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Actors: Michael J. Fox, Helen Slater, Richard Jordan
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about The Secret of My Success |
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Bradley Foster is a young man fresh out of college who is having a hard time starting a career. Regardless of his smartness and education background, no company want to hire him because his lack of work experience. Foster gets his first big break working in the office for his bigshot uncle Prescot. But that big break quickly comes to an end as he realizes his job is working as a mailboy.
But Foster is determined to rise to the top while taking on a whole new persona as Carlton Witfield, learning his way around the mail room and keeping up to date on the company news. With a new suit and little knowledge, Foster aka Witfield has his own secretary and other workers assuming he is one of the big bosses while keeping it a secret from his uncle. Meanwhile his attention is focused on the beautiful Christy Wills, one of the corporate employees and mistress of Prescot. Wills pays no mind to Foster though Prescot's straightforward wife Vira has burning passion for the young man and tries to get him in any way she can.
While seduction and impression is running quite high, Prescot is having a awuful lot of trouble with his company, and with rival Donald Davenport, a wealthy investor who is ready to overtake Prescott's failing company which is downsizing slowly. As Bradley is trying to pursue Christy, avoid Vira, upholding his powerful position as a excutive, and saving his uncle's company, there is alot of things stacked on Bradley's plate. The question is, can he handle it all and solve each problem?
--Alicia M., Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of The Secret of My Success |
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Plot
Time/era of movie:
- 1980's-1999
Getting ahead in:
- wall street
Job/Profession/Poverty Story?
Yes
Training/apprentice story
Yes
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- mailman
Age:
- 20's-30's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
Hair color?
- brunette (Brown)
Hair type
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- (man) average
Events of movie makes character more...
- tougher
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor?
- Strong but gentle sense of humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
Hair style
- (woman) medium/shoulderlgn straight
Body type
- (woman) ample bosom & buttocks
How much in movie?
- 60%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 40's-50's
Profession/status:
- business executive
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 40%
Hair color
- brunette (Black)
Hair type
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- (man) average
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Setting
United States
Yes
The US:
- Northeast
City?
Yes
City:
- New York
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- no torture/death
Movie makes you feel...
- full of laughter
Any profanity?
- Some foul language
If soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE...
- Classic/oldies rock
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