BootDigest Such a frustrating disappointment

MamaGravity good back-story, and good acting

Tayyab Torres Strong acting helps the film overcome an uncertain premise and create characters that hold our attention absolutely.

Payno I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.

gwnightscream Michael J. Fox, Helen Slater, Richard Jordan, Margaret Whitton, John Pankow and Fred Gwynne star in this 1987 comedy. Fox (Back to the Future) plays Brantley Foster, an ambitious young man from Kansas who longs to work in the corporate world. He heads to New York where things go unexpectedly for him at first. The late, Jordan (The Mean Season) plays his distant uncle, Howard Prescott who is the boss of a company that's on the verge of a hostile takeover and he gives Brantley a job working in the mail room. Soon, Brantley decides to climb the corporate ladder by secretly masquerading as a phony executive on the side and help the company. He also finds romance with female executive, Christy Wills (Slater) whom Howard is having an affair with. Whitton (Major League) plays Howard's attractive wife, Vera who not only lusts after Brantley, but tries to get even with Howard, Pankow (To Live and Die in L.A.) plays Brantley's co-worker, Melrose and the late, Gwynne (The Munsters) appears near the end of the film as businessman, Donald Davenport. I grew up watching this film, Fox & the cast are great in it as well as David Foster's score. I recommend this good 80's comedy.

statuskuo I'd seen this movie on rotation via HBO back when I was a kid and Katrina & the Waves were just blasted all over the radio. What this movie suffers from, and what a similar movie like "St. Elmo's Fire" is the overbearing ridiculous David Foster music interludes. Yes, it works in terms on inner monologues, but MAN...is it ever outdated. So, whilst the movie has some fun, and precious moments...the schtick that it skates on is so thin...it is closer to being a very long sitcom than a movie.I feel a person of my generation does appreciate it for its kitsch, but can't say anyone who would pick it up now would feel the same way.

cheersfan213 It'll make you dizzy in part as half the time in this film we see Fox's character juggling 2 different office identities in the same company (which is far-fetched but since this is a comedy, I digress), however it is also a crisp and sharp piece that examines big business and its effects on the common working man. Ross wasn't trying to wax philosophic on his viewers though--- this is meant to be a fun film, and it truly is. It is very funny in parts, and basically mildly funny at all other times. There's no real lull in this movie that seems boring but you'll only laugh out loud three of four times throughout the course of the film, even if you are a big Fox fan. To be honest, an episode of "Spin City" probably has twice as many laughs packed inside of a twenty-two minute episode than this whole movie had. Fox makes this film work though, and generally whenever there's a laugh to be had, it's a line or action Fox was responsible for. The supporting cast is quite good, though Fred Gwynne is sorely underused and when he is introduced in the final moments of the film, he is given absolutely no funny material to work with. That was probably the major disappointment of this movie for me, but other than that, it's pretty sharply-written, directed, the music is first-rate and you truly root for Fox throughout. 8 out of 10 stars.

Karl Self Except maybe the red lamp on Michael J. Fox's table at his New York appartement: it's totally Seventies.This movie is a very light, very enjoyable, a veritable document of the upbeat economic spirit that created the cesspool we're currently swimming through. College boy from Kansas arrives at the big city, loses his job before starting it, and still makes it big whilst shagging the boss's wife while he's at it. Great use of Yello's Oh Yeah track. Simply astounding cinematography.And lots of Texas big hair.Overall, a flashy, light, entertaining movie. Nuff said.