Thank You for Smoking (IMDb:8.1|Rot:87%)
Went to see Thank You for Smoking last night. I haven't read the book, but the film is funny (and harsh)— a slick little piece of satire with quite a cast, including J.K. Simmons, William H. Macy, and Sam Elliot. Rob Lowe is brilliant as Japanophile entertainment agency exec Jeff Megall. (Although Adam Brody almost steals it as his smarmy California assistant: "As you can see, Jeff just loves… Asian shit.") The closing line made me very happy that Devo went into finance instead of becoming a lobbyist: "Michael Jordan plays ball. Charles Manson kills people. I talk."
Posted by rv at June 9, 2006 11:50 AM to movie