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Working Girl

  • 19881988
  • RR
  • 1h 53m
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6.8/10
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Harrison Ford, Sigourney Weaver, and Melanie Griffith in Working Girl (1988)
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When a secretary's idea is stolen by her boss, she seizes an opportunity to steal it back by pretending she has her boss' job.When a secretary's idea is stolen by her boss, she seizes an opportunity to steal it back by pretending she has her boss' job.When a secretary's idea is stolen by her boss, she seizes an opportunity to steal it back by pretending she has her boss' job.
IMDb RATING
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59K
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POPULARITY
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    • Mike Nichols
    • Kevin Wade
  • Stars
    • Melanie Griffith
    • Harrison Ford
    • Sigourney Weaver
    • Mike Nichols
    • Kevin Wade
  • Stars
    • Melanie Griffith
    • Harrison Ford
    • Sigourney Weaver
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 167User reviews
    • 54Critic reviews
    • 73Metascore
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    • Won 1 Oscar

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    Harrison Ford, Sigourney Weaver, and Melanie Griffith in Working Girl (1988)
    Harrison Ford, Sigourney Weaver, and Melanie Griffith in Working Girl (1988)

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    Melanie Griffith
    Melanie Griffith
    • Tess McGill
    Harrison Ford
    Harrison Ford
    • Jack Trainer
    Sigourney Weaver
    Sigourney Weaver
    • Katharine Parker
    Alec Baldwin
    Alec Baldwin
    • Mick Dugan
    Joan Cusack
    Joan Cusack
    • Cyn
    Philip Bosco
    Philip Bosco
    • Oren Trask
    Nora Dunn
    Nora Dunn
    • Ginny
    Oliver Platt
    Oliver Platt
    • Lutz
    James Lally
    • Turkel
    Kevin Spacey
    Kevin Spacey
    • Bob Speck
    Robert Easton
    Robert Easton
    • Armbrister
    Olympia Dukakis
    Olympia Dukakis
    • Personnel Director
    Amy Aquino
    Amy Aquino
    • Alice Baxter
    Jeffrey Nordling
    Jeffrey Nordling
    • Tim Rourke
    Elizabeth Whitcraft
    • Doreen DiMucci
    Maggie Wagner
    Maggie Wagner
    • Tess's Birthday Party Friend
    Lou DiMaggio
    Lou DiMaggio
    • Tess's Birthday Party Friend
    David Duchovny
    David Duchovny
    • Tess's Birthday Party Friend
      • Mike Nichols
      • Kevin Wade
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    • Trivia
      Though Tess is unquestionably the sole lead character, actress Melanie Griffith is billed third in the credits, after Harrison Ford and Sigourney Weaver who have supporting roles in the movie. Griffith had received critical acclaim for earlier performances in Body Double (1984) and Something Wild (1986), but those films barely made a dent at the box office and she was still largely unknown when Working Girl (1988) was made in 1988. 20th Century Fox wanted a big name actress to play Tess, but Mike Nichols pushed for Griffith until the studio ultimately gave in.
    • Goofs
      Katharine tells Tess the combination to her house alarm is 75432000 but when we see Tess turning the alarm off before entering the house she only presses six buttons.
    • Quotes

      Cyn: Sometimes I sing and dance around the house in my underwear. Doesn't make me Madonna. Never will.

    • Connections
      Edited into The Linda McCartney Story (2000)
    • Soundtracks
      Let the River Run
      (uncredited)

      Written and Performed by Carly Simon

    User reviews167

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    7/10
    The stars align and the movie clicks
    "Working Girl" is one of those movies I've put off for years; and I guess it's partly because I'd known it as a romantic comedy, but mostly because I've never been a Melanie Griffith fan.

    Turns out she's the movie's best feature, fitting well as an ambitious secretary who can't get ahead, someone who takes the corporate ladder by force. Actually, all three of the stars were ideal, but Ford and Weaver seemed to be supporting Griffith. She just seemed to embody that empowered career woman who sheds her mousy constraints.

    And it is a romantic comedy, but a subtle one. The humor is expressed in the dialogue and I found myself laughing more than I'd expected. It's an '80s movie down to its very DNA and pretty much everything about it still holds up.

    7/10
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    • Release date
      • December 21, 1988 (United States)
      • United States
      • English
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    • Filming locations
      • 7 World Trade Center, World Trade Center, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
    • Production company
      • Twentieth Century Fox
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    Technical specs

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    • 1 hour 53 minutes
      • Color
      • Dolby

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