Working Girl

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Summary: girl at work
Review: "Close to a cartoon in its directness, Working Girl is about the corporate slight right to one person's creativity. By the ending, the dishonest mentor does teach Tess some good lessons and she is lead toward romantic happiness. Some of our long-known favorite actors are their youngest and most beautiful in this film. It's always a treat to watch Working Girl."

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Summary: A delightful comedy.
Review: This one took me by surprise -- I was rooting for Tess (Melanie Griffith) as if she were my own kid sister who was done wrong. Griffith, Harrison Ford, Sigourney Weaver and Joan Cusack are terrific. And Alec Baldwin and Kevin Spacey are in it too -- if you don't blink! A fun movie all around!

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Summary: pretty darn good.
Review: This movie is a little bit stuck in the 80s, but I did like it. The three main actors give good performances. A good, fun storyline--I recommend seeing it.

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Summary: A Very Ironically Poignant Film
Review: This movie is for, "Anyone Who's Ever Won, Anyone Who's Ever Lost and For Anyone Who's still in there trying", This movie tells a story of a Secretary Named Tess(Melanie Griffith), who while working Secretarial jobs takes college classes to become an executive. her new boss(Sigourney Weaver) suddenly gets her leg broke, on a ski trip in which she thinks her boyfriend(you'll just have to watch!) is going to propose to her. While Tess is cleaning her house, as instructed, she find that her boss was trying to steal her idea. So Tess simply takes over her boss' office and sets out to make her idea work, with the help of an investment Banker(Harrison Ford)Dir. Mike Nichols does a wonderful job of showing how the human spirit can triumph over all.

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Summary: For The Working Woman
Review: I remember seeing this movie in bits and pieces when I was in my teens. And now that I'm older and have seen it all of the way through I absolutely love this movie. The cast is incredible: Melanie Griffith working with Harrison Ford is absolutely charming and watching her work with Sigourney Weaver is more than fun. The plot is pretty much believable. Where Tess McGill who is trying to make it big, gets tired of working as a secretary and has an idea that can make her a success except her current boss tries to go and steal her idea. However, on her vacation gets tied up when she breaks her leg skiing. So Tess goes and completely takes over and hooks up with an investment banker for this huge business deal. He ends up being in a broken relationship with her current boss and they end up falling in love through the business deal. There's also tons of great supporting cast members such as Alec Baldwin, Joan Cusack, and a very early acting roles you can pick out David Duchovny and Ricky Lake. So I highly recommend this movie, it's even great for today's standards as well I believe. The DVD doesn't have very many extras to it though it has all of the screen trailers for the theater and TV which are kind of neat and previews for other upcoming films I guess coming to DVD. But that's it. If your a fan of this movie it's worth the buy, but just don't expect much from the DVD.

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Summary: Don't miss this one...
Review: In my opinion, the main drawback of the film was that Melanie Griffith gave a performance that was too breathy, and sometimes it was annoying to hear her speak. This is not to say that her acting wasn't good - she was able to bring the right amount of spunk and vulnerability to her role.

Harrison Ford is wonderful here, witty and charming - this is not a role you usually see him in. And Sigourney Weaver is delightfully wicked. There are many moving moments in the film, as well as humorous ones, and you'll quickly be drawn into the story of the hard-working, ambitious secretary who aims for a bigger job, and gets herself a fine man in the process.

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Summary: One of the best pictures of 1988; a true feel-good movie.
Review: By now, "Working Girl" is an 80's classic. There was something about the film then, and it remains attractive to this day. Melanie Griffith plays Tess McGill, a hard-working secretary who is full of ideas and suggestions. When she begins work under classy Catherine Parker (Sigourney Weaver), she makes a plan to help a mega-million-dollar company. Parker turns down the idea, and breaks her leg skiing. Tess seizes the opportunity to market her idea (as well as take over Parker's office, wardrobe, and house) and teams up with playboy investment banker Jack Trainer (Harrison Ford). Together, they're gonna go the top ... or else get fired trying. Mike Nichols paints a beautiful portrait of life in the Big Apple. The casting is flawless, and the script is both very entertaining and quite funny. On top of that, Rob Mounsey dishes out a very good score and Carly Simon's music won an Academy Award. Nominated for six Academy Awards, "Working Girl" is one comedy of hope that you won't want to miss.

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Summary: I make it happen!
Review: This is my favorite movie. I can watch it several times a week. I love this movie. It empowers women of all ages. I think it's a wonderful film. You make it happen. That will be my theme for 2005.

