I think it's no small feat for a Hollywood movie to raise issues like consumerism and how we are subtly manipulated into buying very expensive stuff we don't really need. Not sure if the kind of marketing shown in the movie exists in the real world, but if it doesn't exist as such, probably quite a few variations are already there.
Of course, this is still a Hollywood movie, so the whole theme has to be somehow tamed for general consumption; you get David Duchovny as a lonely old guy craving for a family (wasn't he getting treatment for sex addiction in real life? a bit ironic...), Demi Moore as a career-minded woman, some romance, some moral doubts from the main characters... A bit like the fictional plot in "The Player" that starts as a real drama and ends up as a blockbuster with Bruce Willis and Kim Basinger.
Still, I think the movie manages to balance OK between serious matter and the usual Hollywood ingredients and clichés.
Of course, this is still a Hollywood movie, so the whole theme has to be somehow tamed for general consumption; you get David Duchovny as a lonely old guy craving for a family (wasn't he getting treatment for sex addiction in real life? a bit ironic...), Demi Moore as a career-minded woman, some romance, some moral doubts from the main characters... A bit like the fictional plot in "The Player" that starts as a real drama and ends up as a blockbuster with Bruce Willis and Kim Basinger.
Still, I think the movie manages to balance OK between serious matter and the usual Hollywood ingredients and clichés.