9 to 5 (1980) poster
1980 · comedy

9 to 5

Directed by Colin Higgins1h 50m1980
ElsewhereIMDb6.942kRT70%Metacritic58TMDB6.9551
  • cosy
  • brisk
  • gentle
  • redemptive
  • intimate
  • funny
Movie DNA

Cosy, kinetic, gentle comedy, grounded in texture. Redemptive, intimate, tender, hand-scored across twelve axes of taste.

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Three female employees of a sexist, egotistical, lying, hypocritical bigot find a way to turn the tables on him.

Our read · 9 to 5 (1980) reads as a cosy, kinetic, grounded comedy entry — gentle in intensity, intimate in scope, tender in temperature, redemptive in outlook. Hand-scored on twelve axes of taste — mood, pacing, weirdness, hope, stakes, humour, reality, density, warmth, auteur, intensity, and era — with a derived palette drawn from its dominant cinematography.

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What watching it is actually like.

You want workplace revenge comedy where three women finally take charge.

ends triumphantyou’ll feel glowing aftergrabs you earlygrips by minute 6attention 3/5earns its length
Date nightWith friendsSoloWith parentsKids around
Heads-updrug use

Skip it tonightSkip if eighties office sexism jokes and kidnapping gags feel too dated.

DNA · twelve axes

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Each axis is hand-scored — not derived from votes or genre averages. The marker shows where this film sits; the gradient fill uses the film's own cinematography palette.

Mood · HeavyCosy
Pacing · Slow-burnKinetic
Intensity · GentleExtreme
Weirdness · ConventionalSurreal
Hope · NihilisticRedemptive
Stakes · IntimateEpic
Humour · NoneBroad
Reality · GroundedFantastical
Density · SparseTwisty
Warmth · ColdTender
Auteur · TransparentSignature
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