This is a movie some teen girls (and some clueless men) will not "get"!
Melanie Griffith's slightly irritating "little girl" voice and her fragile "puff of smoke will blow me away" demeanor means that many will not see her as strong and as smart as the tough corporate exec that her boss Sigourney Weaver plays. (The film shows that there's a bit of class snobbery at work in such firms then---and now!)
But many such delicate appearing women are as tough as - lionesses - in desiring to achieve success. My manager sister, for instance. If you do not KNOW this from observation, you are simply too young, too sheltered, or too clueless!
What makes this film NOT dated (except for the "big hair, 80's styles") is that many women out there have ideas, opportunities spoiled by exec. WOMEN (as well as exec. men). (I know a ruthless female boss who stole an underling woman's ideas...What could she do??? It was at a firm dealing in mergers like this one, also!!!) Sigourney Weaver's patronizing superior treatment of Griffith's character is DEAD ON ACCURATE for how I (and some friends) have been treated by exec. women!
Maybe only the office males trying to trade sex for work opportunities are "dated" since they are a "sexual lawsuit target waiting to happen" nowadays.
So---I really like this film but wish it did not have the gratuitous brief sex scenes which add nothing to the main, powerful story line.
An edited version of this film - viewed on a family friendly channel - might be a great discussion starter with both your teen son -and Daughter!
Melanie Griffith's slightly irritating "little girl" voice and her fragile "puff of smoke will blow me away" demeanor means that many will not see her as strong and as smart as the tough corporate exec that her boss Sigourney Weaver plays. (The film shows that there's a bit of class snobbery at work in such firms then---and now!)
But many such delicate appearing women are as tough as - lionesses - in desiring to achieve success. My manager sister, for instance. If you do not KNOW this from observation, you are simply too young, too sheltered, or too clueless!
What makes this film NOT dated (except for the "big hair, 80's styles") is that many women out there have ideas, opportunities spoiled by exec. WOMEN (as well as exec. men). (I know a ruthless female boss who stole an underling woman's ideas...What could she do??? It was at a firm dealing in mergers like this one, also!!!) Sigourney Weaver's patronizing superior treatment of Griffith's character is DEAD ON ACCURATE for how I (and some friends) have been treated by exec. women!
Maybe only the office males trying to trade sex for work opportunities are "dated" since they are a "sexual lawsuit target waiting to happen" nowadays.
So---I really like this film but wish it did not have the gratuitous brief sex scenes which add nothing to the main, powerful story line.
An edited version of this film - viewed on a family friendly channel - might be a great discussion starter with both your teen son -and Daughter!