A comedy about making it on Wall Street. Prejudices are hard to break and Laurel Ayres quickly learns that in order for people to take her seriously she has to work for an older white man or... Read allA comedy about making it on Wall Street. Prejudices are hard to break and Laurel Ayres quickly learns that in order for people to take her seriously she has to work for an older white man or be one.A comedy about making it on Wall Street. Prejudices are hard to break and Laurel Ayres quickly learns that in order for people to take her seriously she has to work for an older white man or be one.
- Detective Jones
- (as Colleen Camp Wilson)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaWhoopi Goldberg's final theatrically-released film where she received top billing as of 2023.
- GoofsThe output of an HP Laserjet 4 printer is shown emerging face-up, but should be face-down.
- Quotes
Loan Officer: Do you have any assets?
Laurel Ayres: Well, yeah. I have drive and courage and ambition. And if you'll look at the prospectus, you'll notice that I have a very, very sound business mind too.
Loan Officer: I was thinking more like stocks, bonds, property.
Laurel Ayres: Ah. Now, we're starting to sound a little like a "men's bank", now, aren't we?
Loan Officer: Oh, I see. Because we're the "women's bank", we should go against standard banking practices and give you this very large, unsecured loan because you're the right gender.
Laurel Ayres: Well... you know, it might send a message.
Loan Officer: Right: that women don't know how to run a bank.
Laurel Ayres: Touché.
- Crazy creditsOpening credits are presented like a stock ticker.
This is an amusing film that could have been hilarious. It does have some great moments, though, and likable characters in Goldberg and Wiest. Other fine performances include those of Daly, Lainie Kazan as a cutting columnist and Eli Wallach as a client.
The other problem I have with the film is that it is sorely dated. It's hard to believe that, while sexism still exists, Laurel would have so much trouble from the old boys' network in 1996. Sure enough, as I suspected, the film on which it is based was done in 1979. Remington Steele, a TV series based on the same premise, was produced in the '80s.
Surely in 1996, a woman of Laurel's obvious talent would have been more appreciated where she worked and could have launched a successful business without a fake male associate. Anne Mulcahy of Xerox and Ho Ching of Temasek Holdings are only two examples of such powerful executives from the 1990s.
Still, it's entertaining and fun, and a reminder that they don't make this kind of comedy anymore.
- blanche-2
- Nov 26, 2008
Details
- Release date
- Country of origin
- Language
- Also known as
- Компаньйон
- Filming locations
- 22 Remsen St., Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA(LAUREL Ayres apartment building)
- Production companies
- See more company credits at IMDbPro
Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $12,844,057
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $4,261,304
- Oct 27, 1996
- Gross worldwide
- $12,844,057
- Runtime1 hour 54 minutes
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1