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First off, no, this is not a film you have to go to the back room of your local video store to get. It is my number 3 favorite from film class, Working Girl. Melanie Griffith stars as the overachieving Tess, a young woman with great ideas who always ends up with the short end of the stick when it comes to career opportunities. Her new demanding boss Katharine (Sigourney Weaver), injures herself in a ski accident, leaving Griffith the keys to her office and home. When she finds out the deceptive Katharine steals her idea to acquire media outlets for profit, Tess takes matters into her own hands along with the help of the clueless business partner Jack Trainer (Harrison Ford).

Corporate life has its ups, buy mostly consists of downs which the award winning Mike Nichols portrays through the dominated young career woman who cannot find a trustworthy friend (besides the ditzy Joan Cusack, who was nominated for an Oscar for this film). Melanie Griffith brings this character beauty and strength, which one would not expect from someone who is so often looked over. She practically has to steal her bosses identity to be heard, which can be seen today in most businesses where it's not "what you know," it's "who you know." Nichols seems to bring more laughs with this film, showing some stereotypical aspects of unfaithful boyfriends and arrogant successes. The story is perfect and the acting is superb. It is good to see that early in her career, Melanie actually made some good movies.