Though Weaver is by all accounts (mine included) in the real-life “none-nicer'” class, I've always suspected she might be great as a shrew. She is. [21 Dec 1988, Life, p.1D]Read Full Review »
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CHICAGO SUN-TIMES: Roger Ebert
One 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.Read Full Review »
The 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.Read Full Review »
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Washington Post: Rita Kempley
A delectable reworking of the ultimate girl's myth, a corporate Cinderella story with shades of a self-made Pygmalion.Read Full Review »
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LOS ANGELES TIMES: Sheila Benson
Working Girl is the sparkling success that it is because of the sheer irresistibility of Melanie Griffith. [21 Dec 1988, Calendar, p.6-1]Read Full Review »
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The New York Times: Elvis Mitchell
The film, like its heroine, has a genius for getting by on pure charm. [21 Dec 1988]Read Full Review »
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Washington Post: Desson Thomson
A subplot involving Griffith and first boyfriend Alec Baldwin becomes the-subplot-that-wouldn't-go-bust, and comic scenes sometimes go bankrupt because they just hold their stock too long. Light entertainment like this should zip along like those financial quote boards.Read Full Review »
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