Don't listen to the negative reviews

Don't Believe the Hype

It’s sentimental, ridiculously long and only occasionally funny

An old-fashioned movie made with new-fashioned finesse.

Back in the eighties this might have been a promotion of female empowerment, but nowadays it is rather bizarre to see all the male chauvinistic work related attitudes pass by as being considered normal. Of course this is a hollywood movie in which stereotypes for comical and dramatic effect get exaggerated, but nowadays hollywood scripts wouldnt sell with this obnoxious male sexist attitude, although to great comical effect Sigourney Weaver is as bad as her male sexist collegues. Back in the eighties it still wasnt very common for women to wanna make a carreer. Not for the majority at least, but this movie tells the succesful story of a normal working girl who made it big time. "Working Girl" is a lovely romanticized picture of an ordinary working girl who started as an ordinary secretary and succeeds in climbing the ladder of corporate america. Lovely role by the ever so charming Melanie Griffith in one of her best roles in her entire carreer. Melanie's charm is to die for. Recently I saw an old Johnny Carson interview with Melanie Griffith, just before "Working Girl" was about to be released. This Carson interview shows us viewers a woman who is truly one heavenly, honest and kind woman in real life, who was to become very famous. I wouldnt mention this if she hadnt played an identical character in this movie also. Art imitating life. Great roles by Harrison Ford and Sigourney Weaver too, who both play leading parts. But Melanie steals the show!"Working Girl" from the eighties feels a bit dated, looking back now (hilarious hairstyles), but for young women wanting to make a carreer, this movie could really be a wonderful inspiration, although for the male viewers the romantic cliches can feel a bit too sugarcoated...At an trivia endnote I wanna praise the great soundtrack by Carly Simon, who also performed in the soundtrack for another movie about female empowerment called "Postcards from the Edge" also made by the same direcor Mike Nichols. This director has got a brilliant talent for telling true to life feel good stories. "Working Girl" is laden with hollywood cliches, but it is made with so much feel good charm it pleases me every time I see it. Men should think twice before watching it, unless they wanna watch it together with their girlfriend, because as I said before, the only real flaw is that the story is very sugarcoated...

I'm actually surprised that Working Girl didn't have far more reviews than it got here. It's an all around story, that touches on a variety of subjects, and makes them funny, sad, uplifting, and heart warming, all at the same time...Without going into too many details, Working Girl also demonstrates a bit of the topic of high level Corporate wheeling and dealing...weaving that into a delightful couple hours of popcorn munching fun...

When a secretary (Melanie Griffith)'s idea is stolen by her boss (Sigourney Weaver), she seizes an opportunity to steal it back by pretending she has her boss' job.The 1980s were a strange decade, and this film proves it. Apparently you can make a movie about bad hair and funny voices, and get multiple Oscar nominations -- including Best Picture. I didn't actively start watching the Oscar nominees until around 2010, but I can't see this one being in the same league as any of those...Not saying this is a bad movie, mind you. The plot is pretty decent (and has that 80s "big business" motif going on). I always like seeing Harrison Ford, especially before he starting looking like a grandfather who chases teen girls. (Ford is 15 years older than Griffith, but it's not as obvious in this movie.)

An Oscar nominated Joan Cusack steals this move out from under the lead cast, all of whom are excellent. Especially Melanie Griffith and Sigourney Weaver, both of whom were Oscar nominated too. Ford is Excellent too in a rare romantic role.Plot In A Paragraph: When a secretary's idea is stolen by her boss, she seizes an opportunity to steal it back by pretending she has her boss's job, when her boss breaks her leg in a Skiing trip.I'm surprised at the billing of this movie having Harrison Ford (who does not appear till half way through the movie) first, Sigourney Weaver (who disappears after about ten minutes of screen time) second and Melanie Griffith (who is the core and heart of the movie) third.