My wife loved it and she had never seen it before (she was barely a year when this came out!).Back in February, it was announced that Kelly Clarkson and Dolly Parton had teamed up to remake Dolly’s iconic hit “ 9 to 5” for a documentary called Still Working 9 to 5. Now, we know when we’ll get to hear the song.
It is a very well made, fast paced comedy that never bores.
Despite being a 25 year old movie, 9 TO 5 stands the test of time perfectly, with only some of the cars and some of the clothing fashion looking a bit dated. You'll have to see the rest to know what I mean. From here on each of the secretaries' fantasies take real form in some way or another making the movie even more fun. Next day it's back to the real world and back to the daily grind. The movie visualizes each of the secretary's outlandish fantasies and this part of the movie is one of the most entertaining and hilarious. The trio spend the afternoon together drinking and smoking pot and jokingly thinking how each of them would "kill" their boss if they had the chance. Hart's overwhelming tyranny makes his aide, Violet, to snap and with her go Judy and Dorlee (Dolly Parton), his voluptuous personal secretary. He is, as his right hand aide might put it, an "egotistical bigot". Frank Hart (played wonderfully by Dabney Coleman) is the villainous boss and head of the division. We only know that it is a big company and that each floor of the high building is a "division". The company is called Consolidated Companies, which by the way, we never really know what they do or what they sell. Her ex husband ran away with his secretary and now Judy, ironically, finds a job being one. It's the story of recently divorced Judy Bernly (Jane Fonda). The movie was cleverly written and directed and the humor develops naturally without looking forced or too acted out.
I am very pleased to say that 9 TO 5 has stood the test of time quite well and its "it's a corporate world" underpinnings couldn't be more appropriate now a days. I knew in my mind that some of the movies you hold so dearly when you're a kid simply don't "cut it" when you see them all grown up. After all, I haven't seen this one on TV in a LONG time and my local BLOCKBUSTER is sorely lacking a "classics" catalog. Fast forward to 2006 and I decided to buy 9 TO 5 on DVD and see the fun again. I was like 14 years old back then and I remember enjoying the film very much, even if I didn't get all the misogynistic humor and women's lib stuff. I never saw 9 TO 5 when it played in the theaters but saw it soon after on video.
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