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Working Girl

1988

Mike Nichols

Harrison Ford, Sigourney Weaver, Melanie Griffith, Alec Baldwin ...

6.4

14,482

Comedy. Drama. Romance A young secretary (Melanie Griffith) with dreams of moving up the corporate ladder thinks that her brains will help her achieve her goals. And when she finds a job with a seemingly helpful and sympathetic boss--who's also a woman (Sigourney Weaver)--it looks as if she's on her way. But it turns out the executive is slimy and duplicitous, stealing the secretary's clever ideas to further her own career. Now the furious secretary's ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times	"One of those entertainments where you laugh a lot along the way, and then you end up on the edge of your seat at the end (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 4)"	POS
United Kingdom	Angie Errigo Empire	"At times naively told, but a witty and rewarding insight into the ecosystem of the concrete jungle nonetheless (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Janet Maslin The New York Times	"'Working Girl' is enjoyable even when it isn't credible, which is most of the time. The film, like its heroine, has a genius for getting by on pure charm."	POS
United States	Jonathan Rosenbaum Chicago Reader	"Although executed with polish, this is basically a corny Hollywood success story (...) But Griffith's talent, energy, and sexiness give it some drive and punch"	NEU
United States	Caroline Siede AV Club	"Working Girl’s message is timeless, even if the hair and the shoulder pads aren’t (...) [It] delivers one of the best romantic comedy endings of all time, if not one of the best film endings of all time."	POS
United States	Variety Staff Variety	"Working Girl is enjoyable largely due to the fun of watching scrappy, sexy, unpredictable Melanie Griffith rise from Staten Island secretary to Wall Street whiz."	POS

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