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Thank You For Smoking

2005

Jason Reitman

Aaron Eckhart, Maria Bello, Cameron Bright, Adam Brody ...

7.0

22,642

Comedy. Drama Nick Naylor, chief spokesman for Big Tobacco, makes his living defending the rights of smokers and cigarette makers in today’s neo-puritanical culture. Confronted by health zealots and an opportunistic senator, Nick goes on a PR offensive, spinning away the dangers of cigarettes, but he begins to think about how his work makes him look in the eyes of his young son Joey.

	Author	Review
United States	Roger Ebert rogerebert.com	"Here is a satire both savage and elegant (…) Rating: ★★★½ (out of 4)"	POS
United States	David Rooney Variety	"Slick, stylish and sharp-witted, 'Thank You for Smoking' is an entertaining satire on contemporary morality"	POS
United States	Manohla Dargis The New York Times	"Like cigarettes, this wisp of a film from the newcomer Jason Reitman won't do much for your brain cells, but it may provide some transitory pleasure from its ostensible equal-opportunity political skewering"	NEU
United Kingdom	Rob Mackie The Guardian	"For the film to work, it's essential for its morally flexible lead character to be at least partly likeable, and Aaron Eckhart pulls this off (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	James Berardinelli ReelViews	"The acting is solid. Aside from Eckhart, who is in top form (...) Despite its many strengths, 'Thank You for Smoking' hovers around mediocrity (…) Rating: ★★½ (out of 4)"	NEU
United Kingdom	Dan Jolin Empire	"Structural scrappiness aside, it remains a laudably amoral and superbly caustic comedy for those who like their satire strong and unfiltered (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Nick Schager Slant	"Like its scumbag lobbyist, however, all that 'Thank You for Smoking' really peddles is a smoggy cloud of 'moral flexibility' (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 4)"	NEU

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