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Corporate
Why this pick
Shares Better Off Ted’s deadpan view of corporate dehumanisation, turning absurd workplace policies into sharp, escalating satire through an equally bleak office atmosphere.
A FILM WORTH A CLOSER LOOKTHE SERIES
SERIES2009 0h 22m / episode USA
IF THIS ONE STAYED WITH YOU
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Better Off Ted
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CINEHUNCH / THE NEXT FRAME
Keep the feeling.
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Why this pick
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Why this pick
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Why this pick
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
As the head of research and development at Veridian Dynamics, Ted Crisp must deal with nutty scientists, crazy coworkers and hazy ethical boundaries.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Jay Harrington
Theodore
Portia de Rossi
Veronica Palmer
Andrea Anders
Linda Zwordling
Jonathan Slavin
Phil Mymen
Malcolm Barrett
Lem Hewitt
Isabella Acres
Rose Crisp