Gripping story with well-crafted characters

From my favorite movies..

what a terribly boring film. I'm sorry but this is absolutely not deserving of best picture and will be forgotten quickly. Entertaining and engaging cinema? No. Nothing performances with flat faces and mistaking silence for subtlety.

Great story, amazing characters, superb action, enthralling cinematography. Yes, this is something I am glad I spent money on.

This film included and encourage having sexual affair, and envy to have this kind of relations. So what have to we do? First buy some cosmetics, of course,buy some condom, buy perfume, go some place which you can have somebody. Make baby, have an abortion or not, have the baby, hospital expenses, when baby comes out buy diaper... Etc. So my point actually Hollywood's sexist mentality itself makes money.... I'm not sure I can make my point but this film zeroize itself. Anyway...

Lobbyists represent everything that is wrong with our country. Instead of voting for the common good of the people, they are paid in voters and campaign contributions, to vote the way big business wishes them to vote. The result is laws that benefit the few and hurt the many. Thank You For Smoking takes an in depth look at one of these lobbyists, who works for big tobacco. In a satirical way, the film shows how this man is able to achieve his companies goals through bending the facts, bribery, and out right lying in a way that is completely legal under our system of government. Aaron Eckhart is terrific, which will come as little surprise to many, however the film was anything but. Like most films, Thank You For Smoking has it's moments, but overall the film is one short scene that just repeats it's self over and over again. The situations are different and the players are different, but the arguments and agendas are always the same. After watching two hours of the same thing over and over again, I was more than done with this film. No matter how charismatic the actor may be, the fact is that what lobbyists do isn't terribly interesting. It's one meeting and argument after another and the film just completely runs around in circles. The film was critically acclaimed for Eckhart's performance, but nothing else. Some critics think that one outstanding performance makes a film worth seeing, but I don't. Aaron Eckhart is an outstanding actor, who has been great in many other films that are worth seeing. Thank You For Smoking is nothing more than an insult to the American people, that runs forty minutes too long, and just goes around in circles, it's not something I'd recommend wasting your time on.

Nick's job is spinning good PR for the tobacco industry, and he is very good at it. Unfortunately, for all his quick thinking and gift of the gab, there are those who feel that he is doing the devil's work and hold him responsible. Nick has to tread a careful line to keep his life in balance.Based on Christopher Buckley's sharply funny satirical novel, Jason Reitman's film is well adapted, well cast and well directed. Nick is the sort of part any actor would leap at, and Aaron Eckhart gives a tour de force performance. There is plenty of food for thought, some decent plot, and a great deal of humour: Nick's sheer nerve in fronting some of the defensive lines he comes up with is funny, funny stuff.

Thank You For Smoking. Some movies really fall into different territory all together. Just think of people who are playing the role of Merchants of Death like our hero Nick Naylor played by super Aaron Eckhart who is a lobbyist on behalf of companies who make billions by selling cigarettes and are root cause of 1200 deaths every day. Our hero just does not defend them, he makes sure no one thinks of them being bad people. Although he has facing a personal battle where he has to justify his stand to his growing son who is so fond of him. Directed by Jason Reitman of Juno and Up In The Air fame, this movie is a little cracker with delicious and witty one liners coming at rat a tat speed, characters which are so well defined and screenplay which as clean as water in mountains. I wish the war with senator was given more length as I felt that movie was over before its due time. I am going with fantastic 8 out of 10 for Thank You For Smoking. It is such a delicious comedy and drama with out of box idea that will keep you thinking for days