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      Working Girl

      1988, Romance/Comedy, 1h 53m

      47 Reviews 25,000+ Ratings

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      A buoyant corporate Cinderella story, Working Girl has the right cast, right story, and right director to make it all come together. Read critic reviews

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      Movie Info

      Savvy New York City receptionist Tess McGill (Melanie Griffith) gives her conniving boss, Katharine Parker (Sigourney Weaver), an excellent business tip, but Katharine simply steals the idea without giving due credit to her secretary. After Katharine winds up in the hospital with an injured leg, Tess decides to exact revenge. Pretending to be her boss, Tess initiates a major deal with an investment broker (Harrison Ford) -- but things turn ugly after Katharine finds out what Tess has been up to.

      • Rating: R

      • Genre: Romance, Comedy

      • Original Language: English

      • Director: Mike Nichols

      • Producer: Douglas Wick

      • Writer: Kevin Wade

      • Release Date (Theaters):  original

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      • Box Office (Gross USA): $62.2M

      • Runtime:

      • Distributor: 20th Century Fox

      • Production Co: 20th Century Fox

      • Sound Mix: Surround

      Cast & Crew

      Harrison Ford
      Sigourney Weaver
      Alec Baldwin
      Philip Bosco
      Olympia Dukakis
      Ricki Lake
      Robert Greenhut
      Laurence Mark
      Carly Simon
      Michael Ballhaus
      Sam O'Steen
      Doug Kraner
      Michael Haley
      Kevin Wade

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      • Oct 19, 2020

        Loved this film to bits! Though complicated at times, it's no less fascinating :D

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      • Jun 09, 2014

        "It's asking for the taking..." From director Mike Nichols comes the satirical office comedy Working Girl. When a skiing accident hospitalizes her boss, ambitious secretary Tess McGill takes her shot at the big time by posing as a broker in order to put together a business deal that her boss had tried to steal from her. Unfortunately the script is rather weak and unfocused, unsure of what kind of comedy it wants to be; romantic, fish-out-of water, etc. Yet enough of it works to make the film entertaining, and the performance by Melanie Griffith, Harrison Ford, and Sigourney Weaver are especially good. Additionally, Carly Simon provides an excellent soundtrack that's quite soulful, and includes the pop hit "Let the River Run" (which is a perfect anthem for the lead character). It's a bit uneven, but Working Girl is fun and has a positive message about following one's dreams.

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      • May 30, 2014

        A very eighties film. Melanie Griffith's character manages to work her way up and win Harrison Ford's heart...all the while being annoying as heck.

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      • Jun 08, 2012

        I'm sure this Oscar-winning Mike Nichols film about a capable woman, forced to wile her way up the corporate ladder, was quite groundbreaking for its time, but the big bouffant hairdos, the office pool of secretaries, and the crass Joisey accents just date this movie too much. I could also see the big three-way twist coming from a mile away. Furthermore, Carly Simon's melodramatic, gospel-inspired, Oscar-winning song, "Let the River Run," - with all its talk about "sons and daughters" and "New Jerusalem" - seems more fitting for a Merchant Ivory movie about a diaspora born of religious persecution or something rather than professional and romantic hijinx.

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