9 to 5

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9 to 5

PG

1980

1h 50m

Comedy

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Office satire about three female secretaries who decide to get revenge on their tyrannical, sexist boss by abducting him and running the business themselves. The trio, one of whom has been passed over for promotion because she is a woman, spend a night together having drug-induced fantasies of killing the slave-driving chauvinist. One of them panics the following day when she suspects she really has poisoned the tyrant.

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Critics Consensus

It might not be much of a way to make a living, but 9 to 5 is a wonderfully cast comedy that makes some sharp points about gender roles in the workplace.

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Kevin Maher

The Times (UK)

12/27/2023

Fonda, Lily Tomlin and Dolly Parton are a formidably charismatic triumvirate.

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Kathleen Carroll

New York Daily News

03/03/2023

3/4

Nine to Five still offers the best laughs of any movie this season.

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Perry Stewart

Fort Worth Star-Telegram/DFW.com

03/03/2023

3/4

Its farcical script wears a little thin at times, but director Colin Higgins scrambles adroitly.

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Matt Brunson

Film Frenzy

Nov 6

3/4

A serious subject is given a lively comic sheen in this picture, which hardly seems dated when viewed through the prism of the contemporary workplace.

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Eddie Harrison

film-authority.com

Aug 8

4/5

…shaming men by their own behaviour is the point, and the feminist first-responders featured in 9 to 5 call out their misogynist workplace bullies with infectious spirit and enthusiasm….

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Joe Lipsett

Anatomy of a Scream Podcast Network

07/06/2023

3.5/5

While the lengthy fantasy sequences take up too much screen time, Fonda, Tomlin and Parton are delightful as three different types of women uniting to fight the patriarchy. The film's subtle racial and class critiques are most welcome.

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thiago S

@Thiagostone Jun 1

Filme fraco, o roteiro é fraco, as cenas são fracas, a história é fraca, o elenco é fraco, e ninguém ajuda a melhorar o filme, os personagens são fracos, e o filme deveria ter cenas bem melhores e relevantes, para fazer o filme ser bom

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Eliana V

@RT55640500 Apr 11

This movie is so awesome! The cast, the concept, the humour, the twists, the turns! Everything about this movie screams comfort movie to me! absolutely love it, 10/10!

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Mike P

@RT09890132 Apr 1

Pleasant enough feminist Agitprop funded for and by Jane Fonda's Workout Video; some of it reads like some heavy handed HR compliance video; or some PSA about workplace harassment; and some of it reads like a raunchy episode of "One Day at a Time"...It's about three beleaguered, put-upon secretaries, who devise a plan to get back at their monstrous boss. The cast is universally fantastic, (particularly Tomlin and Coleman who are just killer)...and most of it is a lot of fun. Makes a good companion piece to "The Devil Wears Prada", "Working Girl" and "Horrible Bosses".

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Roger A.

@Rogeradams6oh6 Mar 3

Always loved this movie

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Jerod S

@jeroduptown Feb 6

The 3 ladies laughing their way through work place equality.

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Keith B B

@Okbullard Jan 27

It's definitely one of my favorite films, come on, Dolly Parton!! It's excellent and very entertaining with humor and intence scenes including Dolly's hit song 9 to 5!

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Synopsis

Office satire about three female secretaries who decide to get revenge on their tyrannical, sexist boss by abducting him and running the business themselves. The trio, one of whom has been passed over for promotion because she is a woman, spend a night together having drug-induced fantasies of killing the slave-driving chauvinist. One of them panics the following day when she suspects she really has poisoned the tyrant.

Director: Colin Higgins
Producer: Bruce Gilbert
Screenwriter: Colin Higgins, Patricia Resnick
Distributor: 20th Century Fox
Production Co: Twentieth Century Fox, IPC Films
Rating: PG
Genre: Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Dec 19, 1980, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Nov 25, 2015
Runtime: 1h 50m