Review: Working Girl (1988)

Released in 1988, Working Girl went on to become the 11th highest grossing film of the year, grossing nearly $64 million in the United States, and nearly $103 million worldwide.

New Yorker Tess McGill works as a secretary for Katharine Parker, a mean, scheming bussiness woman. When Parker breaks her leg on a skiing holiday, Tess takes the opportunity to get ahead in the game, after discovering Katharine's plans to steal one of her ideas and sell it as her own. With her boss out of the picture, Tess excells in bussiness, and her love life benefits from her new found confidence as well.

"Can I get ya anything? Coffee? Tea? Me?"

I've been after this movie for quite some time, and I'm really glad that I've finally had the chance to see it. It is a really good little film, and features some spectacular views of New York City. The movie itself doesn't require a lot of thought. I enjoy films like this. It's nice to be able to sit down infont of your telly or computer and just watch a film without having to process everything you see. Some movies have a habit of being impossible to follow without complications arising or eventual boredom and/or loss of interest. I can't stand it when a movie makes me feel stupid because I didn't understand what was happening onscreen. I mean, I'm sure I can't be the only person that's walked out of a film thinking, "What the hell was that all about?", can I? Anywho...

I found Working Girl to be rather inspiring, especially for females. It makes you believe that you, too, could succeed if you really put the effort into it. I'm not sure that Tess went about finding success in the right way, but, at the end of the day, she really didn't have any other options. 

"I have a head for business and a bod for sin. Is there anything wrong with that?"

There's something about films set in winter that I love. It doesn't have to be a Christmas movie, this one is not, but if a film has a winter setting, it's likely to make me feel happier. Isn't that bizarre? I've always thought so... Ah, well.

Working Girl is a sweet little movie, one that I shall certainly see again. 8/10

Trivia: Certain scenes in Working Girl were filmed in the 7 World Trade Center, which was destroyed in the September 11th attacks of 2001.