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Title: A Parody of the Tobacco Industry
Review: This movie focuses on a tobacco industry lobbyist, the "sultan of spin," a man named Jack Naylor, who wants to excel at his less than scrupulous job while at the same time being a role model for his son.His son seems to be fascinated by what he does for a living, and doesn't seem to be disturbed by his father's flexible moral base. The movie is meant to be tongue in cheek, Naylor lies for a living because "it pays the mortgage," a line that a less than scrupulous reporter reuses on Naylor after sleeping with him and airing his dirty laundry in the paper the following week.I would say that "unscrupulous" is a good word to describe both the movie and the majority of its main characters. But that's what makes it an effective, biting, sarcastic take on the lobbyist world, and on all those who put their personal interests ahead of everything else, including their own families.
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