Thank You for Smoking
Fox Searchlight Pictures | Release Date: March 17, 2006 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
71
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 36 Critic Reviews
Positive:
29
Mixed:
7
Negative:
0
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60
Village VoiceMichael Atkinson
Instead of hitting the gas and allowing the scenario to rock 'n' roll with g-forces, Reitman keeps his movie small, unvaried, slack, and deliberately and oddly, completely smoke-free. Read full review
60
Washington PostDesson Thomson
As a satire on Tobacco Inc.'s outrageous ability to market carbon monoxide as the elixir of life, this movie should be packing more nicotine. Read full review
60
SlateDavid Edelstein
To work onscreen, Thank You for Smoking needed to be fast, scruffy, and offhand. But even the good lines here last a self-congratulatory beat too long. Aaron Eckhart is likable, but he's too hangdog and naturalistic for a part that could have used a brisk young Jack Lemmon type. Read full review
60
Film ThreatJeremy Mathews
The film isn't as funny as the highly publicized conflict over the sell of its distribution rights might have you believe, but does contain a series of energized and entertaining performances that stop it from being a complete failure. Read full review
60
SalonStephanie Zacharek
The chief problem with Thank You for Smoking, isn't that it's over the top; it's that it fits so neatly UNDER the top. Read full review
60
EmpireDan Jolin
A laudably amoral and superbly caustic comedy for those who like their satire strong and unfiltered. Read full review
50
Austin ChronicleMarc Savlov
For a film that's ostensibly about modern American society's love affair with addictive behavior – sex, drugs, rock & roll – its bark is much worse than its bite. Read full review
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