Taking Care of Business (1990)

★ 6.3 1h 48m 179 votes IMDb
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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.

Taking Care of Business

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Cast

Jim Belushi
Jim Belushi as Jimmy Dworski Age 71 · Chicago, Illinois, USA James Adam Belushi (born June 15, 1954) is an American actor, comedian, singer and musician. He is best known for his title role of James "Jim" Orenthal on the American sitcom According to Jim. He is...
Charles Grodin
Charles Grodin as Spencer Barnes Died 2021 · Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA Charles Sidney Grodin (April 21, 1935 – May 18, 2021) was an American actor, comedian, author, and television talk show host. Grodin began his acting career in the 1960s appearing in TV serials includ...
Anne DeSalvo
Anne DeSalvo as Debbie Lipton Age 77 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA Anne De Salvo (sometimes spelled Anne DeSalvo; born April 3, 1949) is an American actress and filmmaker. She has been described as "one of the top character actresses of her generation.
Loryn Locklin
Loryn Locklin as Jewel Bentley Age 57 · Los Angeles County, California, USA Loryn Locklin (born 1965) is an actress. She has appeared in the films Taking Care of Business, Fortress and Denial among other films. She has also appeared in a few television shows, such as Frasier,...
Stephen Elliott
Stephen Elliott as Walter Bentley Died 2005 · New York City, New York, USA Stephen Elliott (November 27, 1918 – May 21, 2005) was an American actor. His best known role was that of crime boss, Burt Johnson, in the hit 1981 film Arthur. Description above from the Wikipedia a...
Héctor Elizondo
Héctor Elizondo as Warden Toolman Age 89 · New York City, New York, USA ​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Héctor Elizondo (born December 22, 1936) is an American actor. Elizondo excelled in sports and later contemplated becoming an educator. Elizondo's first major r...

Audience Reviews

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](https://www.sportwatchers.com/single-post/2016/12/21/Spovie-Review-Taking-Care-of-Business)
Seragon May 13, 2023
Originally released as Filofax it took me a while to find this movie with it's rerelease name of Taking Care of Business.
Well worth the search though. One of James (Jim) Belushi's best films along with The Principal.
I remember watching the TimeCode VHS (I worked in a video rental shop) about 2 months before it was released on VHS.
Still a brilliant movie & even my 14 year old son enjoyed it so stands the test of time well
If you like a bit of light hearted comedy with a great actors then I definitely recomend this movie

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