Thank You for Smoking (2005)
This film is probably one of the least viewed films on my list, and that is a travesty. Besides Election (and possibly Wag the Dog), it is probably the best satirical film of the last twenty years. Jason Reitman’s creation is nothing short of spectacular.
The story follows Nick Naylor (Aaron Eckhart in a breakthrough performance), a spokesman and lobbyist for the Academy of Tobacco Studies. He is extremely talented and is able to defend the tobacco industry regardless of what claim against tobacco is thrown at him. The story also focuses on his relationship with his son (who lives with his mother), who accompanies his father on a business trip, hoping to get to know his dad. Things go amuck when a former lover, and reporter, discloses information shared while the two were in bed together.
If you ever want to see a great double feature, let me suggest viewing this after The Insider. The two films are both on a similar topic, and although they are told in different styles, they are both excellent. (Plus you get to see Russell Crowe’s performance in The Insider which truly deserved the Oscar, as opposed for the make-up Oscar he won for Gladiator).
This film is probably one of the least viewed films on my list, and that is a travesty. Besides Election (and possibly Wag the Dog), it is probably the best satirical film of the last twenty years. Jason Reitman’s creation is nothing short of spectacular.
The story follows Nick Naylor (Aaron Eckhart in a breakthrough performance), a spokesman and lobbyist for the Academy of Tobacco Studies. He is extremely talented and is able to defend the tobacco industry regardless of what claim against tobacco is thrown at him. The story also focuses on his relationship with his son (who lives with his mother), who accompanies his father on a business trip, hoping to get to know his dad. Things go amuck when a former lover, and reporter, discloses information shared while the two were in bed together.
If you ever want to see a great double feature, let me suggest viewing this after The Insider. The two films are both on a similar topic, and although they are told in different styles, they are both excellent. (Plus you get to see Russell Crowe’s performance in The Insider which truly deserved the Oscar, as opposed for the make-up Oscar he won for Gladiator).
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