The read
A Balasaur Score of 55 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 6.5/10, Rotten Tomatoes 46%, Metacritic 36/100. Audiences rate it 29 points higher than critics do. Streaming on Netflix.
Synopsis
Brantley Foster, a well-educated kid from Kansas, has always dreamed of making it big in New York City, but once there, he learns that jobs - and girls - are hard to get. When he visits his uncle, Howard Prescott, who runs a multi-million-dollar company, he is given a job in the mail room.
Ratings
IMDb6.5/10
Rotten Tomatoes46%
Metacritic36/100
Audiences rate it 29 points higher than critics do.
717 audience votes
Key crew
- Jim CashScreenplay
- Jack Epps Jr.Screenplay
- Herbert RossDirector
- AJ CarothersWriter
- David FosterOriginal Music Composer
- Boris BlankOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Michael J. FoxBrantley Foster aka Carlton Whitfield
- Helen SlaterChristy Wills
- Richard JordanHoward Prescott
- Margaret WhittonVera Prescott
- John PankowFred Melrose
- Christopher MurneyBarney Rattigan
- Gerry BammanArt Thomas
- Fred GwynneDonald Davenport
- Carol Ann SusiJean
- Elizabeth FranzGrace Foster
- Drew SnyderBurt Foster
- Susan KellermannMaureen
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Themes
new york citydual identitymistake in personsuccesswealthcorporate downsizingworkplace romancecollege graduatecorporate ladderoffice buildinghilariousromantic