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Overall Rating
3.64

Awesome36.36%
Worth A Look: 27.27%
Average: 4.55%
Pretty Bad: 27.27%
Total Crap: 4.55%

1 review, 16 user ratings


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by Teen Movie Critic

"Ford and Griffith are also entertaining and the plot is laughable."
2 stars

Harrison Ford is surprisingly young in this eighties comedy about - you guessed it- a 'Working Girl'.

That would be Tess McGill (Melanie Griffith) a rather unsuccessful secretary. When she goes to work for Katherine Parker, her new female boss (Sigourney Weaver) she thinks she may finally get somewhere with her career. When Parker is laid up in the hospital (conveniently out of town), Tess decides to forget her instructions and all but takes over Parker's job. As it turns out, Parker already stole one of Tess' ideas, so they're pretty much even now. While at a party, Tess meets Ford's character, Jack Trainer, whom she doesn't realize is her new business associate, so she gets drunk and winds up spending the night at his apartment. To her embarrassment, she finds out who he is the next day! Meanwhile, no one knows that she is really Parker's secretary and has no place handling Parker's business accounts. Having never seen Weaver in a non-'Alien' role before, I was impressed at her acting in this somewhat more down to earth, if still unrealistic, comedy.

Ford and Griffith are also entertaining and the plot is laughable.

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User Comments

10/24/07 Ivana Mann The quintessential '80's movie.Corniness+Melanie Griffith=heaven! 5 stars
1/12/05 Tom Benton Entertaining, humorous, and alluring look at life in the Big Apple. Ford is great. 4 stars
8/31/04 R.W. Welch Diverting enough, with pro production and good score. 4 stars
5/18/04 Lee Graham Great chemistry between Griffiths and Ford. Sexy! 4 stars
1/15/04 Betty White Brilliant Nichols comedy; Griffith is wonderful & Weaver is sexy. 5 stars
11/29/03 Tess McGill Tess McGill Rox! Best 80's Flik ever! 5 stars
3/25/03 Jack Sommersby A lovely comedy classic. Witty dialogue and sharp characters. Ford is atypically charming. 5 stars
6/19/02 Charles Tatum One of the funniest films of all involved 5 stars
5/13/02 Carrie Rebecca Gooding I am studying this film for my GCSE English Coursework. I HAVE to like it. 4 stars
4/04/02 cat This film is very reminiscent of Pretty Woman (but it came first), I love it and the music. 5 stars
1/28/02 Andrew Carden The Griffith VS Weaver Thing Is Excellent. 4 stars
8/08/01 Mr. Hat It's one of those movies that feels good to watch while waiting for company to come over. 3 stars
7/26/01 Elvisfan Joan Cusack makes it better than it is, which is pretty good already 4 stars
3/09/01 Jake Great 80's film. Watch for a hilarious cameo from Spacey. 5 stars
11/28/00 Cristopher Revilla no it doesn't, this movie was cool, and very entertaining 5 stars
7/07/00 Politicsman WORST MOVIE EVER!!!!!!!!! It really sucks ALL ASS! 1 stars
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USA
  02-Dec-1988 (R)

UK
  N/A

Australia
  02-Apr-1988


Directed by
  Mike Nichols

Written by
  Kevin Wade

Cast
  Melanie Griffith
  Harrison Ford
  Sigourney Weaver
  Alec Baldwin
  Joan Cusack
  Nora Dunn



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