassHasAPoint: Carol is ''totally'' right that her brother is an eccentric goofball that isn't pushing his branch to anything like it's real potential, and the man has nothing like the calmness and impulse control (let alone the business and/or scientific expertise) that a manager at his level ought to have. Clay is ''totally'' right that her sister is a callous scrooge that does't get how employees are human beings rather than just nondescript resources to be kicked around without a care, and the woman has nothing like the basic social mindedness (let alone the positive vision about how to develop the company) that an executive at her level ought to have. [[spoiler:This makes their quasi-reconciliation at the end all the more satisfying.]]

* DeadpanSnarker: Josh. [[http://www.star-telegram.com/living/article119294178.html One reviewer quipped that]] "[the movie's] heightened unreality only makes for more opportunity for Bateman to access his seemingly bottomless reservoir of put-out sardonic deadpan".

*** Clay: ''"Done! And you're going to look so stupid!"''
*** Carol, going out the door: ''"Then, we'll finally have something in common."''
*** Door shuts.

* DuelingMovies: This movie versus ''[[Film/BadSanta Bad Santa 2]]'', although the latter is ''way'' more on the cynical side.[[Note]]This film is more WhiteAndGreyMorality while the other is more GreyAndBlackMorality.[[/Note]]

* HairTriggerTemper: The best way to describe Trina (Jillian Bell), a pimp that comes into the scene mid-film, is "[[Creator/JoePesci female Joe Pesci]]".
** The MeanCharacterNiceActor contrast is a major whiplash for a comic star known for things like [[http://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2016/01/jillian-bell-justin-timberlake this]].

* IronLady: Carol.
* {{Jerkass}}: Co-director Gordon said about Aniston, "We created this character for Jennifer because she's absolutely fearless when it comes to playing somewhat unlikeable characters in comedies. For her, the more daring the role, the better."
** [[spoiler: She graduates to {{JerkWithAHeartOfGold}} when her brother gets in serious trouble with Trina and her criminal associates. The siblings' relationship has shades of TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou, although she seems to significantly mellow out when the film comes to a close.]]

* MoodWhiplash: While having a layer of seriousness in that the group really does need to land that client, the generally goofy tone of the film's beginning and middle section contrasts a lot with [[spoiler:Clay's thwarted attempt at a de facto suicide. Still, there's a pretty happy ending.]]

* RealityIsUnrealistic / AluminumChristmasTrees : Several examples.
** A lot of non-technical viewers will be surprised to learn, as stated above, that using physical power infrastructure to also supply internet access is happening in real-life and wasn't just made up in the film.
** Jason Bateman and Olivia Munn both dance in inflatable snowman sumo suits that are so ridiculous that they're... totally a real thing, and you can buy one right now if you want from online costume shops.[[note]]You might be set back a couple hundred dollars, though.[[/note]]
** Yes, ice sculptures with life-size balls and penises really exist. And they really do dispense liquids out of the end... exactly the way that you'd think. They're more associated with bachelorette parties than anything to do with Christmas, though.[[note]]Not that there's anything wrong with [[BreadEggsBreadedEggs having a bachelorette party on Christmas]].[[/note]]
* ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney: Clay has lived ''his entire life'' up to this point by this ethos. Worse yet, it's inherited wealth. In another film, he could be the perfect snobbish douche antagonist,[[note]]think of your typical [[Creator/AdamSandler Adam Sandler]] movie, especially one of his 90s flicks[[/note]] but here he's actually one of the protagonists, and a rather sympathetic one at that. Chalk most of it up to T.J. Miller's charisma.
* SeriousBusiness: [[Creator/KateMcKinnon Kate McKinnon's]] character has a lot of great lines in this vein.
** ''"I've got doughnuts. I've got jelly. And sprinkles. But not 'cronuts', because they're a bastard pastry."''
** ''"It's a Kia. It's what God would drive."''
* ShoutOut: Clay is a huge fan of [[Film/TheFastAndTheFurious the ''Fast and the Furious'' series]]. [[spoiler:This actually becomes a major plot point, with him coming close to committing de facto suicide by copying a stunt from the movies.]]

