Working Girl (DVD)

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.


...(Melanie Griffiths) looses her job for her boss leery Lutz and then 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 ... more

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) looses her job for her boss leery Lutz and then 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 a few of her business ideas past Katherine but Katherine says they are not suitable but to keep trying. Tess thinks fair enough, as Katherine Parker still seems to be supporting her until one day when Katherine is on vacation she gets a phone call. It is Katherine, she has had an accident while skiing and cannot come home when planned, so she asks Tess to take over and look after her plants in her apartment as well. Tess does not mind as she thinks Katherine in a great boss until she is going through her memos at the apartment that is. When listen she realises that Katherine is trying to set u a plan that what her idea behind her back. Tess is furious so she decides to take matters into her own hands while she has the chance as Katherine is away. She takes huge chances an enrols the help of Katherine's associate and love interest to help get the deal going and soon finds that they are falling in love. Problems start to occur when Katherine returns home unexpectedly before the deal is done and finds out what Tess has been up to and is out to stop her. Will Katherine ruin everything and take the credit for Tess's plan or will Tess get the credit she deserves and the man she loves....
You will have to watch to find out.

The Acting / My Opinion.
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This is not one of Sigourney Weavers greatest acting achievements but in saying that she takes on her character fantastically and gives it the exact personality needed to make this film entertaining. Harrison Ford brings his usually manly and masculine charms to this character and we get to see some of the famous expressions and slight dry wit that he has become famous for in the characters Hans Solo and Indiana Jones. He gives a perfect personality to Jack Trainer and helps carry the film in the sections where in my opinion Melanie Griffiths acting fails badly.
Harsh as it is this film shows why Melanie Griffiths struggled to continue her acting career. Admittedly, her facial surgery put the final boom on insuring her career hit rock bottom but this performance shows she was already on her way down anyway. She is unable to matter how hard she tries to cover that horrible common sounding screechy voice that just goes straight through you. Fortunately she has been teamed with tow fantastic, highly credited actors who can manage to cover her bland and boring acting capabilities. On saying that though you do still have a good film with a good storyline that is well worth a viewing.
It is also to see the great acting talent in both Alec Baldwin and Joan Cusack although it would have been nice to see a bit more from there characters in this film.

The Directing.
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Mike Nichols provides us with a good quality, entertaining film with his directing. He has brought the storyline to life and made it very interesting and appealing. He has also done the best he can considering he has to direct Melanie Griffiths, but lucky he has the strong acting of Harrison Ford and Sigourney Weaver to help him overcome this. Other great films that we have had the pleasure of being entertained by which Mike Nichols has directed include `Catch 22`, `Biloxi Blues`, `Closer` and `Heartburn`,

Summary.
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An extremely interesting storyline, but with a light-hearted side and many twists and turns during the plot. I found that this film did have a few slow moments in the story though, but it did manage to keep me entertained, I just wish they had chosen to cast someone else instead of Melanie Griffiths as I feel this film would have been far more appealing if they had. On saying, this though I still feel this film is quite entertaining and if you can bear through Melanie Griffiths then I highly recommend you watch this film.

Technical Information.
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Cast.
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Sigourney Weaver ~~~ Katherine Parker
Harrison Ford ~~~ Jack Trainer
Melanie Griffiths ~~~ Tess McGill
Alec Baldwin ~~~ Mick Dugan
Joan Cusack ~~~ Cyn
Philip Bosco ~~~ Oren Trask
Nora Dunn ~~~ Ginny
Oliver Platt ~~~ Lutz
James Lally ~~~ Turkel
Kevin Spacey ~~~ Bob Speck

Other Info.
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Director ~~~ Mike Nichols
Certificate ~~~ 15 years and over
Run Time ~~~ 1 hr 51 mins approx
Language ~~~ English
Production year 1988
Dolby Surround Sound.

Happy Viewing 

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