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Taking Care of Business

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6.2/10 • 159

1990-08-161h 48m

Comedy

You are who you pretend to be.

An uptight advertising exec has his entire life in a filofax organizer which mistakenly ends up in the hands of a friendly convict who poses as him.

Directors
Arthur Hiller
Editors
William Reynolds

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  1. Jim Belushi

    Jim Belushi

    Jimmy Dworski

  2. Charles Grodin

    Charles Grodin

    Spencer Barnes

  3. Anne DeSalvo

    Anne DeSalvo

    Debbie Lipton

  4. Loryn Locklin

    Loryn Locklin

    Jewel Bentley

  5. Stephen Elliott

    Stephen Elliott

    Walter Bentley

  6. Hector Elizondo

    Hector Elizondo

    Warden Toolman

  7. Veronica Hamel

    Veronica Hamel

    Elizabeth Barnes

  8. Mako

    Mako

    Mr. Sakamoto

  9. Gates McFadden

    Gates McFadden

    Diane Connors

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Svumpukkel85

Aug 13, 2018

6/10 Nice filofax... ......said no one ever in 2018! A nostalgic trip to a wierd past. I liked it for a 90's movie, and it is cute, but not very funny. But a feel-gooder and everyone is nice and happy, but somehow brain-dead - like it is supposed to be! But I was surprised how sexist and racist it was in comedy movies from the 90's! Not something I had ever questioned before. Like this fun reviewer noticed:
One of the really great qualities of this movie was just how racist, anti-semitic, and sterotypical it was. Did Spencer get lost in a bad neighborhood and ask for directions, only to get mugged? Yup. Was their a talkative, annoying, single Jewish woman? You betcha. Was the President of the company Japanese, leading to lots of references to their culture like being on time, bowing, respect, and politeness? You know it.
90' sterotypes in comedy

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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
$14,000,000.00
Revenue
$20,000,000.00
Keywords
career