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<blockquote data-quote="Mel O&#039;Drama" data-source="post: 437798" data-attributes="member: 23"><p>This has now been remedied...</p><p></p><p></p><p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center"><strong><span style="font-size: 22px">Working Girl </span></strong>(1988)</p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center"><img src="https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fcms.ntflxthtrs.com%2Fuploads%2FWORKING_GIRL_POSTER_online_568dd55cdf.jpg&f=1&nofb=1&ipt=88085fc0f7d2960786a0cdbc667fa4aa24daf9e4c25aad783d068d9bde19395f" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p><p>I remember this film being fairly big at the time of release, but have never got round to watching it even though it looked my cup of tea. About the only things I knew were that Melanie Griffith was the main character and Sigourney Weaver played her bitch of a boss.</p><p></p><p>As the opening titles rolled, I found myself more interested with every name that appeared. There are so many well-known names (some of whom were lesser-known at the time).</p><p></p><p>Harrison Ford got top billing, and I'd forgotten he was in it until I saw the thumbnail image. Alec Baldwin is nicely sleazy as the dismissive, controlling love interest we just know won't be end game. Kevin Spacey has a cough and a spit as another sleaze who hits on Griffith as they do business in the back of a car. There's Olympia Dukakis; Oliver Platt. Even Rikki Lake who I didn't realise I'd seen until her name appeared in the end credits. Joan Cusack is one of the best things in this film as Griffith's supportive and forthright colleague and friend and deserved her nominations. Sigourney herself has a smaller role than I'd realised, spending most of the middle act off-screen, but she's still magnetic and fun.</p><p></p><p>Then there's Melanie Griffith who is in every scene. As I watched, I found myself thinking it very surprising she would have been nominated for best actress and thought I must have misremembered that. But no, I checked afterwards and she was indeed nominated for an Academy Award, a BAFTA and a Golden Globe, inexplicably winning the latter (beating Jamie Lee Curtis, Michelle Pfeiffer, Susan Sarandon and Amy Irving). Now I find myself wondering what on earth I'm missing. What are others seeingthat I'm not?</p><p></p><p>When I watched the previous year's <em>Something Wild </em>a while back I commented on Griffith's performance:</p><p></p><p></p><p>At this point I feel I've given her a fair chance: my conclusion is that she is not a great actress, and not even really a good one. Once again, she speaks all her lines too quickly, all in the same monotone in that ickle girl half whisper (which must be murder on the larynx because she spent a great deal of time clearing her throat. Unless that was a concession towards "real" acting). I'm still convinced that she doesn't even know what most of her lines mean. They're just words on a page being spoken out loud without any kind of feeling or interest. The only positives I can say are that she has expressive eyes, and there are also moments where flashes of resemblance of her mother Tippi Hedren generate a nostalgic sense of goodwill. These things aside, it just makes me a little sad that I live in a world where Melanie Griffith is (or was) taken seriously as an actress.</p><p></p><p>All in all, a very decent film that with a different leading lady would have been a terrific one.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mel O'Drama, post: 437798, member: 23"] This has now been remedied... [CENTER] [B][SIZE=6]Working Girl [/SIZE][/B](1988) [IMG]https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fcms.ntflxthtrs.com%2Fuploads%2FWORKING_GIRL_POSTER_online_568dd55cdf.jpg&f=1&nofb=1&ipt=88085fc0f7d2960786a0cdbc667fa4aa24daf9e4c25aad783d068d9bde19395f[/IMG] [/CENTER] I remember this film being fairly big at the time of release, but have never got round to watching it even though it looked my cup of tea. About the only things I knew were that Melanie Griffith was the main character and Sigourney Weaver played her bitch of a boss. As the opening titles rolled, I found myself more interested with every name that appeared. There are so many well-known names (some of whom were lesser-known at the time). Harrison Ford got top billing, and I'd forgotten he was in it until I saw the thumbnail image. Alec Baldwin is nicely sleazy as the dismissive, controlling love interest we just know won't be end game. Kevin Spacey has a cough and a spit as another sleaze who hits on Griffith as they do business in the back of a car. There's Olympia Dukakis; Oliver Platt. Even Rikki Lake who I didn't realise I'd seen until her name appeared in the end credits. Joan Cusack is one of the best things in this film as Griffith's supportive and forthright colleague and friend and deserved her nominations. Sigourney herself has a smaller role than I'd realised, spending most of the middle act off-screen, but she's still magnetic and fun. Then there's Melanie Griffith who is in every scene. As I watched, I found myself thinking it very surprising she would have been nominated for best actress and thought I must have misremembered that. But no, I checked afterwards and she was indeed nominated for an Academy Award, a BAFTA and a Golden Globe, inexplicably winning the latter (beating Jamie Lee Curtis, Michelle Pfeiffer, Susan Sarandon and Amy Irving). Now I find myself wondering what on earth I'm missing. What are others seeingthat I'm not? When I watched the previous year's [I]Something Wild [/I]a while back I commented on Griffith's performance: At this point I feel I've given her a fair chance: my conclusion is that she is not a great actress, and not even really a good one. Once again, she speaks all her lines too quickly, all in the same monotone in that ickle girl half whisper (which must be murder on the larynx because she spent a great deal of time clearing her throat. Unless that was a concession towards "real" acting). I'm still convinced that she doesn't even know what most of her lines mean. They're just words on a page being spoken out loud without any kind of feeling or interest. The only positives I can say are that she has expressive eyes, and there are also moments where flashes of resemblance of her mother Tippi Hedren generate a nostalgic sense of goodwill. These things aside, it just makes me a little sad that I live in a world where Melanie Griffith is (or was) taken seriously as an actress. All in all, a very decent film that with a different leading lady would have been a terrific one. [/QUOTE]
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