
Tess McGill is a frustrated secretary, struggling to forge ahead in the world of big business in New York. She gets her chance when her boss breaks her leg on a skiing holiday. McGill takes advantage of her absence to push ahead with her career. She teams up with investment broker Jack Trainer to work on a big deal. The situation is complicated after the return of her boss.... (Full plot summary below)
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Tess McGill is a frustrated secretary, struggling to forge ahead in the world of big business in New York. She gets her chance when her boss breaks her leg on a skiing holiday. McGill takes advantage of her absence to push ahead with her career. She teams up with investment broker Jack Trainer to work on a big deal. The situation is complicated after the return of her boss.
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| USA TodayMike ClarkThe 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. |
| Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertOne 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. |
| Los Angeles TimesSheila BensonA delectable reworking of the ultimate girl's myth, a corporate Cinderella story with shades of a self-made Pygmalion. |
| Chicago TribuneGene SiskelWorking Girl is enjoyable even when it isn't credible, which is most of the time. The film, like its heroine, has a genius for getting by on pure charm. |
| Chicago ReaderJonathan RosenbaumGriffith's talent, energy, and sexiness give it some drive and punch. |
| VarietyVariety StaffWorking Girl is enjoyable largely due to the fun of watching scrappy, sexy, unpredictable Melanie Griffith rise from Staten Island secretary to Wall Street whiz. |
| Eye for FilmJennie KermodeIts deft handling of feminist issues make it all the more ironic that it has been dismissed as trivial when in many ways it's the female equivalent of Wall Street. |
| Flipside Movie EmporiumRob Vaux80s corporate hokum rescued by another very funny turn from Sigourney Weaver. |
| San Francisco ChronicleJudy StoneThis 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. |
| TIME MagazineRichard CorlissHow will the working class be educated to survive and thrive in the computer age? This intoxicating movie has an answer: let her strut her outer-borough wisdom from Wall Street to the Pacific Rim. Watch her fatten portfolios as she melts hearts. |