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Taking Care of Business

1990

Arthur Hiller

James Belushi, Charles Grodin, Anne DeSalvo, Loryn Locklin ...

4.9

931

Comedy 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.

	Author	Review
United States	Joe Brown The Washington Post	"Unexpectedly likeable, thanks to the high-spirited performances of stars James Belushi and Charles Grodin, under the relaxed direction by Arthur Hiller"	POS
United States	Michael Wilmington Los Angeles Times	"'Taking Care of Business' is a curious achievement: a laughless comedy starring Belushi and Grodin, two actors who are almost always funny."	NEG
United States	Jonathan Rosenbaum Chicago Reader	"This is a pretty stupid comedy in spots, with holes wide enough to drive trucks through, and director Arthur Hiller is as clunky as ever, but the cast is so funny and likable that they almost bring it off"	NEU
Canada	Rick Groen The Globe and Mail	"There are some laughs here and the cast is accomplished, but this patchwork comedy is a tad threadbare."	NEG
United States	Bill Cosford Miami Herald	"Because of James Belushi, 'Taking Care of Business' is bearable. Even funny"	NEU
United States	Mick LaSalle San Francisco Chronicle	"Belushi is profoundly unfunny. Opportunities are provided for him to do shtick -- running amok in the jacuzzi, drooling over a pretty girl -- and it's like watching a form of communication from an alien civilization."	NEG

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