Working Girl

1988
15
1h 53m

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6.8/10

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Romantic Comedy Workplace Drama Comedy Drama Romance

When a secretary's idea is stolen by her boss, she seizes an opportunity to steal it back by pretending she has her boss' job.When a secretary's idea is stolen by her boss, she seizes an opportunity to steal it back by pretending she has her boss' job.When a secretary's idea is stolen by her boss, she seizes an opportunity to steal it back by pretending she has her boss' job.

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IMDb RATING

6.8/10

65K

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Won 1 Oscar
- 9 wins & 18 nominations total

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Trivia
Though Tess is unquestionably the sole lead character, actress Melanie Griffith is billed third in the credits, after Harrison Ford and Sigourney Weaver who have supporting roles in the movie. Griffith had received critical acclaim for earlier performances in Body Double (1984) and Something Wild (1986), but those films barely made a dent at the box office and she was still largely unknown when Working Girl (1988) was made in 1988. 20th Century Fox wanted a big name actress to play Tess, but Mike Nichols pushed for Griffith until the studio ultimately gave in.

Goofs
Katharine tells Tess the combination to her house alarm is 75432000, but when Tess turns the alarm off before entering the house, she presses only six buttons.

Quotes
Cyn: Sometimes I sing and dance around the house in my underwear. Doesn't make me Madonna. Never will.

Connections
Edited into The Linda McCartney Story (2000)

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Let the River Run
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Written and Performed by Carly Simon

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Featured review

7/10

The stars align and the movie clicks

"Working Girl" is one of those movies I've put off for years; and I guess it's partly because I'd known it as a romantic comedy, but mostly because I've never been a Melanie Griffith fan.

Turns out she's the movie's best feature, fitting well as an ambitious secretary who can't get ahead, someone who takes the corporate ladder by force. Actually, all three of the stars were ideal, but Ford and Weaver seemed to be supporting Griffith. She just seemed to embody that empowered career woman who sheds her mousy constraints.

And it is a romantic comedy, but a subtle one. The humor is expressed in the dialogue and I found myself laughing more than I'd expected. It's an '80s movie down to its very DNA and pretty much everything about it still holds up.

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