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Strictly Business

PG-13

Released Nov 8, 1991

1 hr. 24 min.

Comedy

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10%

10 Reviews

Tomatometer

56%

2,500+ Ratings

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Waymon (Joseph C. Phillips) has a great job in real estate and a promising future, but he's also trapped in a loveless longterm relationship. He meets Natalie (Halle Berry), 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 (Tommy Davidson), 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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Keenan J

I watch this movie for what it is. Good fun and nothing more. I Absolutely love this movie.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

10/18/23

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Steve D

Davidson especially deserved better.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

09/11/23

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m b

I LIKE THE MOVIE AND THE PEOPLE IN IT BUT THIS MOVIE TAKES THE LORD'S NAME IN VAIN.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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Audience Member

Classics 90s era movie. This and Boomerang are definently must see.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/24/23

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Audience Member

Good movie and a decent cast. film debut of Halle berry.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/13/23

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dave j

Waymon Tinsdale (Joseph C. Phillips) works for a real estate firm in which he is supposed to look for potential clients willing to invest. And as a result of being unhappy with his current girlfriend who is shallow and artificial, upon having lunch with his boss, he does stumble onto a young woman he became infatuated with who had gotten fired from the very restaurant she was working at. And after dropping her pictures on the ground, he would then go on a crusade to find her, and he is unable to do it without the help of his friend, Bobby (Tommy Davidson) who sort of acts like an intern for the firm. And he would upgrade Bobby to a much higher position in exchange for more information about her as well as meet her. .

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

03/30/23

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Kevin Hooks

Director

Tommy Davidson

Bobby

Joseph C. Phillips

Waymon

Anne-Marie Johnson

Diedre

David Marshall Grant

David

Halle Berry

Natalie

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Rated: 2/5

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Rated: 2/5

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Philip Martin

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Rated: 2/5

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Synopsis

Waymon (Joseph C. Phillips) has a great job in real estate and a promising future, but he's also trapped in a loveless longterm relationship. He meets Natalie (Halle Berry), 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 (Tommy Davidson), 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.

Director: Kevin Hooks
Production Co: Island World
Rating: PG-13
Genre: Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Nov 8, 1991, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Jan 1, 2009
Box Office (Gross USA): $7.4M
Sound Mix: Surround

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