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Summary: Melanie Griffith In Her Shining Moment
Review: "Working Girl", starring Harrison Ford, Melanie Griffith, Sigourney Weaver, and others, is truly a top ten film of 1988. It received six Oscar nominations, including Best Picture, winning one. This charming plot follows Tess (Griffith), a secretary with an ambition to reach the top, struggling to be heard. Through an unpleasant boss (Weaver) and other idea stealers, she must let nothing stop her. Meanwhile, her struggle only grows stronger as time passes. Slowly, she begins realizing her true self and her romantic feelings for the most unlikely man (Ford).

Through these events, the humor and the dramatic action maintain their potential strength. Each element features itself well in the perfect scenes, offering great viewing variety. Director Mike Nichols leads the cast and crew to give this wonderful storyline the great recognition it deserves. The most unlikely overall theme fits one another greatly. Most other films that attempt similar ideas don't succeed, which started becoming increasingly common in the 1980's. Few other films make such minor issues blend so well like "Working Girl".

Portions of this film feature great music mostly written by legendary artist Carly Simon ("You're So Vain", 1971) that gives this a great extention. This film opens and closes with the perfect song, the Oscar winning (Best Original Song) "Let the River Run". Like this one, all tracks from her were written and performed beautifully. All prove her level of musical greatness and influence.

Beyond the brilliant storyline of "Working Girl" notes the charming and enjoyable performances from the cast, especially Griffith, Ford, Weaver, Alec Baldwin and Joan Cusack. This film displays Griffith at her career best in her Oscar-nominated performance (Best Actress). She features all sides of her character very well, maintaining the nice, yet ambitious personality. Weaver proves that she's more than the science fiction prodigy Lt. Ripley ("Alien" trilogy). Her Golden Globe winning and Oscar-nominated performance (Best Supporting Actress) proves that 1988 was her big year in cinema. The character's witty and unpleasant personality expresses itself wonderfully. Viewers should watch for minor roles from Kevin Spacey, Oliver Platt, David Duchovny and Ricki Lake before they became household names.

"Working Girl" makes a great viewing classic for those wanting great laughs. This is sure to continue pleasing audiences as it has since its theatrical release.

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Summary: Revenge of the Underling
Review: There has been a time in most people's lives where they knew they could take on a responsibility if only they were given the chance. Such is the situation with Melanie Griffith, who has the ability to analyze disparate facts to determine the affect on a business. However, Melanie, playing secretary Tess McGill, is having trouble being recognized for her ability. Indeed, new boss Katharine Parker, excellently played by Sigourney Weaver, is stealing the best idea Tess ever had.

Near the beginning of this movie Tess receives one blow after another. She catches her boyfriend fooling around with another woman. When Tess' boss breaks her leg on a skiing trip and asks Tess to handle a few personal matters, Tess discovers that Katharine has stolen what Tess believes is a great idea, after leading Tess to believe that she has a chance to truly contribute. Since Katharine will be out for a few weeks until she can fly back from Europe, Tess decides to take her idea back and make it her own.

Tess contacts Jack Trainer, wonderfully played by Harrison Ford, a usually no-nonsense businessman who is good at executing business deals. Of course Tess has to get Jack to believe that she is an experienced executive, and with her plucky fearlessness she leads many of the escapades it takes to get Oren Trask (Philip Bosco) to listen to their plan to buy a string of radio stations.

We know that sooner or later someone is going to discover Tess' deception, and the near misses with discovery increase until Tess makes a fatal mistake by leaving her planner in Katharine's apartment. The movie's pace accelerates substantially until the humorous and satisfying ending.

The plot in this nicely paced movie moves along briskly, not allowing you to think too long about the risks that Tess is taking and how unlikely some of the situations might be. In fact, the plot is careful to make every step as plausible as possible, and I cheered her on from beginning to end. One of the interesting aspects of how Tess was portrayed is her style. Tess is blonde and Katharine Parker is brunette. Tess talks slowly, and at first glance an uninformed person might even think she is also mentally slow, but the contrast to fast talking and arrogant Katharine is intentional so that when Tess' abilities are revealed and her confidence bursts through her normally quiet demeanor we are pleased and just a little surprised. The execution of this transition is humorously well-handled and effective.

This 1988 movie features a heavy cast of well-known actors, including Alec Baldwin as Tess' macho boyfriend Mike Dugan, Joan Cusack as best friend Cyn, Kevin Spacey and Olympia Dukakis, to name a few. Some of the characters are deliberately campy and stereotypical to heighten the contrast and the humor.

The movie was nominated for multiple Oscars, including Best Picture, Actress, and Supporting Actress, but only Carly Simon's excellent song "Let the River Run" won. While the movie is good and worth watching more than once, it is a bit short for Best Picture and Actress. However, Cusack and Weaver both deserved their nominations for best supporting actress and Weaver especially could have won.

Enjoyable watching for those who know they could take only greater challenges if they had the chance, or took the chance, this movie is a humorous winner.