Very well executed

Memorable, crazy movie

Absolutely brilliant

It's a good bad... and worth a popcorn matinée. While it's easy to lament what could have been...

A lot of the charm in "The Secret of My Success" is on its cheesiness; not just the logical stretches in the story, but also in tits unashamedly '80s-ness (the songs, the fashions, the sitcom synth). All of this is just fine by me, but you do have to be willing to just go with it.Everything here rests on the shoulders of Michael J. Fox, trying to make it big from the bottom rung. His charade (wearing 100 hats at once) is where the movie pushes it, but it's also where he shines. His physical comedy is tip-top and he has the boyish charm to pull it off. The first boardroom scene (for me) is the movie's funniest; Fox is run ragged, the abuse that Davis takes is hilarious, everything's working in harmony.It's not until Mercedes Ruehl shows up later in a bit part that the movie is really funny . . . but it's still an enjoyable movie regardless.And just try to imagine this with someone else in the lead. Can't be done, I say.6/10

Great 80's movie with a fantastic soundtrack! MJF carries the picture. He combines physical comedy with great one-liners. "I hate MEN"-Christy, "I'm glad I'm not one" - Brantley LOL I use that line to this day.Really wish stories today were this simple and easy to roll with.Fun movie for any MJF fan.watch closely. Keep an eye out for Cindy Crawford.Eric Stoltz was originally cast as Foster? Yikes that would have been awful.Many scenes showing the WTC. Sad but in '87 it was a fixture in the NYC. skyline.Helen Slater(Supergirl) is actually very good as Foster's love interest.Watch this at home on a Saturday night with your spouse with jiffy pop. Fun movie.

The Secret Of My Success shows what someone with a backbone could accomplish under the most difficult of circumstances. What the Mathew J. Fox character tries to prevent in the film actually happened in real life to my father's multi-billion dollar corporation back in the 1980's! As a result, he, and tens of thousands of other people lost their jobs! Too bad they didn't have someone like the Michael J. Fox character attending their boardroom meetings! It might of saved a lot of people much grief!Beside the interesting story, the chemistry between the actors was fantastic! The soundtrack was one of the very few that's memorable. The sexual situations were plentiful and quite humorous! Parts of Connecticut look exactly like they were portrayed in the film! (Yes, there is a lot of mind-boggling wealth hidden down secluded country roads!) The Secret Of My Success is definitely a home run, and one of my all-time favorite comedies!

Many strange people come from Kansas and all of them are dreamers like Dorothea. And the way to success is paved with yellow bricks. In this film the dream comes true and the means used to do so are standard in business. One share of women, using them and being used by them. One share of good sound logic and practical intelligence. One share of pure righteous and deserved brutality with the higher-ups who are so narrow minded and egotistic that they don't even see their personal interest. One share of a well developed sniffing device known has a nose that is the intuition of a dog but also the best sanity of a man. And you get to the top. Just use the elevator please and don't get it stuck accidentally on purpose because plenty of people are expecting to use it. And you have the secret of success for a comedy that is nothing but an American Psycho in Hell's Kitchen turned into an unrestricted American Dreamo in Heaven's Dining-room. Very good, very fast, very dynamic, quite convincingly absurd and absurdly funny. Just what we need when we look at the stock exchange and think sub-prime.Dr Jacques COULARDEAU, University Paris Dauphine, University Paris 1 Pantheon Sorbonne & University Versailles Saint Quentin en Yvelines