Review – Nine to Five

Lily Tomlin, Jane Fonda and Dolly Parton star in one of the great classics of mainstream feminist cinema. I almost died laughing at the sequence in which our three downtrodden, office-working heroines fantasize about killing their monster boss (my particular favorite is Tomlin’s, a nasty little spoof at the expense of syrupy Disney cartoons). Some of the sentiments and most of the outfits look more than a little dated now, but the script and acting still hold up. If you can endure some of the silly, screwball comedy moments, you’ll find the rest a fine example of the lighter side of social commentary. Worth seeing