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Working Girl

Working Girl

Comedy · Romance · Drama · 1988

When a secretary's idea is stolen by her boss, she takes a risky chance to reclaim it by impersonating him and running the project from his position.

Movie details

Working Girl

“For anyone who's ever won. For anyone who's ever lost. And for everyone who's still in there trying.”

1988 Comedy · Romance · Drama 1h 54m

Critical arithmetic

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TMDB

6.6 / 10

Community rating

When a secretary's idea is stolen by her boss, she takes a risky chance to reclaim it by impersonating him and running the project from his position.

CriticWise case file

What this film says about your taste.

Not a recommendation score. A measure of how closely the film’s taste signals resemble yours.

The archetype split

Who fights over Working Girl?

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Mike Nichols

Written by

Kevin Wade

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

Court is in session

Put Working Girl on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Sentimental Softie

“Sincerity is not manipulation.”

The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.

The prosecution The Cool Ironist

“The strings are showing.”

Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.