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Strictly Business

1991 · 84 min

A light, breezy comedy of manners where romance and office politics collide, offering easy laughs and a feel-good vibe.

Directed by
Kevin Hooks
Genres
Comedy, Romance
Tagline
A comedy about a kid who goes from the mailroom to the boardroom by improving relations between a mover & a shaker.
Overview
Waymon has a great job in real estate and a promising future, but he's also trapped in a loveless longterm relationship. He meets Natalie, a beautiful club-hopping hipster, and quickly falls in love. Realizing he's just not cool enough to attract her on his own, he seeks the help of his friend Bobby, a free-spirited smooth talker who works in the mail room at Waymon's firm and utilizes the predicament as leverage to advance in the company.

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Directed by
Kevin Hooks
Genres
Comedy, Romance
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Tone
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 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
  • class
  • love
  • ambition
  • identity
  • friendship
Places
  • big city
  • workplace
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror0
Humour6
Realism7
Romance6
Tension3
Darkness2
Complexity3
Emotional weight3

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