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class="header-movie-genres"> Genres - <a href="https://www.allmovie.com/genre/comedy-ag107">Comedy</a>, <a href="https://www.allmovie.com/genre/comedy-drama-ag108">Comedy Drama</a>, <a href="https://www.allmovie.com/genre/drama-ag111">Drama</a>, <a href="https://www.allmovie.com/genre/romance-ag120">Romance</a> | </span> <span class="header-movie-subgenres"> Sub-Genres - <a href="https://www.allmovie.com/subgenre/comedy-drama-ag1684">Comedy Drama</a>, <a href="https://www.allmovie.com/subgenre/romantic-comedy-ag1098">Romantic Comedy</a> | </span> <span> Release Date - <span>Dec 21, 1988</span> | </span> <span> Run Time - <span>113 min.</span> | </span> <span> Countries - <span>United States of America</span> | </span> <span> MPAA Rating - <span>R</span> </span> </div> <ul class="ratings"> <li id="microdata-rating"> <span>AllMovie Rating</span> <div class="allmovie-rating rating-allmovie-7">7</div> </li> <li class="average"> <span> User Ratings <span class="inner-avg-user-rating">(<span 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Its plot follows an ambitious secretary from Staten Island working in mergers and acquisitions. The secretary, who has been going to business night school, pitches a profitable idea, only to have her new boss attempt to take credit. When her boss is laid up with a broken leg, she secretly takes over her boss's role to prove her capabilities in the corporate world.</p> </div> </section> <div class="advertising medium-rectangle" id="publiftic1"> <div data-fuse="discover_incontent_1"></div> </div> <section class="movie-information"> <div class="headline"> <h3>Movie Info</h3> </div> <div class="budget"> <div class="sub-headline"> <h4>Budget</h4> </div> <div class="charactList"> $28,000,000 </div> </div> <div class="box-office"> <div class="sub-headline"> <h4>Box Office</h4> </div> <div class="charactList"> $102,953,112 </div> </div> <div class="keywords"> <div class="sub-headline"> <h4>Tags</h4> </div> <div class="charactList"> Academy Award, Business, Female Protagonist, New York City, Staten Island Ferry </div> </div> <div class="attributes"> <div class="sub-headline"> <h4>Attributes</h4> </div> <div class="charactList"> <span class="attributeListItem">Narrative Location: New York City</span> </div> </div> <div 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