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.

It’s not bad or unwatchable but despite the amplitude of the spectacle, the end result is underwhelming.

The biggest problem with this movie is it’s a little better than you think it might be, which somehow makes it worse. As in, it takes itself a bit too seriously, which makes most of the movie feel kind of dull.

There are moments in this movie where the great movie it could've been peek out... They're fleeting, here, but they're worth savoring, and they happen often enough to make it worth your while.

When a secretary's idea is stolen by her boss, she seizes an opportunity to steal it back by pretending she has her boss' job. Working Girl benefits from it's strong Cast and it's excellent story. Melanie Griffith and Harrison Ford are brilliant and except their great chemistry they both give 2 excellent and strong perfomances in the leading roles and the same goes for Sigourney Weaver. People who love a good romance/drama won't be disappointed.

"Working Girl" is one of those movies I've put off for years; and I guess it's partly because I'd known it as a romantic comedy, but mostly because I've never been a Melanie Griffith fan.Turns out she's the movie's best feature, fitting well as an ambitious secretary who can't get ahead, someone who takes the corporate ladder by force. Actually, all three of the stars were ideal, but Ford and Weaver seemed to be supporting Griffith. She just seemed to embody that empowered career woman who sheds her mousy constraints.And it is a romantic comedy, but a subtle one. The humor is expressed in the dialogue and I found myself laughing more than I'd expected. It's an '80s movie down to its very DNA and pretty much everything about it still holds up.7/10

Entertaining movie that is worth watching again and again, especially for the climatic comeuppance finale... Good performances by Harrison Ford, Sigourney Weaver as the back stabbing conniving boss, and Melanie Griffith, smart but naive in the ways of this fictional corporate world.Still, most of us wonder why women like our heroine continually choose low life degenerate losers the likes of those portrayed in this film by Alec Baldwin--- selfish, demanding, abusive, unfaithful... I mean, is it for the female viewers? Is Nick the type of guy most women generally fall for and would like to see as the boyfriend? So anyways, Tess comes up with a brilliant plan to get a large corporation to acquire a radio station, shares it with her boss who promptly steals it with the intention of selling as her own, the truth eventually comes out and our villainous boss is hung out to dry, and Harrison Ford and Melanie Griffith live happily ever actor.

Mike Nichols got a brilliant performance out of his leading lady Melanie Griffiths (pre-face-lift version). She must die looking at this picture now: her bum was enormous, her breasts were too small (just like most actresses'), her face and neck were all puffy and OMG! that appalling hair-do at the start: it really stank and could have put you off the picture for all time. However, it gets really good as Nichols lets a strong script speak and teases good performances out of his players. It's all about the "glass ceiling" that prevents secretaries ever breaking out of their shitty jobs and getting into the executive ranks, and it savours an extra element in showing a female executive (guess what?) stealing a great idea from her secretary. It gives a horribly clear glimpse of the sectionalised American society (workers, executives, super-rich) that makes a mockery of the Statue of Liberty past which the working girls sail in the ferry in the opening scene. All-in-all, a strong satirical film that has stood the test of time, even with its idiotic haircuts.