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Taking Care of Business

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Taking Care of Business

James Belushi, Charles Grodin, Anne De Salvo, Loryn Locklin, Stephen Elliott, Hector Elizondo, Veronica Hamel, Mako, Gates McFadden, John De Lancie, Janet Julian

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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  • SirPant
    September 29, 2009
    SirPant
    Silly film but one of the last great comedies of its kind of that era. Great days!
  • Godless
    May 20, 2006
    Godless
    Not only does the movie have Jim Belushi but it has Charles Grodin. Thats a true pairing of unfunny hacks!
  • moviefan1725
    September 11, 2008
    moviefan1725
    Charles Grodin has always been great at playing the straight man in comedies. He's usually the put upon character who doesn't quite understand what is happening around him. Here he plays an ad exec whose entire life is contained between the covers of his filofax. When he accident...( read more)ally loses it, his life quickly falls in to chaos. Jim Belushi plays an escaped car thief who find the filofax as he tries to make his way to the World Series to watch his favorite team, the Chicago Cubs. He quickly assumes Grodin's identity and live the high life while on the lam from the law. It's mistaken identity to the nth degree as Belushi begins to unravel everything Grodin has worked for. But he may doing him a favor while doing it. It's a twist on the "Trading Places"-type of comedy where the lower class slob shows the upper crust how to lighten up. What would you do if you were suddenly given the keys to paradise? Would you try to fit in, or make that world fit around you? Jim Belushi will never be his brother, the late great John Belushi. But he never tries to be. He deliver the smart aleck lines with skill, and make the character a likeable oaf. Grodin is great as his foil. A man who loses total control of his life, but finds himself again in the process. Sounds preachy for a comedy, but it really isn't. It's a fun ride, and director Arthur "Silver Streak" Hiller keeps things moving quickly, balancing the rise and fall of each characters luck in the process. It may not be "Trading Places", but it's fun all the same.
  • LisaMJ
    May 28, 2008
    LisaMJ
    Not too bad.
  • DrLappos
    July 12, 2007
    DrLappos
    Very funny film at the time.
  • Gaabby
    May 7, 2009
    Gaabby
    Haha, James Belushi <3
  • bluerabbit2005
    November 25, 2008
    bluerabbit2005
    So much like the movie The Couch Trip that they should sue for copyright infringement...
  • nubcat
    August 17, 2008
    nubcat
    A mistaken identity movie that adds nothing new to the genre although a subplot has Belushi trying to see the Chicago Cubs in the world series. The fact that the Cubs go to the world series and (SPOILER) win it makes this a complete fantasy movie border lining on science fiction....( read more) This is the first of two movie that the Disney corporation tried to push Jim Belushi on an unassuming America. And now Belushi is one of the biggest stars in the world. I kid of course, he sucks.
  • abalogh
    August 14, 2008
    abalogh
    Grodin shows that Mr Average looks hide a good actor. Belushi overtakes his brother. Original story, great realization.
  • starrey1
    April 25, 2008
    starrey1
    this one look like it mit be funny
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