The Secret of My Success

1987 · 111 min · EN · PG-13 · 6.5 (725 votes)

Dir. Herbert Ross · Starring Michael J. Fox, Helen Slater, Richard Jordan, Margaret Whitton, John Pankow, Christopher Murney · Music David Foster

“There's no such thing as an overnight success. Brantley Foster took two weeks.”

Comedy

Brantley Foster, a well-educated kid from Kansas, has always dreamed of making it big in New York City, but once there, he learns that jobs - and girls - are hard to get. When he visits his uncle, Howard Prescott, who runs a multi-million-dollar company, he is given a job in the mail room.

VIBE

This film feels like a shot of pure 80s ambition, brimming with an infectious, can-do spirit. It's a high-energy, laugh-out-loud romp through corporate shenanigans and mistaken identities, all wrapped in a vibrant, feel-good package. Expect a charmingly chaotic and optimistic journey.

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