Working Girl

This amusing romantic comedy directed by Mike Nichols is a classic Cinderella tale of a twenty something, going nowhere secretary blossoming into a quick witted, intelligent, business minded senior executive.

All it takes is a few deceptions, a haircut and some shoulder pads to make her dream a reality!

Tess McGill (Griffith) a bright working class girl whose job as a secretary frustrates rather than fulfils her. She has a head for business and a body for sin, or so she tells us at the beginning of the film. Her mind is certainly full of bright ideas to make money in the high-flying, cut-throat world of high finance. However, her boss, duplicitous, ice maiden Katherine Parker (Weaver) does not take Tess seriously for a number of reasons; her background (too trailer park), her hair (too candyfloss) and her voice (just too silly…). So when Weaver breaks her leg on a skiing holiday leaving Tess in charge, it’s an opportunity that can’t be missed!

Stumbling across one of her ideas, which her boss has written up as her own spurs Tess into taking action. Masquerading as the boss, Tess meets with Jack Trainer (Ford) who she drunkenly ends up in bed with that evening and in a meeting with the next morning.

Here follows a trail of makeovers, business meetings and tense moments of Tess ‘nearly being caught’.

I won’t tell you anymore about the plot as it’s definitely worth watching and is a classic example of the 80’s work ethic coupled with fine examples of 80’s fashion and some fabulously over the top 80’s hairstyles… Brian May eat your heart out!