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In 1987, Michael J. Fox parlayed his Back to the Future and Teen Wolf success, as well as his ”Family Ties” stardom, into a great little film called The Secret of My Succe$s.

(This was a year before Bright Lights, Big City came out, which was another film about keeping up with yuppie-dom, but The Secret of My Succe$s maintained its message while keeping things light and fun, whereas Bright Light Big City was a depressing, but good, film.)

In this film, Fox plays a small town kid who heads to New York City to take a bite out of the big apple. His uncle (Richard Jordan) gives him a mail-room job in the headquarters of a major corporation, and soon Fox is sneaking in the back door of big business. He sets his sights on a dream job and a dream girl (Helen Slater), as well as gets in bed with his boss’s wife (Margaret Whitton).

The Secret of My Succe$s is a typical 80s yuppie fest filled with dated clothes and predictable plot points, but Fox does what he does best, playing a good guy in over his head, delivering funny lines and physical comedy as only he can.

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