Die Waffen der Frauen (1988)

Die Waffen der Frauen: Directed by Mike Nichols. With Harrison Ford, Sigourney Weaver, Melanie Griffith, Alec Baldwin. When a secretary’s idea is stolen by her boss, she seizes an opportunity to steal it back by pretending she has her boss’ job.

“A pure fantasy served up by Mike Nichols, but a vastly entertaining one.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eMelanie Griffith is the secretary with massive hair who pretends to be a corporate business woman when her boss is layed up with a broken leg. The catch is, she finds out sheu0026#39;s pretty good at it, and things get complicated when she ends up spearheading a business deal and falling in love with her key partner (Harrison Ford), all the while trying to keep what sheu0026#39;s doing from her boss (Sigourney Weaver). Itu0026#39;s the kind of movie that could just as easily have been made as a screwball comedy in the 1940s, perhaps with Barbara Stanwyck in the lead role.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe film is a classic in its own small way, one of the best comedies to emerge from the 1980s. Griffith is matched well with her role, so her limitations as an actress donu0026#39;t draw too much attention to themselves. But itu0026#39;s Weaver who steals the show as Griffithu0026#39;s imperious boss. Sheu0026#39;s a riot as a confident and powerful career woman from hell. And Joan Cusack steals a few scenes of her own as Griffithu0026#39;s best friend and fellow secretary, who sports hair as big as Griffithu0026#39;s and a Joisy accent to boot.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eNichols knows how to direct a comedy so that the funny bits speak for themselves.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eGrade: A”