* XMeetsY: The entire movie is basically "''Film/TheHangover'' meets [[UsefulNotes/ChristmasInAmerica CHRISTMAS]]!"
** ''Hangover'' screenwriters Jon Lucas and Scott Moore even pitched in with this film's script.

* DeadpanSnarker: Carol.
** Clay: ''"Done! And you're going to look so stupid!"''
** Carol, going out the door: ''"Then, we'll finally have something in common."''
** Door shuts.

* DuelingFilms: This movie versus Film/BadSanta2, although the latter is way more on the cynical side.

[[AndNowForSomethingCompletelyDifferent

* NoExceptYes: In a meta-example, Creator/RobCorddry was publicly asked if his real dick was exposed in the film,
and [[https://twitter.com/robcorddry/status/807472411394224128 he responded on Twitter]].
** ''"My actual penis is a stunt penis, so yes and no."''

* RealityIsUnrealistic: Several examples.

**

* XMeetsY: The entire movie is basically "[[Film/TheHangover ''The Hangover'' series]] meets [[UsefulNotes/AmericanChristmas CHRISTMAS]]!

'' Office Christmas Party'' is a 2016 American comedy film directed by Will Speck and Josh Gordon. Written by Justin Malen and Laura Solon, it has an ensemble cast of comedians including Creator/JasonBateman, Creator/OliviaMunn, [[Creator/TJMiller T.J. Miller]], Creator/JillianBell, Creator/VanessaBayer, [[Creator/CourtneyBVance Courtney B. Vance]], Creator/RobCorddry, Creator/SamRichardson, Creator/RandallPark, Creator/KateMcKinnon, and Creator/JenniferAniston. Released on December 9, 2016 by Paramount Pictures, it received middling critical reviews but proved to be a box office success.

* TeamDad: Josh. Crosses over into BenevolentBoss and NiceGuy, as stated above.

* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler:The party wrecked office after office in celebration but Clay ''still'' faces an emotional breakdown since a bunch of his people are about to get a pink slip and he's suddenly gotten himself mixed up with dangerous criminals. It's a major MoodWhiplash from the lighthearted scenes earlier in the movie, though, and Clay's seriously ready to end it all.]]

** Creator/RobCorddry's

'' Office Christmas Party'' is a 2016 American comedy film directed by Will Speck and Josh Gordon. Written by Justin Malen and Laura Solon, it has an ensemble cast of comedians including Creator/JasonBateman, Creator/OliviaMunn, [[Creator/TJMiller T.J. Miller]], Creator/JillianBell, Creator/VanessaBayer, [[Creator/CourtneyBVance Courtney B. Vance]], Creator/RobCorddry, Creator/SamRichardson, Creator/RandallPark, Creator/KateMcKinnon. and Creator/JenniferAniston. Released on December 9, 2016 by Paramount Pictures, it received middling critical reviews but proved to be a box office success.

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* ArtisticLicenseEngineering: Zenotek is working on a project to transmit high-speed internet through power lines and the rest of the regular power grid, and it's portrayed as... something close to magic in the film (understandably enough, since it's a goofy comedy and not a documentary film about electronics). Broadband Over Power Lines (BPL) is [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broadband_over_power_lines genuinely a thing]], but it faces a buttload of technical challenges to apply in practice, particularly since devices such as relays and transistors create a lot of signal noise.
* BadBoss: [[Creator/JenniferAniston JenniferAniston's]] Carol Vanstone embodies this to a huge degree, although she's as intelligent and capable as she is cruel and vindictive (unlike your standard [[ComicStrip/{{Dilbert}} Dilbert-esque]] executive/manager.
* BenevolentBoss: [[Creator/TJMiller T.J. Miller's]] Clay Vanstone is an ''awesome'' boss. As clueless and privileged as he is, he genuinely means well in every way. [[Creator/JasonBateman Jason Bateman's]] Josh Parker is a more realistic, down-to-earth version; he's a nice boss who tries his best to balance being productive with doing the right thing.

* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler:The party wrecked office after office in celebration but Clay ''still'' faces a total breakdown, a bunch of people about to get a pink slip, and has suddenly gotten himself mixed up with dangerous criminals. It's a major MoodWhiplash from the lighthearted scenes earlier in the movie, and Clay's seriously ready to end it all.]]

