RtS: Thank You For Smoking

Gemini Cricket · 03-27-2006, 07:04 AM

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Overall Swank Rank

Thank You For Smoking

AMC Loews Boston Common
175 Tremont Street
Boston, MA
March 26th, 2006

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0427944/

The Lowdown
This even-sided film by Ivan Reitman's son is a wonderful satire about America and Big Tobacco.
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The Scene
I enjoyed this film a great deal.

Aaron Eckhart was a great casting choice for this character. Although, it did take me half of the film to remember where I saw his face before. (Bearded boyfriend to Erin Brockovich.)

It's laugh out loud in places and surprisingly serious in others. I liked Reitman's choice not to take sides in the film. The point of the film was that people should think for themselves and he follows that thought through all the way.

My favorite reoccurring happening in the film is the meeting of the Mod Squad. (I won't tell you who they are.)

William H. Macy is funny in this as is Rob Lowe.

Spoiler:

Thumbs up on this one. I'm hoping this director and these writers do a lot more. They know funny.

03-27-2006, 07:04 AM	#1
Gemini Cricket ... Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 13,244	RtS: Thank You For Smoking Rank the Swank - Theater and Movies Overall Swank Rank Thank You For Smoking AMC Loews Boston Common 175 Tremont Street Boston, MA March 26th, 2006 http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0427944/ The Lowdown This even-sided film by Ivan Reitman's son is a wonderful satire about America and Big Tobacco. __________________________________________________ The Scene I enjoyed this film a great deal. Aaron Eckhart was a great casting choice for this character. Although, it did take me half of the film to remember where I saw his face before. (Bearded boyfriend to Erin Brockovich.) It's laugh out loud in places and surprisingly serious in others. I liked Reitman's choice not to take sides in the film. The point of the film was that people should think for themselves and he follows that thought through all the way. My favorite reoccurring happening in the film is the meeting of the Mod Squad. (I won't tell you who they are.) William H. Macy is funny in this as is Rob Lowe. Spoiler: One of my favorite things about this film, and someone correct me if I'm wrong, is that they never show anyone actually smoking in this movie. I thought that was pretty cool. Thumbs up on this one. I'm hoping this director and these writers do a lot more. They know funny.
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