Molly, a Yale graduate in her late twenties living New York City, works in a Manhattan brothel to support herself and her girlfriend, Diane.

Lucy returns from her shopping trip and chastises the women for smoking weed inside the brothel and not keeping the common area tidy.

During the night shift, Molly again engages in a threesome with a male client and Mary, a new hire who lacks confidence and is uncomfortable with the profession.

During a subsequent staff meeting, Lucy chastises Mary for talking to her child on the phone during a family emergency, in front of clients.

Working Girls depicts the world of prostitution, and maintains some of the stylistic and thematic features of her debut, but is more mainstream in its approach.

After screening at the Cannes Film Festival, Working Girls was released theatrically in the United States by Miramax, opening in New York City on February 5, 1987.

[6] Roger Ebert gave the film three out of four stars, saying "... the movie does have ... the feeling of real life being observed accurately.

"[8] Vincent Canby of the New York Times wrote a generally positive review, saying 'Working Girls,'' though a work of fiction, sounds as authentic as might a documentary about coal miners.

Yet, as it watches them smile on their customers, build their egos and affect a totally bogus camaraderie with the men, it's ridiculing the poor slobs who must come to them with their fat wallets in search of pleasure and release.