Thank You for Smoking (2005)

Director: Jason Reitman
Rated: R

Length: 92 min.

In this original comedy about the chief spokesperson of Big Tobacco and his consistent ability to deviate away from the dangers of cigarette use, Aaron Eckhart (Nick Naylor) fits into his role perfectly. The cruel and twisted advertisement schemes that the tobacco industry thrive upon are thoroughly exploited in this witty film of how one man argues his way out of every stcky situation he finds himself in. The very attractive young Katie Holmes (Heather Holloway), plays a wonderfully seductive journalist trying to get the scoop on the MOD sqaud; aka Merchants Of Death, which include the lobbyists from the alcohol, tobacco and firearms industries. Eckhart is accompanied by both David Koechner (Bobby Jay Bliss) and Maria Bello (Polly Bailey), who both play incredible roles as his accomplices in their fight against society and the oppression of their big businesses. All in all, this was a highly entertaining film with multiple laughs at the pure absurdity of these cutthroat business men and women. The film concludes with a stern morality check, and shows that even the big fish get eaten from time to time. Thank You for Smoking.