"Thank You for Smoking" desperately wants to be a satire, and it almost gets there. Director Jason Reitman identifies the "line" and, as the best satirists do, crosses it gleefully. Overall, however, ...
?If you argue correctly, you?re never wrong,? Nick Naylor (Aaron Eckhart) tells his son Joey (Cameron Bright). As funny as ?Thank You for Smoking? is, this message, the movie?s central one, is rather ...
“Thank You For Smoking” is a witty, entertaining and biting comedy that satirizes the tobacco industry with panache. With critiques aimed at both sides, targeting leaders of the industry and those ...
Yahoo: Thank You for Smoking Streaming: Watch & Stream Online via Hulu
Imagine a world where a silver-tongued lobbyist can make cigarettes seem not just harmless, but downright cool. That’s the satirical world of Thank You for Smoking, the 2005 film that throws audiences ...
Arizona State Press: On Tape: Film director Jason Reitman, "Thank You for Smoking"
"You guys don't mind if I eat while we do this, do you?" Jason Reitman asks as he takes a seat. The director of "Thank You for Smoking" appears healthy and ready to take on the world, a disposition ...
“Few people on this planet know what it is to be truly despised,” says Nick Naylor, the tobacco lobbyist at the center of 2005’s Thank You for Smoking. Nearly 20 years after the film’s release, Elon ...
The Chicago Maroon: Director Jason Reitman discusses his controversial Thank You for Smoking
Director Jason Reitman is someone who deserves our respect, even if we can’t entirely believe him—much like the shady tobacco lobbyist in his current satire, Thank You for Smoking. I interviewed ...