I think it deserves to be ridiculed. Well, everything is ripe for parody; I honestly don't think a bit of satire ever does any harm, people just take it too personally. So what I mean is that "The Secret" is feel-good fluff designed to appeal to the most gullible and desperate members of modern society. "Think and Grow Rich" is indeed a sound principle; you need to shift your mindset before you can accomplish much of anything, however, you won't merely visualize and get everything you want. Instead you'll calibrate your mind so that you're more aware of opportunities, you can create new opportunities, you can push through doubt and failure until you've achieved success, etc.
Sure, "The Secret" hints at some of that, and the book might go in-depth, but the movie is basically an infomercial for everyone who took part in it. Frankly I'd tell people to skip it and pick up "Think and Grow Rich" instead.
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