| Rating: | ★★★★ |
| Category: | Movies |
| Genre: | Comedy |
Aaron Eckhart (The Wicker Man, The Core) stars as Nick Naylor, the Big Tobacco's spin doctor extraordinaire. He is divorced, charming, intelligent, likable and of course the appointed spokesperson of an industry that kills 1200 people a day (that's equivalent to two jumbo jets crashing everyday). That's while he balances his act as a role model for his smart but brooding son Joey (Cameron Bright- Yes he played Jimmy/Leech in X-Men 3: The Last Stand).
The sweet sarcasm of reality in the world of spins unravels - politics, bribery, seduction and the sugarcoating of it all, where morality is all too relative and there are always different shades of truth. Nick's son go to a school named St. Euthanasius. Chuckles there. Hollywood actors onscreen smoking placement. More Ha-ha. Turning the tables on American congressmen who are equally supportive of different powerful lobbies (war, oil, etc.). Simply priceless.
Sharp editing, snappy dialogues and an interesting anti-Establishment storyline makes it one of the best satires to come up after Fahrenheit 9/11. Katie Holmes (Tom Cruise's trophy wife) pitches in as the cunning reporter and William H. Macy (Executive Producer- Transamerica) stars as the Vermont representative slash anti-Smoking advocate.
Four stars and a half. Actually.
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