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Working Girl

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6.6/10 • 958

1988-12-201h 54m

ComedyRomanceDrama

For anyone who's ever won. For anyone who's ever lost. And for everyone who's still in there trying.

Tess McGill is an ambitious secretary with a unique approach for climbing the ladder to success. When her classy, but villainous boss breaks a leg skiing, Tess takes over her office, her apartment and even her wardrobe. She creates a deal with a handsome investment banker that will either take her to the top, or finish her off for good.

Directors
Mike Nichols
Editors
Sam O'Steen

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  1. Melanie Griffith

    Melanie Griffith

    Tess McGill

  2. Harrison Ford

    Harrison Ford

    Jack Trainer

  3. Sigourney Weaver

    Sigourney Weaver

    Katharine Parker

  4. Alec Baldwin

    Alec Baldwin

    Mick Dugan

  5. Joan Cusack

    Joan Cusack

    Cyn

  6. Philip Bosco

    Philip Bosco

    Oren Trask

  7. Nora Dunn

    Nora Dunn

    Ginny

  8. Oliver Platt

    Oliver Platt

    Lutz

  9. James Lally

    James Lally

    Turkel

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CinemaSerf

Jun 9, 2022

7/10

Right from the opening bars of Carly Simon's catchy theme tune and the young girls with huge hair on the ferry - I thought this was going to be entertaining. By and large, it is. "Tess" (Melanie Griffith) is fed up working for bosses who just want to sleep with her, so thinks perhaps things will change the she starts working for "Katherine" (Sigourney Weaver). Always open to ideas, this woman gets hold of one of her assistant's ideas and when she injures herself skiing, "Tess" discovers her boss's duplicity and decides to run with her idea herself - involving "Jack" (Harrison Ford) along the way. Turns out this idea has legs - and multi-million dollar ones at that - but as the two begin to mix business and pleasure - we discover that "Jack" has his secrets to keep too! The pace is generally quite good, the characters have plenty to like about them and the film builds nicely to an enjoyable and fitting conclusion. Griffith is on good form here, she has a spirit and charisma that can't help but raise a bit of a smile. Sarandon and Ford both support well, too with the latter content to take more of a charming but back seat role. Alec Baldwin features sparingly as her creep of a boyfriend, and I could have sworn I saw "Cyn" (Joan Cusack) in Culture Club or Dead or Alive! It's maybe a little bit long, but as feel-good films go, this has a decent script, plenty of chemistry and a vindication that worked for me.

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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
$28,000,000.00
Revenue
$103,173,635.00
Keywords
new york citystrong womanlove triangleclerkempowermentfeminismcareer womanbusinessfemale protagoniststaten island, new york cityworking womanfemale empowermentdeterminationferry