The Temp

"Don't get mad. Get promoted."

Feb 12 1993 R 1h 36m
Drama, Thriller

A series of mysterious accidents at a food company lead a manager to suspect his impressive new temporary secretary.

Plot

A cookie company takeover has employees scrambling to make a case for continued employment. An executive's administrative assistant takes paternity leave, and he gets a temp who is too good to be true, doing tasks at a fast pace and doing quite a bit of creative work for the project. The executive starts noticing that all the obstacles to his climb up the corporate ladder are disappearing, including the death of some of his rivals. When his regular admin returns to work, his temp, who has made it clear that she wishes to stay with him, begins her own accelerated climb up the ladder, and he begins wondering if she was responsible for the removal of the obstacles.

Written by

Kevin Falls, Tom Engelman

Directed by

Tom Holland

Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

Paramount

Languages

English

Awards

1 win & 1 nomination

Scores
# of Votes
3,859
Average Rating
5.3 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
NA