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How To Get Ahead in Advertising (1989)

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After years of capitalizing on the weaknesses of a gullible public, a London advertising executive finds that his worst qualities have literally taken on a life of their own in this scathing satire. Successful copywriter Dennis Bagley (Richard E. Grant) lives a posh life with his lovely wife, Julia (Rachel Ward), in the London suburbs. Pushed to distraction by a bothersome new pimple-ointment account, he flirts with renouncing his career and becoming socially aware. Immediately thereafter,

R, 1 hr. 35 min.

Comedy

Bruce Robinson

Jul 10, 2001

Image Entertainment

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All Critics (19) | Top Critics (5) | Fresh (9) | Rotten (9) | DVD (12)

The running gag is that [this film about advertising] takes its own high-concept formula of a yuppie's just desserts and whips it up with more tang than any consumer could want.

September 1, 2009 Full Review Source: City Pages, Minneapolis/St. Paul | Comment

Grant alone makes this eminently worth renting.

April 9, 2007 Full Review Source: eFilmCritic.com | Comment
eFilmCritic.com

Thanks to Grant's bravura performance, the film is wickedly enjoyable.

January 13, 2004 Full Review Source: TheMovieReport.com | Comment
TheMovieReport.com

The difference between Withnail and I and this film is that here, Robinson is trying to deliver a message instead of focusing on his characters. Mistake.

December 20, 2003 Comment
AboutFilm.com

One of the strangest, most outrageous, most bitter, irreverent and bitingly funny satires the movies ever offered.

August 14, 2003 Full Review Source: Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC) | Comment
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

trippy

October 11, 2002 Comment

acerbic but overstated satire

August 1, 2001 Comment
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Audience Reviews for How To Get Ahead in Advertising

One of my favorite films and for sure one of the best comedic performances is put in by Richard E. Grant. Actually I am very surprised by all the negative reviews I've read on here.

October 27, 2011
Graham Jones

Super Reviewer

I'm not really sure why I watched this movie, it was so strange. It was interesting at the beginning but by the end I just didn't care anymore.

May 13, 2011
purplemegan

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