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Working Girl [1988]
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The premise is fairly simple. Griffith’s lowly secretary gets a job with Weaver’s megabitch boss. The former is unhappy at home and work, while the latter is unscrupulous and underhand, and happy to pass off one of Griffith’s good ideas as her own. Yet when Weaver’s character is incapacitated, in steps Griffith, who quickly attracts the professional and personal attention of Ford, as she attempts to navigate her way to the top--until Weaver reappears on the scene… In lesser hands, all this could become routine Hollywood nonsense, yet here it really clicks. Griffith effectively brokered her career off the back of her performance here, yet all three leads are in fine form, with a strong supporting cast and a delicious script to fall back on. Elements have certainly dated, and the world in many ways has moved on, yet there’s still plenty of room in it for films as good as this one.--Jon Foster
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Editorial
Amazon.co.uk Review
In the ensuing years since Working Girl was released, Harrison Ford has never given such a charming and witty performance, Sigourney Weaver hasn’t been given quite the same kind of scenery-chewing role, and Melanie Griffith simply hasn’t got near doing anything this good again. And yet in Mike Nichols’ excellent romantic comedy, they all gel in a film with eminent rewatch value.
One that doesn't date, with no Alien or Ark in sight, either!
Review date: 2008-09-15 Rating: 10 out of 10
From the sweeping opening scene, with that classic 'Let the River Run' playing across it, to the closing camera pan-out, with Griffiths in her office, fading into a wall of similar offices, a great film.
There is a similar vein to 'Educating Rita', with the underdog, stuck where everyone else thinks she's happy, breaking out and making something of it. But this is a US film, with a lot of hairspray (oh, the 80s!), immature corporate bosses, the superbitch, and none of them have time for the secretary with ideas and a brain.
The killer scene is where Weaver's character is confronted and suddenly cannot talk her way out. The big scene though is where it dawns on Griffiths that she is the boss, not the secretary - a recurring theme throughout is of her being so used to being the secretary that she reacts like one all the time, and cannot bring herself to tell Ford that she's not who he thinks she is - 'no-one listens to the secretary'.
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Still a fun movie.
Review date: 2008-08-21 Rating: 8 out of 10
Forget about all the crazy hair dos and shoulder pads, this is still a great movie.
Does anyone else find the end scene depressing though? It felt like they'd achieved their goal and were now insignificant specks in a city that swamped them.
Let The River Run
Review date: 2007-05-21 Rating: 10 out of 10
Nearly twenty years on, this film has survived the test of time and exudes maximum effort from Harrison Ford, Melanie Griffith and Sigourney Weaver.They were all at their peak at the time and it shoes. Melanie steals the show as the secretary who has to brave both the frying pan of a male dominated corporate world and the fire namely her idea stealing boss, Sigourney.
Though she isn't as qualified as her ivy league peers, she is just as astute, if not smarter. By playing her own little game, she starts to get noticed to the detriment of her crocked boss. It works but only just..and the Working Girl becomes the Working Boss. I remember a scene where Harrison is on the phone whilst simultaneously trying to remove his shirt...Classic !!! Also the classic tune, Let the River Run.
Fantastic
Review date: 2006-11-06 Rating: 10 out of 10
I love this film, I watch it whenever I need cheering up.
5 stars from me
Melanie Grifiths is fantastic in this film, however Sigourney steals the show with her hilarious self-centered comments. Love love love it!!
3 stars come together
Review date: 2006-02-18 Rating: 6 out of 10
I am pleased to offer a review of Working Girl. It comes under the heading of 'old but good' in my VHS collection and I will replace it as soon as it is released on DVD.
Working Girl sees three stars offering complementary performances. The script highlights the games needed to be played by women if they want to 'make it' in the male dominated world of business. Sigourney Weaver is at her powerful, bitchy, 'don't mess with me' best whilst Harrison Ford is not the action hero in this movie. He plays the guy in the middle but, sanity wins the day, as he helps long suffering Melanie Griffith, who plays Weaver's assistant, to gain her spurs in a male dominated profession once Weaver is out of action following injury. Sparks fly when Weaver finds out that her assistant has been successfully masquerading as herself in board rooms all over the city....!! Definately one for the ladies.
Product Details/Specifications
Actor(s):
Joan Cusack
Melanie Griffith
Sigourney Weaver
Alec Baldwin
Harrison Ford
Creators:
Sigourney Weaver (Primary Contributor)
Harrison Ford (Primary Contributor)
Director(s):
Recording label: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Manufacturer: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
EAN: 5039036025966
Binding: DVD
Number of items: 1
Format: PAL,
Release date: 2006-03-06
Audience rating: Suitable for 15 years and over
Region code: 2
Running time: 109 minutes
Theatrical release date: 1988
Language: English (Original Language)