A consultant (here called a "methods engineer") is advising a large company (which has "broadcasting" in its name, so it must be a TV or radio company, or both) in its computerization process. A certain chemistry arises between him and the head of the Research Department, who is already in a complicated relationship with her boss.
Making a fun comedy about such a theme as the effect of computers on the unemployment rate increase is not supposed to be an easy task, and yet Desk Set does not come off too badly at that. I had a hard time trying to figure out exactly who were the users of the Research Department, but, after several more-or-less plausible hypotheses, I gave up on a positive answer. But the major problem of the movie, if you choose to call it a problem, is that the romantic subplot does not have much relation with the, say, sociological one (I mean the installation of the computers and the effect on the company's personnel), and so you have a double-headed monster. Most films are that way, I suspect, so let us not raise hell about it. I guess the main thing is that it is very ably written and directed, and is entertaining enough.
Rating: 55
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