Working Girl Critic Reviews
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Though Weaver is by all accounts (mine included) in the real-life “none-nicer'” class, I've always suspected she might be great as a shrew. She is. [21 Dec 1988, Life, p.1D]Read the full review
One of those entertainments where you laugh a lot along the way, and then you end up on the edge of your seat at the end.Read the full review
The movie was a major success for Melanie Griffith, sure, but it was as the secretary's boss ... that Weaver combined all of her star qualities, pulled in laughs, and took home an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress.Read the full review
A delectable reworking of the ultimate girl's myth, a corporate Cinderella story with shades of a self-made Pygmalion.Read the full review
Working Girl is the sparkling success that it is because of the sheer irresistibility of Melanie Griffith. [21 Dec 1988, Calendar, p.6-1]Read the full review
The film, like its heroine, has a genius for getting by on pure charm. [21 Dec 1988]Read the full review
An amusing trifle. [21 Dec 1988, Daily Datebook, p.E1]Read the full review
This is not a laugh-out-loud film, though there is a lighthearted tone that runs consistently throughout, Griffith's innocent, breathy voice being a major factor.Read the full review
A subplot involving Griffith and first boyfriend Alec Baldwin becomes the-subplot-that-wouldn't-go-bust, and comic scenes sometimes go bankrupt because they just hold their stock too long. Light entertainment like this should zip along like those financial quote boards.Read the full review
