“I’m a newspaperman!”: Howard Hawks softened a political satire into a proto-feminist romcom
"His Girl Friday" set the bar for romcoms and gave us a feminist heroine before feminism was cool.

A mother and her 3 boys live in the poor suburbs of Beirut. The youngest boy is religiously committed unlike his two older brothers who are drug dealers. They force their younger brother to work for them because of his clean reputation. A series of events bring chaos to the family and the whole neighborhood.
"His Girl Friday" set the bar for romcoms and gave us a feminist heroine before feminism was cool.
The most impressive aspect of this film is the honest and natural performances given by the on-screen duo.
Diana’s spirit has taken off, ‘No right, no wrong, no rules for me.’ And in that moment, as she runs on the screen, she gets it, her ‘Let It Go’ moment.
Considering the runtime, I expected each scene to hit harder as opposed to a series of montages and vignettes.
This surprisingly clever romantic comedy perfectly balances genuine heart with wild reality television chaos. It is an uplifting and funny reminder that second chances and real community can show up exactly when you stop looking for them.
It’s 5:30am. The baby’s crying, but you need to finish prepping for your big pitch at work that morning. What do you do? You do the near impossible: both. That's what "Workin' Moms" is all about.