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Taking Care of Business

1990 · 108 min

A breezy, good-natured identity-swap comedy that coasts on charm and silly wish-fulfillment rather than big laughs.

Directed by
Arthur Hiller
Genres
Comedy
Tagline
You are who you pretend to be.
Overview
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.

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Directed by
Arthur Hiller
Genres
Comedy
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Tone
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 1 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • identity
  • class
  • work
  • family
  • friendship
Places
  • big city
  • home
  • workplace
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action4
Horror0
Humour7
Realism5
Romance3
Tension3
Darkness2
Complexity3
Emotional weight3

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Genres
comedy
Directed by
Arthur Hiller
Written by
Jill Mazursky, J.J. Abrams
Starring
Jim Belushi, Charles Grodin, Anne DeSalvo, Loryn Locklin, Stephen Elliott, Héctor Elizondo, Veronica Hamel, Mako
Music
Stewart Copeland
Cinematography
David M. Walsh
Runtime
108 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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