Gurlyndrobb While it doesn't offer any answers, it both thrills and makes you think.

Ava-Grace Willis Story: It's very simple but honestly that is fine.

Mehdi Hoffman There's a more than satisfactory amount of boom-boom in the movie's trim running time.

Jenni Devyn Worth seeing just to witness how winsome it is.

patomartinezfgo This movie has been in my radar for a while. I have seen some people talk about it and its controversial topic. So I finally decided to look it up myself.This movie had me dying from laughter one second, and then thinking about freedom and decision making.Many people won't like the main theme of the movie because its very controversial. But I believe that controversy is what gives it the humour and the thoughtfulness it contains.Some people will say that this movie is cigarette propaganda, but if you see closely, not one cigarette is smoked throughout the whole film, because that is not the point. The movie uses smoking to give out some very interesting and hilarious ideas about our society.This has become one of my favourite comedies of all time.I really loved the films style and color scheme concentrating on browns and blues which is not seen very often now-a-days. The performances were great specially JK playing the mean boss.

Tss5078 Lobbyists represent everything that is wrong with our country. Instead of voting for the common good of the people, they are paid in voters and campaign contributions, to vote the way big business wishes them to vote. The result is laws that benefit the few and hurt the many. Thank You For Smoking takes an in depth look at one of these lobbyists, who works for big tobacco. In a satirical way, the film shows how this man is able to achieve his companies goals through bending the facts, bribery, and out right lying in a way that is completely legal under our system of government. Aaron Eckhart is terrific, which will come as little surprise to many, however the film was anything but. Like most films, Thank You For Smoking has it's moments, but overall the film is one short scene that just repeats it's self over and over again. The situations are different and the players are different, but the arguments and agendas are always the same. After watching two hours of the same thing over and over again, I was more than done with this film. No matter how charismatic the actor may be, the fact is that what lobbyists do isn't terribly interesting. It's one meeting and argument after another and the film just completely runs around in circles. The film was critically acclaimed for Eckhart's performance, but nothing else. Some critics think that one outstanding performance makes a film worth seeing, but I don't. Aaron Eckhart is an outstanding actor, who has been great in many other films that are worth seeing. Thank You For Smoking is nothing more than an insult to the American people, that runs forty minutes too long, and just goes around in circles, it's not something I'd recommend wasting your time on.

leonblackwood Review: Although this is an old movie, I still enjoyed it. It shows a different aspect to big business, which, good or bad, every business needs. The acting is great from all of the cast and the writing was witty, even though it is a serious subject. After watching movies like The Insider and many Michael Moore movies which show how big businesses trick the world by making them think that they are doing right by buying there products, it's good to see a lighter side to the subject. It's very well written and entertaining from beginning to end. Enjoyable!Round-Up: Judging by the money that this movie made, it must have touched all audiences, smokers and non-smokers, and the relationship between the leading character and his some gave it a human touch. I've seen this movie a few times on TV so I knew what to expect. In a lot of way, this message is politically incorrect, but once the spin had been applied by the spin doctor, you does twist your mind. By the way, the director cleverly didn't show anyone in the movie smoking so he obviously put his own message across. Budget: $6.5million Worldwide Gross: $40millionI recommend this movie to people who want to learn about the spin doctors who work for the tobacco industry. 6/10

rooprect Dang it, that's what I get for waiting 8 years to see this movie. All the other reviewers have already used up all the smoking pun titles. So... without any catchy intro, here's my review."Thank You for Smoking" does something that very few movies can accomplish. It features a character who does reprehensible things, and it makes us genuinely like him, cheer him on, laugh with him & applaud him for doing things which, in real life, would annoy us to the point of heart failure.I'm talking about the "spin doctor", the doublespeaker, the political gasbag who could sell a baby a lollipop made of poop (and count his money as the baby dies of cholera). His name is Nick Naylor (played by Aaron Eckhart), and he is the hero of this movie.You'd think that a movie with this premise could only work as an absurdist comedy like "Airplane!" or "Hot Shots!" or even a Christopher Guest type mockumentary like "Spinal Tap" or "Best in Show". But writer/director Jason Reitman takes the tough road by weaving a straight story with a sane, rational, human protagonist.Yes, this is a satire, so there are plenty of absurdly comical scenes like when Nick shows up at his son's career day and essentially convinces a bunch of 12-year-old kids to smoke. But for the most part, the story is solidly-grounded, logically plausible and probably more truth than it is fiction.In this film, the whole tobacco plot is basically a smokescreen. (Ha, I knew there was a pun left!) The real story is on a human level, and it's the story of a father & his son. Yeah, that might sound a little boring, but that's where the tobacco drama comes in to spice up the tale. In telling the "simple" tale of a father and son, Reitman takes us through many comedic hijinks including traitorous newscasters, psychotic politicians, kidnappers, assassins, shotgun-toting cowboys and a naked guy in the lap of the Lincoln monument. So rest assured, it never gets boring.Nor does the comedy let up, even while telling a sober story of a man attempting to reconcile his amoral career with raising his son in a respectable way. The cute banter between Nick and his son (expertly played by young Cameron Bright) is both philosophical and funny. And that's how Reitman pulls off this amazing achievement. This is a very funny film, but it doesn't depart from reality nor make us emotionally disconnected from the themes at play. It gives you a lot to think about.As far as funny goes, this movie clocked in on my laugh-o-meter with about 1 LOL every 10 minutes and a snicker every 2. Now that's a lot coming from a guy who doesn't usually lol at all. But in the end, it wasn't even the comedy that made this so enjoyable. It was the film's power to make me see a completely different side of a "no brainer" argument like cigarettes & health. The character Nick is so slick-witted and charismatic that he can win any argument (or win the audience over, for that matter) without making any point at all. As he says to his son, "You don't have to prove you're right; you just have to prove your opponent is wrong." Sad but true. And in this case, very funny.I highly recommend this movie to people who are exasperated at all the political doublespeak we hear on the cable news channels every day, to people who can't understand how law & authority & public opinion can get so messed up. It'll make you laugh without upsetting you, and it'll make you see the whole ridiculous debate over smoking as really entertaining. Even though in real life, smoking is a drag ;)