* IdiotBall: Clay fluctuates between being a somewhat competent manager to a lovable ditz to a frustrating loon depending on the ''moment'', let alone the scene.

* MoodWhiplash: While having a layer of seriousness in that the group really does need to land that client, the generally goofy tone of the film contrasts a lot with [[spoiler:Clay's thwarted attempt at a de facto suicide.]]
* MrViceGuy: Clay is hedonistic in a silly way, but he ''sincerely'' means well, to the point that [[spoiler:it's revealed near the end of the film that he's spent a lot of his personal fortune directly to benefit his employees and doesn't have that much left.]]

* ShoutOut: Clay is a huge fan of the ''Fast and the Furious'' films. [[spoiler:This actually becomes a major plot point, with him coming close to committing de facto suicide by copying a stunt from the movies.]]

'''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_Christmas_Party Office Christmas Party]]''' is a 2016 American comedy film directed by Will Speck and Josh Gordon. Written by Justin Malen and Laura Solon, it has an ensemble cast of comedians including Creator/JasonBateman, Creator/OliviaMunn, [[Creator/TJMiller T.J. Miller]], Creator/JillianBell, Creator/VanessaBayer, [[Creator/CourtneyBVance Courtney B. Vance]], Creator/RobCorddry, Creator/SamRichardson, Creator/RandallPark, Creator/KateMcKinnon. and Creator/JenniferAniston. Released on December 9, 2016 by Paramount Pictures, it received middling critical reviews but proved to be a box office success.

* BadBoss: [[Creator/JenniferAniston JenniferAniston's]] Carol Vanstone embodies this to a huge degree, although she's as intelligent and capable as she is cruel and vindictive (unlike your standard [[Main/Dilbert Dilbert-esque]] executive/manager.

'''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_Christmas_Party Office Christmas Party]]''' is a 2016 American comedy film directed by Will Speck and Josh Gordon. Written by Justin Malen and Laura Solon, it has an ensemble cast of comedians including Creator/JasonBateman, Creator/OliviaMunn, T.J. Miller, Creator/JillianBell, Creator/VanessaBayer, Creator/CourtneyBVance, Creator/RobCorddry, Sam Richardson, Randall Park, Creator/KateMcKinnon and Creator/JenniferAniston. Released on December 9, 2016 by Paramount Pictures, it received middling critical reviews but proved to be a box office success.

In terms of plot, it's [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin exactly what the title says]]: a holiday movie centered around a big corporate shindig. A branch of an electronics-based company called Zenotek hosts an epic Christmas party, spearheaded by its wild manager (T.J. Miller) and his right-hand man (Creator/JasonBateman), in order to land a big client (Creator/CourtneyBVance) and fend off the negative attention of its humorless, uptight CEO (Creator/JenniferAniston). In a twist, the local manager and the CEO are actually [[SiblingRivalry brother and sister]].

* BenevolentBoss: T.J. Miller's Clay Vanstone is an ''awesome'' boss. As clueless and privileged as he is, he genuinely means well in every way. Jason Bateman's Josh Parker is a more realistic, down-to-earth version; he's a nice boss who tries his best to balance being productive with doing the right thing.

** Yes, ice sculptures with life-size balls and penises really exist. And they really do dispense liquids out of the end... exactly the way that you'd think. They're more associated with bachelorette parties than anything to do with Christmas, though.

* {{Badass}}: Jennifer Aniston's Carol Vanstone gets some amazing moments to shine near the end of the film [[spoiler:especially when she gets to show off her brawling skills after bluffing her way into the criminal hideout.]]

'''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_Christmas_Party Office Christmas Party]]''' is a 2016 American comedy film directed by Will Speck and Josh Gordon. Written by Justin Malen and Laura Solon, it has an ensemble cast of comedians including Creator/JasonBateman, Creator/OliviaMunn, T.J. Miller, Creator/JillianBell, Creator/VanessaBayer, Creator/CourtneyBVance, Creator/RobCorddry, Sam Richardson, Randall Park, Kate McKinnon and Creator/JenniferAniston. Released on December 9, 2016 by Paramount Pictures, it received middling critical reviews but proved to be a box office success.

* SeriousBusiness: Kate McKinnon's character has a lot of great lines in this vein.

