Thursday Movie Picks: Female Bosses

 

For the 27th week of 2022 as part of Wandering Through the Shelves' Thursday Movie Picks. We go into the subject of lady bosses suggested by Getter where it’s something that is starting to happen recently where women are the one with the power as some for good or some for bad. Here are my three picks:

1. Working Girl

Mike Nichols’ comedy-drama about a young woman from Staten Island trying to make it in the world of finance where she works for a new boss played with such gusto by Sigourney Weaver. Weaver’s character is someone who has made it yet only because of connections from her upper-class environment as opposed to Melanie Griffith’s more working-class background. Weaver is devilishly fun as someone who is just bullshitting her way as well as take an idea that Griffith’s character suggested as well as to try and woo Harrison Ford who ends up falling for Griffith.

2. The Devil Wears Prada

If there’s a film that should be lauded as a classic and would definitely be a great inclusion to the Criterion Collection. David Frankel’s adaptation of Lauren Weisberger’s novel is that film in its exploration of the world of fashion and how a young woman, with little knowledge of that world, has to do whatever she can to please this boss in Miranda Priestly who is played with such mastery by Meryl Streep. Streep’s performance is definitely chilling but also with some humor and a vulnerability that isn’t seen often in mainstream films. With Anne Hathaway playing the new assistant just trying to understand this world and Emily Blunt as the other assistant who knows what to do, it is a film with a lot of humor but also heart as its reputation continues to soar.

3. The Proposal

Anne Fletcher’s 2009 romantic comedy is definitely a light-hearted film that definitely brings in the laughs and a whole lot more. Starring Sandra Bullock as a Canadian business executive who learns she is about to be deported asks her assistant to propose to her in order to stay in the U.S. Yet, he has to return to Alaska for family reasons as she joins him as they pretend to be a couple while dealing with authorities who are suspicious of this marriage proposal. It is a funny film that does feature a great small role from Betty White as Ryan Reynolds’ grandmother as she just steals every moment in the film. It is just a fun movie that isn’t afraid to be unoriginal as it does favor story and interesting characters rather than cheap gags.

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