
Let's be clear about this - I love
The Secret of My Success. It's one of the truly great unsung heroes of the 80s. For a start, it stars not only Michael J Fox (
Back to the Future,
Doc Hollywood) but also Helen Slater (
Ruthless People,
Supergirl). For a committed child of the 80s, you don't get many better lead pairings than that.
On top of that, it's good clean fun. Not childish - not all vampires and wizards - but grown-up, clean humour with a smattering of smut. Notable in this respect is the scene with Yello's
Oh Yeah as its backing track, in which Fox's Brantley Foster tries to extricate himself from a particularly delicate situation.