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Working Girl

Movie · 1988 · 109 min

A breezy, buoyant climb up the corporate ladder where the satisfaction comes from watching an underdog outsmart the smug and finally get her due.

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1988 film by Mike Nichols
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Class
Movie
Year
1988
Runtime
109 min
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Tone
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • class
  • ambition
  • identity
  • betrayal
  • justice
Places
  • big city
  • workplace
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror0
Humour6
Realism7
Romance6
Tension4
Darkness3
Complexity4
Emotional weight5

Details

Genres
comedy drama, romantic comedy
Directed by
Mike Nichols
Written by
Kevin Wade
Starring
Sigourney Weaver, Harrison Ford, Kevin Spacey, Alec Baldwin, David Duchovny, Melanie Griffith, Joan Cusack, Olympia Dukakis
Music
Carly Simon
Cinematography
Michael Ballhaus
Runtime
109 min
Country
United States
Languages
English

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