A snappy satire about smoking, corporate shenanigans, and the spin that keeps everything rolling along in these amoral realms.
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03/17/06
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
just captivating enough to take your mind off the incredibly un-PC stance that it takes on hardcore issues
03/17/06
In the end, the satire reveals itself as wishful thinking.
03/17/06
I'm not ready to celebrate a filmmaker with the 'audacity' to say there's hypocrisy in American social discourse. Does it take daring to cut down these not-so-sacred cows?
03/17/06
Rob Lowe is genius. That's right, I said it. Genius.
03/17/06
A scathing satire....If there's a lesson, it's that spinning your fellow Americans is the real national pastime--the greater problem is when you spin yourself.
03/17/06
[Tends] to overstate itself -- both in its concerns and its humor. Eckhart, though, consistently brings the movie to the viewer's level.
03/16/06
Thank You for Smoking is as attention grabbing and superficial as Chicago's razzle-dazzle. Billy Flynn would be so proud.
03/16/06
one of the funniest, most intelligent satires to come out of Hollywood in years, and assaults everyone in its path.
03/16/06
It gets points not only for showcasing the hypocrisy of the cigarette industry, but also for stressing the importance of the rights of the individual. Plus, it's got one other thing you can put in your pipe and smoke -- it's funny.
03/16/06
That quirky and intelligent rarity that elicits wry smiles and hearty laughs alike.
03/16/06
The screenplay crackles with intelligence and insight, not just about the workings of Washington, but also about friends, parenting, work, tough choices, paying the mortgage, and, of course freedom and personal responsibility.
03/16/06
Glibly funny and eager to please, the film version of Christopher Buckley's novel Thank You for Smoking is not unlike the down-and-dirty habit of its title.
03/16/06
Top CriticSnarky and enjoyable, but it could have been a ferocious black comedy. No Thank You For Playing It Safe.
03/16/06
Filtered too heavily with moral redemption.
03/16/06
These days, if one has to settle for rueful laughs honestly earned, then one can do a whole lot worse than Thank You for Smoking.
03/16/06
...only occasionally amusing, despite a solid performance from Eckhart.
03/16/06
Its true strengths [go] beyond the easy jokes: asking why someone might choose to do what Naylor does and how they can look at themselves in the mirror each morning.
03/15/06
[Thank You For Smoking is], for better and worse, as uniformly rolled as a machine-made Marlboro.
03/15/06
A hilarious and intelligent comedy ... Perhaps the best part of the picture is that part that isn't there. The film never pulls its punches.
03/15/06
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