Underplayed Gems
The whole movie catalogue

Films and series, searchable by what they are

← Back to the shop

The Business (2006)

The Business poster
Genre
comedy
Country
United States
Length
2 seasons, 16 episodes
Rating
4.7 of 10 from 3 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A low-budget adult film director who converted to Judaism tries to make a legitimate independent movie. The show follows his struggles with an undisciplined crew, bad actors, and a strange investor.

comedicsatiricallow-keyquirkysillyunderstatedabsurd

What happens

The Business is a sitcom which aired on The Movie Network in Canada and IFC in the United States. The show centres on Vic Morgan (Rob Deleeuw), an adult film director of a low-budget softcore pornographic series similar to Girls Gone Wild. He attempts to become a legitimate film maker after having converted to Judaism to be successful in the entertainment industry. Season one depicts the production of his first independent film and the difficulties along the way with an undisciplined production staff, poorly skilled actors, and an eccentric Japanese investor. Season two follows the company following the success of its first film as they search for a follow-up project. The series is filmed and produced in Montreal by Philms Pictures, and has a predominantly Canadian cast. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

More like this

This page is from Underplayed Gems. Not quite it? Tell the Catbot what you feel like watching and it picks from the whole catalogue, or browse by genre, country and year.

Lists: Korean thrillers worth the evening · Anime films beyond Studio Ghibli · Slow films for a rainy night · Horror that unsettles instead of startling · Series you can finish in a weekend · Nordic crime worth the subtitles · Good films that end in under 90 minutes · Documentaries that play like thrillers

Loading movies…

What should I watch?