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Title: Thank You for Smoking (2005)
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| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Joan Lunden | ... | Joan Lunden | |
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Eric Haberman | ... | Robin Williger |
| Aaron Eckhart | ... | Nick Naylor | |
| Mary Jo Smith | ... | Sue Maclean | |
| Todd Louiso | ... | Ron Goode | |
| Jeff Witzke | ... | Kidnapper | |
| J.K. Simmons | ... | BR | |
| Marianne Muellerleile | ... | Teacher | |
| Cameron Bright | ... | Joey Naylor | |
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Alex Diaz | ... | Kid #1 |
| Jordan Garrett | ... | Kid #2 | |
| Courtney Taylor Burness | ... | Kid #3 (as Courtney Burness) | |
| Jordan Del Spina | ... | Kid #4 (as Jordan Orr) | |
| Maria Bello | ... | Polly Bailey | |
| David Koechner | ... | Bobby Jay Bliss | |
The chief spokesperson and lobbyist Nick Naylor is the Vice President of the Academy of Tobacco Studies. He is talented in speaking and spins arguments to defend the cigarette industry in the most difficult situations. His best friends are Polly Bailey that works in the Moderation Council in alcohol business, and Bobby Jay Bliss of the gun business own advisory group SAFETY. They frequently meet each other in a bar and they self-title the M.O.D. Squad, a.k.a. Merchants of Death, disputing which industry has killed more people. Nick's greatest enemy is Vermont's Senator Ortolan Finistirre, who defends in the Senate the use of a skull and crossbones on cigarette packs. Nick's son Joey Naylor lives with his mother, and has the chance to know his father in a business trip. When the ambitious reporter Heather Holloway betrays Nick disclosing confidences he had in bed with her, his life turns upside-down. But Nick is good in what he does for the mortgage. Written by Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
How does it feel to be hated by everyone? Nick Naylor is the spokesman of a cigar industry decided to "clean" the image of smoking. His character is poetic, from where he gets the nerve to go on with his job, to his utter manipulative skills and brave charisma. His character transforms those around him with major intelligence.
Reitman's job is to execute perfectly the characters into their intentions but not with their way of executing them. That's saying that he does the obvious job to show the morally correct into "stupid" and the manipulative, soul-less pig into a "hero". Etcharkt throws an unseen sparkle, and the script is in charge of putting America into the focus, bringing the movie a smart edge. Nick Naylor's relationship with his son is deep and smart, emotional and vivid.
But as Naylor says "think for yourself, don't be guided" don't let the movie convert you into a smoker or brilliant lobbyist. Think for yourself, and Thank you for Reading.