'''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_Christmas_Party Office Christmas Party]]''' is a 2016 American comedy film directed by Will Speck and Josh Gordon. Written by Justin Malen and Laura Solon, it has an ensemble cast of comedians including Creator/JasonBateman, Olivia Munn, T.J. Miller, Jillian Bell, Vanessa Bayer, Courtney B. Vance, Creator/RobCorddry, Sam Richardson, Randall Park, Kate McKinnon and Creator/JenniferAniston. Released on December 9, 2016 by Paramount Pictures, it received middling critical reviews but proved to be a box office success.

In terms of plot, it's [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin exactly what the title says]]: a holiday movie centered around a big corporate shindig. A branch of an electronics-based company called Zenotek hosts an epic Christmas party, spearheaded by its wild manager (T.J. Miller) and his right-hand man (Creator/JasonBateman), in order to land a big client (Creator/CourtneyB.Vance) and fend off the negative attention of its humorless, uptight CEO (Creator/JenniferAniston). In a twist, the local manager and the CEO are actually [[SiblingRivalry brother and sister]].

* BothSidesHaveAPoint / JerkassHasAPoint : Carol is ''totally'' right that her brother is an eccentric goofball that isn't pushing his branch to anything like it's real potential, and the man has nothing like the calmness and impulse control (let alone the business and/or scientific expertise) that a manager at his level ought to have. Clay is ''totally'' right that her sister is a callous scrooge that does't get how employees are human beings rather than just nondescript resources to be kicked around without a care, and the woman has nothing like the basic social mindedness (let alone the positive vision about how to develop the company) that an executive at her level ought to have. [[spoiler:This makes their quasi-reconciliation at the end all the more satisfying.]]
* ButtMonkey: This applies to Josh a lot. Jason Bateman being Jason Bateman, though, he's reasonable and sympathetic enough that he seems to rise above it. Josh is enough of a NiceGuy that he also has shades of TheWoobie

* GreyAndGrayMorality: Understandably enough for a holiday movie, even one that totally earns its R rating, its central conflicts are pretty much of the BothSidesHaveAPoint variety. [[spoiler:The almost schmaltzy happy ending could arguably bring things up to WhiteAndGreyMorality.]]

* LaughablyEvil: Trina.

* LaughablyEvil: Trina

* SiblingRivalry: A major theme of the film, between Clay and Carol.

In terms of plot, it's [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin exactly what the title says]]: a holiday movie centered around a big corporate shindig. A branch of an electronics-based company called Zenotek hosts an epic Christmas party, spearheaded by its wild manager (T.J. Miller) and his right-hand man (Creator/JasonBateman), in order to land a big client (Creator/CourtneyB.Vance) and fend off the negative attention of its humorless, uptight CEO (Creator/JenniferAniston). In a twist, the local manager and the CEO are actually brother and sister.

* ArtisticLicenseEngineering: Zenotek is working on a project to transmit high-speed internet through power lines and the rest of the regular power grid, and it's portrayed as... something close to magic in the film (understandably enough, since it's a goofy comedy and not a documentary film about electronics). Broadband Over Power Lines (BPL) is [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broadband_over_power_lines genuinely a thing]], but it faces a buttload of technical challenges to apply in pratice, particularly since devices such as relays and transistors create a lot of signal noise.
* {{Badass}}: Jennifer Aniston's Carol Vanstone gets some amazing moments to shine near the end of the film [[spoiler:especially when she gets to show off her brawling skills.]]

* DaddyIssues: Clay was the apple of his father's eye, and his sister was... [[TheResenter yeah.]]

* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: [[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment The film is about a party. It takes place on Christmas. The guests work at the same office.]]

** [[spoiler: She graduates to {{JerkWithAHeartOfGold}} when her brother gets in serious trouble with Trina and her criminal associates. The siblings' relationship has shades of TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou, although she seems to significantly mellow out when the film is over.]]

* RealityEnsues: [[spoiler:For a comedy, the film depicts the brutal aftermath of the titular party in depressing detail. Room after room is utterly ''trashed'', and it'll likely take hundreds upon hundreds to get everything back to normal.]]

** Yes, ice sculpture penises are something that really exist. And they really do dispense liquids out of the end exactly the way that you'd think. They're more associated with bachelorette parties than anything to do with Christmas, though.

