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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ClassyCo" data-source="post: 444170" data-attributes="member: 7">NINE TO FIVE (as it styled on-screen, even if all promotional material calls it "9 to 5") is currently streaming on Netflix. I decided to re-watch it in wake of Dolly's recent passing. My mother and I had a copy of this movie on DVD that we got from our local Dollar General for like $3, and we used to watch it on an almost endless loop. It was one of our favorites there for a good while.Upon this revisit, I must admit, I still thoroughly enjoy the movie. The scenes in the hospital and the entire scenario surrounding the alleged poisoning of Mr. Hart by Violet with the rat poison is hilarious. The bits of the trio of women trying to figure out what to do at the hospital when they believe Mr. Hart to be dead and the aftermath to the realization that they've stolen the wrong corpse is some of the funniest stuff I've seen in a movie. It's pure comedy gold.Having moved into the corporate workforce myself, I can appreciate NINE TO FIVE on a different level than I did when I watched it years ago. Who hasn't had a boss or supervisor that drives you crazy and you wish would just go away? I've had a few. And, in some cases, certain superiors have major headaches and caused severe mental and even emotional stress. I once straight quit a job because I had been lied on multiple by co-workers that just weren't welcoming to newcomers.That aside, NINE TO FIVE is very well-paced, well-written, and above all, it's perfectly cast. I must say my favorite of the lead trio is Lily Tomlin as Violet. Her comedy timing is spot-on ("I'm no fool, I killed the boss! You don't think they're going to fire me over something like that!?"), and she is a master at the double-take and side-eyeing. Dabney Coleman as Mr. Hart would have to come in second. Like Tomlin, he can deliver a line ("Oh, I'm sorry, Violet. I'm just about to play my last card and send you three b****es to jail"), and he is quite funny when he is in panic mood. Jane Fonda is quite good as new-hire Judy, but I've never been a major fan of her overall. That said, she does have a few genuinely funny moments throughout the movie ("Oh, my God. This is so improper"). And Dolly is... well, she's Dolly. But she is actually very fun in the movie ("Oh, honey, I think Violet has flipped out"), and appears very natural on-screen. Her lack of experience as an actress creeps through sometimes, but the issues aren't major.The supporting cast has a lot of well-known character actors in memorable roles: Sterling Hayden as Russell Tinsworthy, the chairman of the board for the company everyone works for; Elizabeth Wilson as Roz, the executive that is infatuated with Mr. Hart; Henry Jones as Mr. Hinkle, the president of the company; Marian Mercer as Hart's clueless, but likable wife Missy; Peggy Pope as "the old lush" Margaret Foster, whose signature line is, "Atta girl!"; and Earl Boen as Perkins, Tinsworthy's company spy.There are, for me at least, a few minor issues with NINE TO FIVE that I didn't even care about years ago. For one, the friendship between the lead trio -- Violet, Judy, and Doralee -- seems a little random. They make it where Violet and Judy are friendly right away, but they are against Doralee at the start of the movie because they think she's having an affair with Hart. But then that just .... goes away, and they are all friends. It's a nitpick, I know, but it bugged me a little this time. And then there's the fantasy sequences where Violet, Judy, and Doralee fantasize about turning the tables on Hart. I've always skipped those when I watched the movie before, and I skipped them during this re-watch, too. I've never cared for them, and I haven't any personal desire to see them.Outside of that, any gripes about NINE TO FIVE would be nitpicks and come down to my own personal preferences and pet peeves.I enjoyed the re-watch. You go do the same and let me know what you think.[ATTACH=full]59590[/ATTACH]</blockquote>

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