Actors: Aaron Eckhart, Maria Bello
Director: Jason Reitman
It's been a long time between films - Olympic men's hockey and Deadwood have taken up my leisure time of late.
Thank You For Smoking is rather terrible as satire, or perhaps all satire is terrible - the protagonist's spends so much of his time talking his way through argument after argument about the benefits (or lack of harm) in cigarette smoking. However, the film is populated with character actors I like - J.K. Simmons, Sam Elliott, William H. Macy, even Deadwood's Kim Dickens - and there's a fair amount of laughs even amid all the misfires. Overall, the film is utterly forgettable, but it proved a welcome diversion for 90 minutes. Is that not all we can ask of comedies?
As a side note, there were no instances of smoking in the film. I understand why, given the film's content, but I think it's a detriment.
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i liked this one, and i thought eckhart did a good job. i liked the whole marlboro man thing. katie holmes was decent too as a backstabbin' beeyotch. the parts when he was with his kid were okay too. but yea i mean there's nothing that blew me away. solid flick
ReplyDeleteI liked it a lot. It's a shame more people haven't seen it.
ReplyDeleteAlso, Deadwood is the best show in the history of television.