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Plot:
Nick Naylor, chief spokesman for Big Tobacco, makes his living defending the rights of smokers and cigarette makers in today's neo-puritanical culture. Confronted by health zealots out to ban tobacco ...( read more 
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MCT:May 16, 2008
As a smoker myself I was extremely skeptical about watching this. My initial thoughts were that this was going to be ninety-something minutes of tounge-in-cheek anti-smoking propaganda but it was actually quite an entertaining story and got its message clear: it's not just big tobacco that has it out to get us, it's advertisers, politicians, journalists: basically everyone!
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MCT:May 16, 2008
Hehe! I could get a few things from this movie! Loved the MOD squad! Man, I wonder what its like to have that kind of talent. The ultimate spinster, hehe!! This was fun to watch, well its really more of a verbal movie, but I liked it anyway.
Favorite Quotes:
Youre the Sultan of Spin!
"Sultan of Spin??"
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MCT:May 15, 2008This is one beautiful crisp satire, which may even make you wanna jump in your pants. And most importantly the movie doesn't take any sides, its up to you to decide whether you wanna make a pyramid out of the cancer sticks or just light them up. The writers are the absolute masters here, who rule from the word go. And then the actors deliver those incredible in-the-face punches. Aaron Eckhart plays Nick Naylor who is a powerful speaker and gets paid for talking and "spinning off" the arguments. In his own words " Not many know what it is to be truly despised" but he always has the formula and the correct tone that manages to buy his way out. He talks smoothly and regards himself the as "Colonel Sanders" of Nicotine. Together he completes the coterie called "MOD" or merchants of death which consists of guys like him, defending guns and alcohol. The MOD meetings are to be construed as refreshing gatherings for generation of new counterpoints and to reflect on the musings of health zealots. Nick Nalyor speaks for an organization called the Academy of Tobacco Studies - the main tobacco lobby of the Big Tobacco in Washington. In order to put brakes on the widespread increase in smoking among teens, a Vermont senator (William Macy) is planning to unleash a sort of hate campaign against cigarettes by embossing skulls and bones on the cigarette packets. Nick suggests a counter action by asking the tobacco inc. to rope in Hollywood in promoting cigarettes in a cool way. Rob Lowe's cameo is explosive as an entertainment executive who suggests Nick a neat scene where Brad Pitt would blow smoke rings after a "cosmic fuck" with Catherine zeta Jones. The man impresses Nick Naylor to the point that he considers him to be someone "who could teach me so much"! All the while Nick's son Joey, who considers Nick to be some one of a kind, follows him and tries to understand the man's psyche. Nick is a caring father, and loves to pass on his wisdom, explaining differences between negotiations and arguments and why he does what he does after all. Katie Holmes is convincing as a sleazy reporter who would not hesitate to copulate for a little inside information. She fulfills the emptiness in Nick's life and gives her the warmth he needs, albeit little does he know as to how fake it is. Towards the end, Nick confronts an ordeal as he is attacked by angry hooligans, and faces the ultimate challenge of rescuing his job and life when the opportunist reporter spills the beans on their bedtime stories. But more than anything else Nick wants to win the courtroom battle for his son. The climax is just as beautifully orchestrated and commanded by Nick as he does in the beginning defending himself on a certain Joan's show. The movie goes right up on the top of my book, it is wonderful, hilarious, intelligent and kicks ass. To close, I would quote Nick again "Micheal Jordan plays ball, Charles Manson kills people, I talk."
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MCT:May 15, 2008a good, smart parody of the all-too-tragic world of cigarette marketing....that Aaron Eckhart is BRILLIANT! and i loved the freaky sexual antics of Katie Holmes Cruise. all cast is perfection. and i LOVED the line about putting skulls and crossbones on Vermont cheese and Macy's reaction is priceless. Not the world's best film ever but truly well acted and well-written as an expose of our pathetic culture's twisted marketing ethics.
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MCT:May 15, 2008
Aaron Eckhart is so awesome in this movie. I really enjoyed it. I especially liked the parts where the three "evil" friends meet up and discuss their jobs etc. This movie was quirky and funny, I recommend it to everyone!
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scorpioboi24posted 162 days ago -
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"thank you for smoking" thats a really nice movie!!! i'm glad that i wach it !! its a great movie with great acting hehe you have to wach it its nice !!
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didn't want to watch glad i did. witty intelligent film with no morals! cool
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