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Bessie Smyth Great story, amazing characters, superb action, enthralling cinematography. Yes, this is something I am glad I spent money on.

Skyler Great movie. Not sure what people expected but I found it highly entertaining.

betty dalton Back in the eighties this might have been a promotion of female empowerment, but nowadays it is rather bizarre to see all the male chauvinistic work related attitudes pass by as being considered normal. Of course this is a hollywood movie in which stereotypes for comical and dramatic effect get exaggerated, but nowadays hollywood scripts wouldnt sell with this obnoxious male sexist attitude, although to great comical effect Sigourney Weaver is as bad as her male sexist collegues. Back in the eighties it still wasnt very common for women to wanna make a carreer. Not for the majority at least, but this movie tells the succesful story of a normal working girl who made it big time. "Working Girl" is a lovely romanticized picture of an ordinary working girl who started as an ordinary secretary and succeeds in climbing the ladder of corporate america. Lovely role by the ever so charming Melanie Griffith in one of her best roles in her entire carreer. Melanie's charm is to die for. Recently I saw an old Johnny Carson interview with Melanie Griffith, just before "Working Girl" was about to be released. This Carson interview shows us viewers a woman who is truly one heavenly, honest and kind woman in real life, who was to become very famous. I wouldnt mention this if she hadnt played an identical character in this movie also. Art imitating life. Great roles by Harrison Ford and Sigourney Weaver too, who both play leading parts. But Melanie steals the show!"Working Girl" from the eighties feels a bit dated, looking back now (hilarious hairstyles), but for young women wanting to make a carreer, this movie could really be a wonderful inspiration, although for the male viewers the romantic cliches can feel a bit too sugarcoated...At an trivia endnote I wanna praise the great soundtrack by Carly Simon, who also performed in the soundtrack for another movie about female empowerment called "Postcards from the Edge" also made by the same direcor Mike Nichols. This director has got a brilliant talent for telling true to life feel good stories. "Working Girl" is laden with hollywood cliches, but it is made with so much feel good charm it pleases me every time I see it. Men should think twice before watching it, unless they wanna watch it together with their girlfriend, because as I said before, the only real flaw is that the story is very sugarcoated...

Tweekums Early in this film secretary Tess McGill has moved to a new job. Her new boss is Katharine Parker, who works in Mergers and Acquisitions at a New York company. She seems friendly and encourages Tess to pitch in with her ideas. Tess does this when she suggests that a firm which is looking to acquire a television station might be better off getting a radio station instead. She is soon told that the company weren't interested but is still complimented for the idea. After Katherine breaks a leg while skiing Tess learns that far from dropping the radio plan Katherine had stolen it. Tess then sets about setting up the deal by contacting investment broker Jack Trainer; of course she doesn't tell him she is 'only' a secretary. All goes fairly well but inevitably Katherine eventually finds out and accuses Tess of stealing the idea. This film is a lot of fun; the plot holds few surprises but that isn't a problem as it isn't the stort of film where one expects twists. Despite only appearing third on the cast list this is definitely Melanie Griffith's film; she is rarely off screen and is a delight as Tess; a character one can't help rooting for. Harrison Ford is on fine form as Jack and Sigourney Weaver impresses as the duplicitous Katharine. The romantic subplots are handled well and don't feel forced; they also provide quite a few laughs. The film has aged pretty well; only the huge '80s hair really dates things! Overall I'd say this may be fairly light weight but it is a lot of fun and well worth watching.

Ian (Flash Review)Griffith's character is the secretary of her boss; Weaver. Griffith has some good business ideas and shares one with her boss who secretively claims it as her own. Griffith finds out and exacts an intelligent revenge and along the way dabbles in a little romance with Ford's character who has some connection to the business idea. The story is straight forward and well-acted and is moderately believable pending your perspective. The cinematography is TV quality and 1988 has the worst styles as the 80's were quickly fading out and the 90's hadn't quite taken hold yet. Just awful. Overall, it's a solid women power film with A-List actors taking center stage.

Desertman84 Working Girl is an 80's romantic dramedy that tells the story of a secretary from Staten Island who manages to rise to become a Wall Street executive working on mergers and acquisitions.It stars Harrison Ford,Melanie Griffith and Sigourney Weaver.This film is directed by the talented Mike Nichols.Tess McGill feels unsatisfied with her job and her loser boyfriend which led her to resign from her work and dump him as well.Earning a Business degree from evening classes,he decides to take a post in Wall Street as a secretary.When her boss Katharine Parker become unavailable,she decides to take her post unofficially due to the circumstances surrounding their company.She starts to work with mergers and acquisitions.She also wins the heart of another executive named Jack.Things does not look promising after Katharine returns.She accuses Tess of stealing her ideas but later it was revealed otherwise which led to Katherine's dismissal from the company.It ends with Tess finally getting an "entry-level" position and being in a happy relationship with Jack.This is a great corporate tale the features women on top especially during the 1980's when more and more women have decided to become more ambitious by attaining higher positions in companies by becoming executives.Its themes of whether women are capable of becoming executives maybe dated after 28 years but it is still funny today due its great cast especially Melanie Griffith who provided a strong performance as Tess.Also,it is a smart movie too which has all the necessities into becoming a great 80's film.