The Secret of My Success: starring Michael J. Fox [VHS]
- Used
- Condition
- Very Good condition - plays well on our equipment/none
- ISBN 10
- 1558808000
- ISBN 13
- 9781558808003
- Seller
-
Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
The Secret of My Success - starring Michael J. Fox [VHS]
Publisher:Universal Studios Home Entertainment 1987ISBN-10: 1558808000
ISBN-13: 9781558808003Stereo
The Secret of My Success (sometimes stylized as The Secret of My Succe$s) is a 1987 American comedy film produced and directed by Herbert Ross and starring Michael J. Fox and Helen Slater. The screenplay was written by A.J. Carothers, Jim Cash and Jack Epps Jr. from a story written by Carothers. It was filmed on location in Manhattan.
The film received a mixed response from critics. Roger Ebert in the Chicago Sun-Times wrote, "The Secret of My Success seems trapped in some kind of time warp, as if the screenplay had been in a drawer since the 1950s and nobody bothered to update it." He concluded "Fox provides a fairly desperate center for the film. It could not have been much fun for him to follow the movie's arbitrary shifts of mood, from sitcom to slapstick, from sex farce to boardroom brawls."
However, Vincent Canby, writing in The New York Times, felt it was "close to inspired when the ambitious Brantley finds himself leading two lives", although he noted that "Hanging over The Secret of My Success is the long shadow of Frank Loesser's classic musical How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying."
The film holds a 51% "rotten" rating at website Rotten Tomatoes based on 37 reviews with the consensus: "A miscast Michael J. Fox gives The Secret of My Success all the madcap energy he can muster, but it isn't enough to overcome confused direction and a recycled plot." On Metacritic, the film has a rating of 36/100 based on 16 critics, indicating "generally unfavorable reviews". Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "B+" on an A+ to F scale
Publisher:Universal Studios Home Entertainment 1987ISBN-10: 1558808000
ISBN-13: 9781558808003Stereo
The Secret of My Success (sometimes stylized as The Secret of My Succe$s) is a 1987 American comedy film produced and directed by Herbert Ross and starring Michael J. Fox and Helen Slater. The screenplay was written by A.J. Carothers, Jim Cash and Jack Epps Jr. from a story written by Carothers. It was filmed on location in Manhattan.
The film received a mixed response from critics. Roger Ebert in the Chicago Sun-Times wrote, "The Secret of My Success seems trapped in some kind of time warp, as if the screenplay had been in a drawer since the 1950s and nobody bothered to update it." He concluded "Fox provides a fairly desperate center for the film. It could not have been much fun for him to follow the movie's arbitrary shifts of mood, from sitcom to slapstick, from sex farce to boardroom brawls."
However, Vincent Canby, writing in The New York Times, felt it was "close to inspired when the ambitious Brantley finds himself leading two lives", although he noted that "Hanging over The Secret of My Success is the long shadow of Frank Loesser's classic musical How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying."
The film holds a 51% "rotten" rating at website Rotten Tomatoes based on 37 reviews with the consensus: "A miscast Michael J. Fox gives The Secret of My Success all the madcap energy he can muster, but it isn't enough to overcome confused direction and a recycled plot." On Metacritic, the film has a rating of 36/100 based on 16 critics, indicating "generally unfavorable reviews". Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "B+" on an A+ to F scale
Reviews
(Log in or Create an Account first!)
Details
- Bookseller
- Worldwide Collectibles (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0527202211
- Title
- The Secret of My Success
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good condition - plays well on our equipment
- Jacket Condition
- none
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Unknown
- ISBN 10
- 1558808000
- ISBN 13
- 9781558808003
- Publisher
- Universal Studios Home Entertainment
- Date Published
- 1987
- Keywords
- Movie, VHS
Terms of Sale
Worldwide Collectibles
Payments are expected within 10 days unless prior arrangements are made.
About the Seller
Worldwide Collectibles
Biblio member since 2001
Coeur d'Alene, Idaho
About Worldwide Collectibles
Our specialties are unusual books, unusual CDs, and sports memorabilia