Thank You For Smoking

He doesn't hide the truth... he just filters it

THANK YOU FOR SMOKING (15)

D: Jason Reitman

20th Century Fox (David O. Sacks)

US 2006

92 mins

Comedy/Drama

W: Jason Reitman

DP: James Whitaker

Ed: Dana E. Glauberman

Mus: Rolfe Kent

Aaron Eckhart (Nick Naylor), Maria Bello (Polly Bailey), Cameron Bright (Joey Naylor), David Koechner (Bobby Jay Bliss), Sam Elliott (Lorne Lutch), Katie Holmes (Heather Holloway), Rob Lowe (Jeff Megall), Robert Duvall (The Captain)

Aaron Eckhart is excellent in this hilariously politically incorrect black comedy.

He plays a cynical-but-suave spin doctor who makes a decent living lobbying against bureaucrats for the benefits and virtues of smoking cigarettes.

There are moments towards the tail end of the film which veer towards sentimentality, but it's the irony that comes beforehand which is far more memorable.

7/10