Strictly Business (1991 film)
- Tommy Davidson: Bobby Johnson
- Joseph C. Phillips: Waymon Tinsdale III
- Anne -Marie Johnson: Diedre
- David Marshall Grant David
- Jon Cypher: Drake
- Samuel L. Jackson Monroe
- Halle Berry: Natalie
- Kim Coles: Millicent
- Paul Butler: Leroy Halloran
- James McDaniel: Roland Halloran
- Paul Provenza: Larry
- Annie Golden: Sheila
- Sam Rockwell: Gary
- Sarah Stavrou: Karen
- Ellis Williams: Teddy Halloran
- Joe Torry: Darryl
- Susan Haskell: Donna
- Ivelka Reyes: Sondra
Strictly Business is an American comedy film from the year 1991. Directed by Kevin Hooks, the screenplay is by George Nelson and Pam Gibson.
Action
Bobby Johnson is working under the direction of Monroe in the post department of a company active in the real estate business. He is one of the managers, the African American Waymon Tinsdale III, a friend. The boss Drake promises Tinsdale the position of a partner, if this brings a certain big business to a conclusion. Tinsdales girlfriend Diedre does not love him, but she says she and Tinsdale are a good team.
Tinsdale beats Johnson ago, to give him a place in the trainee program, if Johnson in return helps to make an appointment with Natalie him well known.
Reviews
Roger Ebert did not write in the Chicago Sun - Times 8 November 1991, some scenes would work the other. The action will begin with the premise that Tinsdale should like the other African American act and end with the opposite premise that Johnson had to change if he wants to be carried. The film questioning " smart and subtle " ( " cleverly and subtly " ) the image shown in dozens of films of African Americans. As entertainment it is " justifiable amusing "; the representations of Tommy Davidson, Joseph C. Phillips, and Halle Berry - which would give the characters played a lot of energy - are effective.
Desson Howe wrote in the Washington Post, 8 November 1991, the film was more entertaining than most comedies that African Americans would show - what you owe the peppy operating Tommy Davidson. Davidson had a presence that one could " through and through " like.
Background
The film was shot in New York City. He played in the cinemas of the United States an approximately 7.68 million U.S. dollars.