The Secret of My Success Movie Review 1987

Country bumpkin Fox goes to the Big Apple to make his mark. He becomes the corporate mailboy who rises meteorically to the top of his company (by impersonating an executive) in order to win the love of an icy woman executive. He spends his days running frantically between his real job in the mailroom and his fantasy position, with various sexual shenanigans with the boss's wife thrown in to keep the viewer alert. Fox is charismatic while working with a cliche-ridden script that ties up everything very neatly at the end.

Distribution

Universal Studios Home Video, 100 Universal City Plz., Universal City, CA 91608-9955, Phone: (818)777-1000, Fax: (818)866-1483, URL: http://www.universalstudios.com, Remarks: Does not handle retail queries from consumers; contact your local video distributor.

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 110 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Romantic Comedy, Rags to Riches, Corporate Shenanigans, Mistaken Identity, Yuppie Nightmares, Elevators, Aunts & Uncles, Nieces & Nephews

Screenplay

Jim Cash, Jack Epps, A.J. Carothers

Cast

Michael J. Fox, Helen Slater, Richard Jordan, Margaret Whitton, Fred Gwynne

Cinematography

Carlo Di Palma

Director

Herbert Ross

Music

David Foster

Producer

Herbert Ross Productions, Mark Huffam