A Shock to the System (1990)
"Climbing the corporate ladder can be murder."
ThumbScore
👍 72%audience score Estimated from TMDB user ratings and critic scores, calibrated to Google's former audience score. Google stopped publishing it in 2026.
Critics Score
🎬 68%
(RT: 68%) RT = Rotten Tomatoes (critic reviews). MC = Metacritic (weighted critic average). Critics Score is the average of both.
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Cast
John McMartin as George Brewster
Barbara Baxley as Lillian
Is A Shock to the System good?
Most people think so. 72% audience score, estimated from 154 TMDB ratings. Critics agree, scoring it 68%.
Overview
When experienced advertising executive Graham Marshall loses out on a promotion to a young man, he goes down in a path of vengeance. Wikipedia ↗
