Thank You For Smoking (2005)
Average Rating: 7.3/10
Reviews Counted: 178
Fresh: 153 | Rotten: 25
Delightfully unscrupulous characters and searing cynicism prick all sides of the anti-smoking issue with hilarity and intelligence.
Average Rating: 6.9/10
Critic Reviews: 42
Fresh: 31 | Rotten: 11
Delightfully unscrupulous characters and searing cynicism prick all sides of the anti-smoking issue with hilarity and intelligence.
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The directorial debut from Jason Reitman, the media satire Thank You for Smoking stars Aaron Eckhart as Nick, a man who has turned spinning news and information into a successful career for the tobacco lobby. He plots strategies with his colleagues (Maria Bello and David Koechner) on how to make other dangerous products more appealing to the American public. Nick ends up going to Hollywood with his young son (Cameron Bright) in order to get a movie producer to include characters smoking in his
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Cast
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Aaron Eckhart
Nick Naylor -
Maria Bello
Polly Bailey -
Cameron Bright
Joey Naylor -
Adam Brody
Jack -
Sam Elliott
Lorne Lutch -
Katie Holmes
Heather Holloway -
David Koechner
Bobby Jay Bliss -
Rob Lowe
Jeff Megall -
William H. Macy
Senator Ortolan Finisti... -
J.K. Simmons
BR -
Robert Duvall
The Captain -
Kim Dickens
Jill Naylor -
Connie Ray
Pearl -
Todd Louiso
Ron Goode -
Earl Billings
Senator Dupree -
Bruce French
Gentleman #2 -
Melora Hardin
Interviewer -
Joan Lunden
Herself -
Aaron Lustig
Doctor -
Michael Mantell
Dr. Meisenbach -
Marianne Muellerleile
Teacher -
Catherine Reitman
Reporter #1 -
Dennis Miller
Himself -
Richard Speight Jr
Trainee -
Spencer Garrett
Senator Lothridge -
Kathryn Winslow
Jeanette -
Nancy O'Dell
Herself -
Sean Patrick Murphy
Reporter #2 -
Mary Jo Smith
Sue Maclean -
Tonyo Melendez
Mr. Herera -
David O. Sacks
Oil Lobbyist -
Timothy Dowling
EGO Assistant -
Courtney Taylor Burness
Kid # 3 -
Brian Palermo
Voice Of F.B.I. Agent -
Jordan Garrett
Kid # 2 -
Daniel Travis
Brad -
Jordan Orr
Kid # 4 -
Karen Harrison
Nurse -
Alex Diaz
Kid # 1 -
Robert L. Richards
Gentleman #3 -
Roy Jenkins
Debate Moderator -
Eric Haberman
Robin Williger -
Jeff Witzke
Kidnapper -
Eric Maldonado
Tobacco Club Host -
Renee Graham
Tiffany -
Terry James
Ski Mask #1 -
Marc Scizak
Ski Mask #2 -
Rachel Thorp
Flighty Girl -
Howard Weitzman
Gentleman #1
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All Critics (183) | Top Critics (42) | Fresh (161) | Rotten (25) | DVD (31)
The picture is obviously a satire, but it has no sharpness, no sense of daring.
Top CriticAiming at all targets and hitting none of them, the movie is as harmless and inconsequential as a candy cigarette.
Even the good lines here last a self-congratulatory beat too long.
Deliciously nasty, naughty satire.
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.
Literate and smirky in its assault on liars and fools across the map.
Curiously, the film's key drawback --its impassive resolution feels a little too slick -- is arguably indicative of the theme: no matter how much we may think we're peeling back the layers, all we arrive at is another façade.
Thank You For Smoking gets much of its juice from a superb Aaron Eckhart as Nick Naylor.
The joke fizzles
Mostly clever comedy about lobbyists. For adults.
Thank You For Smoking is an elegant satire, sneaky and subtle...
played so amiably that you barely notice how prickly its barbs are until they have dug right in.
This extremely well equipped DVD provides the movie in its original widescreen format.
Leave your preconceptions at the door, prepare for your favourite causes to be skewered, and enjoy. This is one fun movie.
It is delicious and satisfying, but unlike cigarettes, it is not habit-forming.
Reveling in politically incorrect humor, Reitman takes no prisoners in his debut feature that tackles everything from political hypocrisy to baby seals.
The rare film that stays within itself, mocking its obvious targets with the cool insouciance of mentholated tobacco.
... a real-life comedic drama that doesn't preach so much as it encourages you to think for yourself lest you be bamboozled like the rest of the flock.
Audience Reviews for Thank You For Smoking
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- Nick Naylor: I don't have a MD or law degree. I have a bachelor's in kicking butt and taking names.
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- Nick Naylor: That's the beauty of argument, if you argue correctly, you're never wrong.
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- Brad: Nick, your job and everything aside, I hope you understand that second hand smoke's a real killer.
- Nick Naylor: What are you talking about?
- Brad: I just hope you're providing a smoke-free environment for Joey is all I'm saying.
- Nick Naylor: Brad, I'm his father. You're the guy fucking his mom.
- Brad: That was unnecessary.
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- Nick Naylor: I like a challenge. If you want an easy job, go work for the Red Cross.
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- Nick Naylor: Michael Jordan plays ball. Charles Manson kills people. I talk. Everyone has a talent.
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- Nick Naylor: If you argue right, you are never wrong!
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