Advantages: Good Storyline, entertaining film Disadvantages: Melanie Griffiths
Working Girl (Film Review Only).
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The Plot.
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A young secretary finally thinks she has a chance when her new boss agrees to listen to some of her ideas. She soon has a harsh lesson in business and realises her boss is trying to arrange one of her business ideas behind her back and take the credit for it. She is angry and puts a plan into action.
The Storyline.
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Tess McGill (Melanie Griffiths) ... ...discovers that her boyfriend Mick Dugan (Alec Baldwin) is cheating on her with another woman. She starts to feel like her life is spiralling out of control, when suddenly she gets the break she needs in the form of a new job for Katherine Parker (Sigourney Weaver). She is determined to make a go of this job and really wants to make a go of a career, which falls right into place in her new job, as Katherine Parker seems supportive. She tries to run ...
welshwickedone 29.08.2006
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Advantages: Brilliant Disadvantages: Lack of DVD extras, but the film itself is excellent
...getting the good roles. In Working Girl, he works with Melanie Griffith and Sigourney Weaver to give us director Mike Nichols' 1988 film telling a story about office work in the 1980s.
Essentially, the film doesn't have a special plot. It tells of Tess McGill (Griffith), a clever secretary who lands a job working for Katharine Parker at Trask Industries. When Katharine breaks her leg and Tess finds out she was going to steal one of her ideas, she ... ...her own boss. The sparks fly as professional backstabbing ensues left, right and centre. Cue Hollywood cheese..............
Ford kind of takes a back seat in this film and lets Griffith and Weaver dominate the proceedings, and this is the right move. The script nails it with the spoft spoken Tess convincing everyone she is someone she isn't, and with Katharine not having a clue. The comedy element is prevalent throughout, and this is something the ...
pmcds 14.11.2008
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