Unfortunately, some films do not transcend the times, and still teach us something new or different. Any film that is a drama/social commentary should be something helpful for the audience, or if it is a romantic comedy, should have novel actors, or at least can give us a laugh which is unexpected.
I can remember when this film came out, and a colleague asked me if I had seen it, saying it accurately depicts women in the workplace. (Yawn) More generalizations.
Melanie Griffith was (at that time) too much the stereotypical dumb blonde, Harrison Ford, the eligible CEO (as always), Sigourney Weaver the educated taskmaster boss. Actually the stereotypes in this film are so rampant and predictable, it may take too long to delineate.
"Wall Street" is a much better film which at least has an interesting story from this era. "Working Girl" tries too hard to be funny, and to make light of a situation (job turnover) which today is commonplace, the premise is too far-fetched, the reality is the Griffith character would have moved on to several other jobs, as everyone does. No one would tolerate a boss like Weaver today. This film reminds me of "The Secret of My Success" (Michael J. Fox) and "Baby Boom" (Diane Keaton), funny at the time, but do we really want to reminisce about it?. No.
I can remember when this film came out, and a colleague asked me if I had seen it, saying it accurately depicts women in the workplace. (Yawn) More generalizations.
Melanie Griffith was (at that time) too much the stereotypical dumb blonde, Harrison Ford, the eligible CEO (as always), Sigourney Weaver the educated taskmaster boss. Actually the stereotypes in this film are so rampant and predictable, it may take too long to delineate.
"Wall Street" is a much better film which at least has an interesting story from this era. "Working Girl" tries too hard to be funny, and to make light of a situation (job turnover) which today is commonplace, the premise is too far-fetched, the reality is the Griffith character would have moved on to several other jobs, as everyone does. No one would tolerate a boss like Weaver today. This film reminds me of "The Secret of My Success" (Michael J. Fox) and "Baby Boom" (Diane Keaton), funny at the time, but do we really want to reminisce about it?. No.