Strictly Business
Strictly Business ★½ 1991 (PG-13)
An upwardly mobile black broker has his career aspirations in order until he meets a beautiful club promoter who finds him square and boring. Wanting to impress her he asks the advice of a young man who works in the mail room for the proper way to dress and talk. A low-rent Pygmalion story. 83m/C VHS . Halle Berry, Tommy Davidson, Joseph C. Phillips; D: Kevin Hooks; M: Michel Colombier.
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