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Title: Good movie, but not as great as I had expected
Review: "Thank You For Smoking" is a satirical comedy about Nick Naylor, a lobbyist for the tobacco industry, focusing much on his relationship to his son. Nick is a great character. He's a nice and likeable man in spite of his job. He is, in his own words, "morally flexible". He does his job in order "to pay the mortgage", something he has in common with most of the characters in the film (kind of reminds me of "Showgirls" when Gina Gershon says "We're all whores"). The movie succeeds in being neutral and avoid moralizing. The characters are good. I haven't read the book so I can't compare it.The 8,1/10 rating on IMDb made my expectations high, and it didn't quite live up to them, but it's still a good movie.
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