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Summary: Dastardly funny trio!!
Review: One of the surprise films of the past is this comedy with Lily Tomlin, Jane Fonda, and Dolly Parton. And when you add the nefarious Dabney Coleman as the "Boss" they all love to hate, you have a mix which is unbeatable.Many great scenes in this movie, and it was pretty timely, if not outright ahead of its time, in its application of ideas which could make the workplace more "humane." A fine movie, and the trio of Fonda, Parton, and Tomlin is excellent. They are so different from one another, that they work together extremely well.
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Summary: one of my faves
Review: This was one of my favorite films when I was in about 3rd grade. I have this on vhs, the best parts are when the girls take over the company, and when Jane fonda, dolly, and Lilly all get stoned and were all sitting in the living room laughing to tears. I crack up everytime I see this. Gotta see this one people. "Workin nine to five, la la la, lalala la!"
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Summary: do you think they'll keep me on- I've just killed the boss!
Review: What a hillarious movie! Three woman work in a large corporate office under Dabney Coleman, an insufferable bigot and womanizer. It is still a man's world in business and the executive positions are given to the men. Dolly Parton, Lily Tomlin, and Jane Fonda, three of the women all end up mad at him and end up sitting around talking imagining what they would like to do their boss, Dabney, and end up, through an innocent accident, in the position to be blackmailed by him. They end up kidnapping him and it is a mad dash to see if they can find the goods on him so that they can stop him from following through on his threat. The cast is superb, the acting great, and the movie so well put together that this will be a movie that will go down as one of the classics. Enjoy!
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Summary: Working Nine To Five
Review: Excellent movie and great opening music by Dolly Parton.
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Summary: Still funny all this time later
Review: This was a hysterical movie! It still makes me laugh. The premise is great. Actors deliver and the twists are comic. Definitely worth your time. Lily and Dolly--this is their best.
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Summary: "Thanks Roz, I know just where to stick it."
Review: I find it interesting that many reviews reference the "dated" vernacular, office equipment and clothing styles. For goodness sake! Put the era in context. The movie was made in 1980! Already in the work force myself, I suppose most reviewers of this extremely funny film were children or not even born yet when "9 to 5" was orignally released. Of course we only had electric typewriters--computers were for corporations! No one had (what we now call) PCs in 1980. Fax machiens were in fact, still teletype machines that took a minimum of 30 minutes from which to receive or send messages; e-mail??? no such thing in the private sector (universities, yes, offices, no), and get a load of that Xerox machine when Judy Burnley tries her hand at photocopying; yup...at one time, Xerox machines were as big as industrial parks. But these are just a few of the things that give "9 to 5" its charm and appeal when watched more than 2 decades later . More importantly, the underlying theme in this movie still resonates in society today--maybe not as obvious, but some of the factors the 3 characters complained about are still prevelant in 2003. Much of what this movie deals with (sexism, the glass ceiling, un-equal pay, et al) have been rectified in the courts (and paradoxically, the more recent phenomenon--the un-popular drug testing. I'm sure if the 3 women in the movie were placed in 2003, they'd fail random drug testing). However, a few issues in the movie remain to be addressed by our courts of law 23 years later (sexual harrassment, privacy issues). Since 1980, despite these great strides made enabling women to match a close equality with their male counterparts in the work force, these issues remain "works in progress" 23 years later. With that observation, one realizes it's only been less than 25 years since men were forced to take women seriously as "co"-workers in their once-exclusive "club." Thus, this sociological comedy was considered quite contemporary at the time of its release only a few years into this revolution. This is reason enough to watch this movie, if only to catch a glimpse of what women had to go through and put up with as they tried to forge the same path as men in the work place. "9 to 5" is, of course, just a comedic representation of this revolutionary era, but having experienced it myself at the time of this movie's original release, I can tell you, every word spoken by the 3 main characters was true at the time and some of it still is today. That's why I loved this movie the first time I saw it in a theatre 23 years ago and still today, it remains my absolute favorite comedy. The script is full of subtle yet funny, double-entendres and the actors really looked as though they were enjoying immersing themselves in their roles. It's pure classic, comedy...a style no longer used in today's films.
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Summary: this movie made me who i am today
Review: there has honestly never been a finer film. it's great to watch alone, in small groups of two's and three's, and at large parties! watch it while you're eating, drinking booze, or binging and purging! anyone with dabney coleman bondage dreams will find 9 to 5 to be heavan sent!
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Summary: A great comedy
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I first saw this movie about seven years ago. It was released in September, 1995, almost exactly eight years ago. It was hilarious then, and still is.
The thrust of the story is the male chauvinist, "old boy" network
and how unfairly it treats the "girls" employed in the business. The heavy is Dabney Coleman (portraying Franklin Hart, Jr., who has risen to be department head over the woman who trained him, Violet(beautifully played by Lily Tomlin.) But the best performance was by Dolly Parton, who plays Doralee, his private secretary with whom Hart allows everyone to believe that he is having an affair. When she finds out about it, she threaten to get her gun and "change him from a rooster to a hen with one shot." One of the more hilarious lines in the movie, as she delivers it. I watched this film again last night, and it was just as funny as it was the first time. Certainly one of the best movies ever made around a feminist theme. If only they'd left 'Hanoi Jane' out of it, I'd have liked it even better. Joseph (Joe) Pierre, USN (Ret.)
author of Handguns and Freedom..their care and maintenance
and other books
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Summary: A timeless classic comedy - good for all generations
Review: I was THRILLED when this finally was released on DVD!! Of course, I waited at the video store until they opened and ran in to get my copy! (I should have bought this on Amazon.com - I would have saved $...!!)
I'm not sure the synergy between Fonda, Parton and Tomlin will ever be challenged...not to mention Coleman as the leading man. This was the comedy standard of the 1980s! Helped by the #1 smash Nine to Five by Dolly Parton, this movie has all the elements needed to watch it over and over. I have a strange feeling this movie could be re-released on the next few years. It's such a favorite, our new generations need to enjoy it!
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Summary: Retro Look at the Feminist movement
Review: When this movie first came out it was a movie that had lessons to be learned by an America "that didn't get it". Learning a lesson from the TV show All In The Family, humor can be used to nudge people into accepting new ideas. And this is a funny, enjoyable and entertaining movie. What of the lessons. The primary message is of female rights in the work place. By watching this movie, you can see some of the common sense notions that once marked the feminist movement. How come no big 8 accounting fim had female partners? Good question. How come out of 50 directors of aetna, all were male. The conditions of equal pay and protection from sexual harrassment have vastly improved since this movie was made. The second notion was more accomodating treatment of employees in the workplace. Many employers are doing a better job now than when 9-5 first appeared. The third notion that unfortuneately has permeated society also is the lessons that "normal people can do drugs and be very productive members of society". Edit out the drug use scene and this movie is suitable for family viewing. I am not sure why the writers felt the need to present illegal drug use as something that normal people do, but it defineately takes away from the movies higher messages. For the comedy and the first 2 lessions of the movie I give 4 stars. For showing maryjane use without negative consequence I give 2 stars for an average of 3. Much of the feminist movement has gone left of the positions staked out in this movie.
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