Reitman, still in his 20s, knows something that many more seasoned directors never figure out: how to make audiences laugh along with a film that's laughing at itself.
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03/31/06
Thank You For Smoking (2006)
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Reviews Counted:174
Fresh:149
Rotten:25
Average Rating:7.3/10
Consensus: Delightfully unscrupulous characters and searing cynicism prick all sides of the anti-smoking issue with hilarity and intelligence.
Theatrical Release:16-06-2006
Synopsis: Jason Reitman has learned well. The son of director-producer Ivan Reitman (STRIPES, GHOSTBUSTERS) makes a strong impact with his debut feature film, the hysterical THANK YOU FOR SMOKING. Based on... [More]
Starring: Aaron Eckhart, Maria Bello, Cameron Bright, Adam Brody
Director: Jason Reitman
Reviews for Thank You For Smoking
Watch it and light up, mentally.
03/31/06
It's filled with nice little moments of trenchant drollery, kind of like a really good political humor blog.
03/31/06
Literate and smirky in its assault on liars and fools across the map.
03/31/06
In the end, Nick and the world in which he traffics ends up a comic interpretation of a serious situation, and while the amoral ambiguity of the entire film is intriguing for a while, in the end you realize this patient has no pulse.
03/31/06
To Reitman's credit, the director does not allow Thank You for Smoking to take the turn we would expect.
03/31/06
Enjoyable not only because it shows the duplicity of spinning but because it allows its characters to revel in the joy they experience as contemporary con artists.
03/31/06
The book had a fearlessness that the movie version so lacks.
03/31/06
A fun, smart film. But you can't help but wish Thank You would bare its fangs a little more.
03/31/06
Funny enough movie but not much there there.
03/31/06
To watch the film is to feel the delicious discomfort of being seduced by a devilish charmer.
03/30/06
If anyone tries to tell you that Thank You for Smoking is a scorching satire of Big Tobacco, just tell them, well, that they're blowing smoke.
03/30/06
A smart-aleck satire with something on its mind is always welcome.
03/30/06
Intelligent and witty from start to finish and by far the best satire comedy of the year.
03/29/06
Though it soft-pedals the venom and comes across more as adolescently smart-*** rather than truly abrasive, it's still amusing.
03/29/06
Cute, clever, and quirky. The film's makers seem so much more interested in making fun, than choosing sides.
03/28/06
Eckhart, in a sure-handed performance, holds the picture together.
03/28/06
Writer-director Jason Reitman, here adapting Buckley's 1994 lampoon of the tobacco lobby, understands that the author's verbal slapstick and pyrotechnical plot turns are both smart and broad.
03/28/06
... a sly, smart and very funny caricature of corporate politics and image culture.
03/27/06
Like a breath of fresh air, Thank You for Smoking takes an unapologetic and satirical swipe at the establishment; no one is left unscathed.
03/27/06
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