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It’s not bad or unwatchable but despite the amplitude of the spectacle, the end result is underwhelming.

Although I seem to have had higher expectations than I thought, the movie is super entertaining.

There are moments that feel comical, some horrific, and some downright inspiring but the tonal shifts hardly matter as the end results come to a film that's perfect for this time.

The tone of this movie is interesting -- the stakes are both dramatic and high, but it's balanced with a lot of fun, tongue and cheek dialogue.

Back in the day what C. Thomas Howell got stuffed in his school locker door would be called a mash note. An expression for a more earthy form courtship that has gone out of style. Often times they were unsigned as this one was.Except in Secret Admirer Tom gets it wrong about who sent the note and he assumes its one girl rather than another. And he asks the right girl to send the wrong girl an anonymous note back. Which the dumb thing actually does. The girls are Kelly Preston and Lori Loughlin and I'll not say which is which.But then the notes get passed around inadvertently and people start thinking they are meant for them and of course coming to their own conclusions about who sent them.Now I'm not sure this kind of sophomoric behavior would have worked in a Cary Grant picture much less a Brat Pack one. Adults and packers all look a little foolish here. One of the Brat Pack in the film is the late Corey Haim. The young man had much better and much worse in store for him in his short life.If you grew up with the Brat Pack this might be a film you'd like. Those of another generation ought to skip it.

I saw this first when it came out,I was about ten. I watched it again last night. I loved it then and I love it now. The dialogue acting and plot are really good. The characters are all great and fun as well. I noticed the difference between this movie and "teen comedies" made now and it goes like this. Secret Admirer contained, more subtle thoughtful character based humour, characters with a little more chaste morality (even Kelly's jerk jock boyfriend Steve didn't want to cheat), no sluts, plenty of foul language, diverse scene locations, and more intelligent dialogue and plot twists. I liked the characters a lot and the music by Jan Hammer was fantastic and memorable, which makes sense, since Jan Hammer is a bad S.O.B (just listen to Mahavishnu Orchestra and you will know that). I remember that when I was ten I thought that Kelly preston had the greatest breast, and I was right! I still found the movie just as funny as I did then and found the innocence of the characters endearing, in fact I found every scene memorable. Thomas Howell played the party guy in love to a T. Seeing Corey Haim as his little brother made me sad when I think what happened to the poor guy, he was great, very charismatic! You would have thought he had a great future. Bastard drugs! Anyway the humor is constant even at the end when it seems to be getting serious you get a trippy break when Mike asks for directions.A joy of a film. 10/10.

Secret admirer was a really funny movie about a love letter, that winds up in many different peoples hands and creates alot of crazy misunderstandings at the same time! Good movie with a premise that was actually pretty funny. This movie, while NOWHERE aproaching greatness does contain some genuine laughs. and was actually pretty good, if not great. It was far from the best 80's teen movie but the premise was actually very funny, not to mention original and the cast was great! The cool thing about this rather wacky movie, is the premise was actualy quite plausible! Plus it shows how jumping to the wrong conclusion can trigger crazy misunderstandings. This movie is about as 80's as you can get, but might actualy be worth a look for people who haven't seen it and just want a funny, if not unique or exceptional, light, straightforward comedy.

I've seen so many teen comedies that I was able to predict what would happen in seconds. I mean, can you be any more obvious? In the opening scene, we see C. Thomas Howell walking along with his beautiful best friend (Lori Loughlin) and the blonde bombshell (Kelly Preston) who he wants to snag. And to be even more cliched, the blonde bombshell is going out with a dumb jock. This is pretty much the plot of 5,000-or-so teen movies out there. First of all, why do the guys in these movies always have best friends who are stunningly beautiful? I never had any best friends who looked like Lori Loughlin, surely not longtime best friends. And as I mentioned in past reviews, this always begs the question: Why didn't he ask her out years ago? And anybody who knows anything about teen movies knows that the blondie is simply thrown in as a red herring. But once the "secret admirer" plot is thrown in, the film gets a lot more interesting. It creates a delightfully funny comedy of errors, which involves the parents as well as the kids. However, after a while the premise wears thin and the film buoys itself on the charisma of the actors, which is considerable. C. Thomas Howell was a charming actor, back when he actually existed. So is Lori Loughlin, who possesses a radiant smile. Kelly Preston looks even prettier than she does now. Boy, John Travolta's a lucky man! Fred Ward, Dee Wallace Stone and the other two actors who played the parents are also very amusing. The third act is sentimental mush, piling up on the cliches like crazy. Yes, we have another climactic scene where the guy runs after his lover, as she's leaving on a boat. Usually, it's a plane, train or bus, but I'm not gonna give the director credit for changing the mode of transportation. I swear to God, if I see another schmaltzy climax like that, I'm gonna shoot that director in the head. Or better yet, shoot the screenwriters. Go right to the source. Despite the slow beginning and dreaded final act, I enjoyed the film and consider it to be above-average entertainment with a good deal of laughs. This didn't bother me, but I found the film to be amazingly profane for an 80's teen movie. I know if it were released now, the producers would make sure 50 percent of the cuss words are taken out, as well as the nudity, to reduce it to a PG-13. But I must say, Kelly Preston has a great rack! My score: 6 (out of 10)