Meetings, Bloody Meetings does an eerily accurate job of spoofing mind-numbing departmental discussions, decrying their lack of structure, clear objectives and consideration for one another’s time. Most of the film takes place in a Cleese nightmare where he’s on trial for the crime of holding terrible meetings. The bit of unintentional comedy? The film’s main conceit is that meetings should run more like court proceedings because they are so efficient and productive. Tell that to anyone who’s ever had jury duty.
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And just to prove that a corporate drone’s life will always suck? Meetings, Bloody Meetings ends with the newly efficient Cleese still working in bed — but now it’s at five in the morning so he will be properly prepared. His despondent wife isn’t doing any better in the love department either way.