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1988 |
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ROMANCE
COMEDY
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US |
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| Colour: |
C |
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| Length: |
113 |
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An upwardly mobile secretary (Melanie Griffith) outwits her obstructive boss (Sigourney Weaver), succeeds in business by really trying, and gets her man (Harrison Ford). |
Reviewed by Chris Tookey
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| Director Mike Nichols made The Graduate one of the archetypal comedies of the 60s. Here, he made the quintessential comedy of the 80s. Melanie Griffith is the yuppie dream made flesh. Few critics of the time noticed the overtones of social snobbery, or that our heroine's business tactics put at risk not only the reputation of her company that employs her, but also the career of her unwitting boyfriend. It's somehow appropriate that one of the 80s' most successful comedies should have celebrated corporate in-fighting, unscrupulous business tactics and unthinking selfishness. Still, there's a lot to enjoy in the cleverly contrived plot and the performances. Griffith won the rave reviews, but Weaver clearly relished her role as the queen bitch, and Joan Cusack also stands out as Griffith's cheerfully vulgar best friend. The only Oscar it won was for best song with Let The River Run (by Carly Simon). | |
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, Harrison Ford, Sigourney Weaver 
