NekoHomey Purely Joyful Movie!

TeenzTen An action-packed slog

Raymond Sierra The film may be flawed, but its message is not.

Walter Sloane Mostly, the movie is committed to the value of a good time.

Mr-Fusion 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

Paul Magne Haakonsen As much as I like Michael J. Fox then this movie just didn't really sit well with me. Why? Well, simply because it wasn't particularly funny and because the story was just too unrealistic to the point where it was just too much.The story is about an ambitious young man (played by Michael J. Fox) who has moved from Kansas to New York. But when his promised job fails to come through, he is forced to take on a job at his uncle's company starting out in the mailroom. And while the boss's wife falls in love with him and he falls in love with a young executive, things quickly get messed up.Sure, the story had potential, but buying into the fact that someone in the mailroom could pass as an executive without anyone raising an eyebrow was just too far out there - too unrealistic.While Michael J. Fox performed well in "The Secret of My Succe$s", then he actually had very little to work with in terms of script and storyline.What is impressive, though, is the cast list with so many familiar faces, even in relatively small roles.All in all, not a memorable movie, and I didn't even laugh a single time throughout the course of the entire movie.

mrb1980 Michael J. Fox had a string of successes in the 1980s, "The Secret of My Success" among them. He plays a young college graduate from Kansas who tries hard--very hard--to succeed in the cutthroat world of New York business. Fox played a standard character in his movies of this period, that of a young, somewhat naïve guy with a heart of gold and who succeeds despite long odds. Here, he works his way up to the corporate boardroom by living a double life and trying hard to impress his stuffed-shirt co-workers.Richard Jordan plays Howard Prescott, the snarling, autocratic CEO of the company, and Helen Slater plays a young executive to which Fox's character is instantly attracted. Fox's limitless charisma and Jordan's superlative acting keep this movie from sinking fast--without them, this film would have rolled over and died. It's worth watching and has a few good (if somewhat childish) laughs, but Fox and Jordan are the whole show.

liberalgems 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!