Thank You for Smoking (2005)

Comedy | 92 minutes

3,42 1.402 votes

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Genre: Comedy / Drama

Duration: 92 minuten

Country: United States

Stars: Aaron Eckhart, Maria Bello and William H. Macy

Releasedate: 9 September 2005

Thank You for Smoking plot

"Tobacco lobbyist Nick Naylor is trying to SAVE YOUR ASH!"

The charming Nick Naylor is the head of public relations for the American tobacco industry. He invents all kinds of things to get the image of his industry as positive as possible. Even though it's almost impossible these days to deny a relationship between smoking and health problems, Nick gets it done. That is not easy when he has to be a role model for his 12-year-old son at the same time.

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SmackItUp

3502 messages
2622 votes

17 March 2017 at 15:50

Despite the fact that the premise of this film is quite funny, the execution leaves something to be desired. It's fun, absolutely. Especially the beginning. But I didn't get much further than smiling. Halfway through, the drama even takes over, and that turns out to be disastrous for a film like this. The ending was therefore no longer particularly interesting.

Nice idea, poor execution. Poor enough.

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mrmojorisin123

1869 messages
1808 votes

17 December 2017 at 10:14

From the general public to the serious critics, everyone in America loves this satire that scrutinizes the tobacco lobby with mild irony. Not surprisingly, for a comedy full of famous actors and a subject that demands political correctness and a freighter emo-talk, this is a remarkably balanced and sympathetic production. Nick Naylor is a tobacco industry lobbyist who has to convince the public that there are more reasons to start smoking than to quit. Naylor is in love with his job, mainly because he is in love with himself and his gift for orating and arguing. The more his opponents hate him, the harder he bites into his discourse to prove himself right and the sweeter victory tastes.

Debut director Jason Reitman tackles his subject matter in Thank You for Smoking with a fine sense of humor and a good-natured cynicism that won't bite anyone. He is not so much concerned with the question of who is right - everyone, including the protagonist, by now knows that smoking is unhealthy - but with analyzing human motivations and uncovering their small sides. That results in wonderfully relaxed cinema moments, but real pots are not broken with it. The eloquence that Eckhart displays and with which he drives the anti-smoking league into the curtain, remains all in all trivial and transparent and contains few provocative twists. When we see Eckhart's smoothed-out character, we think back nostalgically to In Company of Men, when the debuting actor in the neat-headed white shirt portrayed a truly demonic character with a poisonous tongue.

3.0*

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Fisico

10039 messages
5398 votes

30 August 2018 at 07:50

Thank you for smoking I saw a long time ago. The memories of it are somewhat overrated today. I remembered Thank you for smoking as a razor-sharp dialogue film that was full of witty remarks, bold one-liners, strong discussions and replies. This only partially worked out. Overall, the film isn't as strong as it should be. Especially the middle part is a bit too bland to take the film to a higher level.

The movie also reminds me of a John Grisham book. It's not easy to tell all those titles apart, but I think it was about “In dispute” which also targeted the tobacco industry.

I do like dialogue films with 12 angry men as the topper. Because of the strong dialogues you have to stay attentive, you put yourself in the shoes of the orator and things remain exciting and entertaining. Strong acting performances are therefore not left behind. Here too you have a strong Aaron Eckhart who plays an incredibly arrogant blow-jaw, but at the same time is so difficult to knock off his lead. William H. Macey is always a joy to watch. I can rarely get rid of the impression that his characters - whatever role they play - always have something clumsy - and that's the charm of a Macey, of course. And finally, the always slick supporting role of a JK Simmons should not be forgotten. Such a role as a media mogul suits him and he sometimes repeats it in other films.

The serious compartments are peppered with satire and that usually works well. Not always well developed, but the basic idea is clever. Also interesting are the references to the other “cancer tumors” of society, there being radiation, fat, sugar, alcohol, etc... a big 3.5* already!

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