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Highly Overrated But Still Good

Fun premise, good actors, bad writing. This film seemed to have potential at the beginning but it quickly devolves into a trite action film. Ultimately it's very boring.

I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.

This movie certainly was not one of my favourite movies, but I enjoyed did enjoy it. There were definitely some funny moments in the film but I did not have as many laughs as I'd hoped. The acting and script were both corny, but there were a few parts that made me laugh. The plot was decent, but a tad too political. I thought the ending was the best part of the movie overall (the last 10-20m). If you enjoy comedies, then you will probably get some enjoyment out of it.

I work in an office setting. And office movies that were instant classics such as Horrible Bosses and Office Space are movies that I love watching. But the movie that started it all was 9 to 5. Even though the focal point is about three woman who turn the tables on their chauvinistic boss, it really is an enjoyable family comedy. My 12 year old son watched for the first time and love it!The three leading ladies and Dabney Coleman's Franklin Hart are the focal points in the film. Lily Tomlin, who is one of the most underrated improvisational actresses of all time was great as the unappreciated supervisor Violet Newstead. Listen to her one-liners in the film. They are so easily overlooked, but so funny. Jane Fonda's role as the recent divorcée Judy Burnly was the weakest of the three leading ladies, but still was effective. She plays a woman whose ex-husband left her for his secretary and getting a job was her way of not only supporting herself but also to move on from her previous life. But the one who really shines in this movie was Dolly Parton as Hart's secretary Doralee Rhodes. You can't really tell this was her first motion picture role. She provides so much energy yet she doesn't come off as being over the top. It's hard to forget that this was the second highest grossing film of 1980. Only "The Empire Strikes Back" did better. It is definitely a comedy classic and would go great in any DID collection!

Jane, Lily, Dolly and Dabney Coleman have fun in this classic comedy and so will you. It's not about unionization of the work place. That came a little later. But female office workers of a certain age will remember the humiliations inflicted on them by their male bosses and maybe the role played by female tattle tales. We watched 9 to 5 in streaming video and three of us had a good time doing so. The chase scenes with a dead body (mistaken identity) is especially hilarious. All three of the female leads are splendid. I'm not sure, however, that Dabney Coleman doesn't steal the show as their hateful boss. It was a life-saving diversion from all those election ads which we see because we're next door to a swing state. Neither of the Presidential candidates bothered campaigning in Maryland, among the bluest of the blue states. As the most recent of the GOP candidates for governor explained, they've got the organization, they've got the money, they've got the message. What they haven't got is the voters.

Three female office workers have had it with their chauvinistic male boss. So they band together for revenge. It's all in good fun. Viewers get some laughs and get treated to a lesson in the power of feminism.For a 1980s film, the premise is fine. And the plot starts out okay. But the middle Act fantasies stretch out too long, which slows down the plot. The kidnapping segment doesn't work at all. It's just too preposterous, and gets the film seriously off track. Two of the three main characters, Violet (Lily Tomlin) and Doralee (Dolly Parton) fit right in. But Judy Bernly (Jane Fonda) is too new to the office, and too innocent and naïve, to be recruited into an insider's role.Casting is mixed. With her comedic background and those squinting eyes, scheming Lily Tomlin is a hoot. And chirpy Dolly Parton adds a 3-D look and feel ... so to speak. But Jane Fonda seems out of place as an office worker. Prod design looks credible, again for the 1980s, though those typewriters sure date the picture, as do the clothes. What I liked best was the catchy title song, by Dolly Parton, with its appropriate theme and disco beat.The film has its funny moments like, for example, when Roz, the overbearing admin assistant, hands Violet, the Lily Tomlin character, a memo admonishing Violet about the rules of "office décor". Violet takes the memo and then responds sarcastically: "Thanks Roz, I know just where to stick it."But overall, the second-half plot is just too outlandish to have any credibility, even as comedy. It's like the writers were trying a little too hard. The satire comes through but it's not nearly as caustic or biting as that of the much superior predecessor film, with similar themes: "How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying" (1967)."Nine To Five" offers the viewer a look back at typical 1980s comedy. It's a film with charm and verve, but it lacks the razor-sharp writing and biting social commentaries of earlier films about office politics.