'''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_Christmas_Party Office Christmas Party]]''' is a 2016 American comedy film directed by Will Speck and Josh Gordon. Written by Justin Malen and Laura Solon, it has an ensemble cast of comedians including Jason Bateman, Olivia Munn, T. J. Miller, Jillian Bell, Vanessa Bayer, Courtney B. Vance, Rob Corddry, Sam Richardson, Randall Park, Kate McKinnon and Jennifer Aniston. Released on December 9, 2016 by Paramount Pictures, it received middling critical reviews but proved to be a box office success.

In terms of plot, it's [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin exactly what the title says]]: a holiday movie centered around a big corporate shindig. A branch of an electronics-based company called Zenotek hosts an epic Christmas party, spearheaded by its wild manager (T.J. Miller) and his right-hand man (Jason Bateman), in order to land a big client (Courtney B. Vance) and fend off the negative attention of its humorless, uptight CEO (Jennifer Aniston). In a twist, the local manager and the CEO are actually brother and sister.

* Badass: Jennifer Aniston's Carol Vanstone gets some amazing moments to shine near the end of the film [[spoiler:especially when she gets to show off her brawling skills.]]

* IdiotBall: Clay fluctuates between being a somewhat competent manager to a total ditz to an outright dangerous loon depending on the ''moment'', let alone the scene.

* DrivenToSuicide: [spoiler:The party wrecked office after office in celebration but Clay ''still'' faces a total breakdown, a bunch of people about to get a pink slip, and has suddenly gotten himself mixed up with dangerous criminals. It's a major MoodWhiplash from the lighthearted scenes earlier in the movie, and Clay's seriously ready to end it all.]

** The MeanCharacterNiceActor contrast is a major whiplash for a comic star known for things like [http://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2016/01/jillian-bell-justin-timberlake this].

* RealityIsUnrealistic: A lot of non-technical viewers will be surprised to learn, as stated above, that using physical power infrastructure to also supply internet access is happening in real-life and wasn't just made up in the film.

** [[spoiler: She graduates to {{JerkWithAHeartOfGold}} when her brother gets in serious trouble with sociopathic pimp Trina (Jillian Bell). The siblings' relationship has shades of TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou, although she seems to significantly mellow out when the film is over.]]
RealityEnsues: [[spoiler:For a comedy, the film depicts the brutal aftermath of the titular party in depressing detail. Room after room is utterly ''trashed'', and it'll likely take hundreds upon hundreds to get everything back to normal.]]

BenevolentBoss: T.J. Miller's Clay Vanstone is an ''awesome'' boss. As clueless and privileged as he is, he genuinely means well in every way. Jason Bateman's Josh Parker is a more realistic, down-to-earth version; he's a nice boss who tries his best to balance being productive with doing the right thing.
TheCameo: Chicago Bulls player Jimmy Butler appears as himself.
DaddyIssues: Clay was the apple of his father's eye, and his sister was... [[TheResenter yeah.]]
IdiotBall: Clay fluctuates between being a somewhat competent manager to a total ditz to an outright dangerous loon depending on the ''moment'', let alone the scene.
{{Jerkass}}: Co-director Gordon said about Aniston, "We created this character for Jennifer because she's absolutely fearless when it comes to playing somewhat unlikeable characters in comedies. For her, the more daring the role, the better."
** [[spoiler: She graduates to {{JerkWithAHeartOfGold}} when her brother gets in serious trouble with sociopathic pimp Trina (Jillian Bell).]]
RealityEnsues: For a comedy, the film depicts the brutal aftermath of the titular party in depressing detail. Room after room is utterly ''trashed'', and it'll likely take hundreds upon hundreds to get everything back to normal.

[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_Christmas_Party Office Christmas Party]] is a 2016 American comedy film directed by Will Speck and Josh Gordon. Written by Justin Malen and Laura Solon, it has an ensemble cast of comedians including Jason Bateman, Olivia Munn, T. J. Miller, Jillian Bell, Vanessa Bayer, Courtney B. Vance, Rob Corddry, Sam Richardson, Randall Park, Kate McKinnon and Jennifer Aniston. Released on December 9, 2016 by Paramount Pictures, it recieved middling critical reviews but proved to be a box office success.