The Secret of My Success
Taste attributes: comedyteenromancefastwholesomelightlinearglossyenclosedemotive & stirringcoming of agelove conquers allsolving the riddle/not as it seems
"There's no such thing as an overnight success. Brantley Foster took two weeks."
Boxlist takeExpect a breezy, polished comedy, small-scale rather than epic. Best if you like polish over grit.
Pace: balanced · Originality: balanced · Tone: balanced · Weight: very light · Realism: balanced · Story: balanced · Structure: linear · Look: glossy · Scale: confined · Emotional punch: stirringHow we score
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What lines up
- Linearity: Linear / logical, just how this profile likes it
- Setting / scale: Small / confined, just how this profile likes it
- Emotional punch: Emotive / stirring, just how this profile likes it
What might not click
- Weightiness: Light / accessible, where this profile leans weighty / heavy
- Intricacy: Balanced intricacy, where this profile leans smart / intricate
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Synopsis
Brantley Foster, a well-educated kid from Kansas, has always dreamed of making it big in New York, but once in New York, he learns that jobs - and girls - are hard to get. When Brantley visits his uncle, Howard Prescott, who runs a multi-million-dollar company, he is given a job in the company's mail room.
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- Genre
- Comedy
- Year
- 1987
- Runtime
- 111 min
- Status
- Released
- Studio
- Rastar Productions
- Taste scores
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Matched on pace, tone, themes and style, not just genre.
