Thank You for Smoking: Lobbyists, Salesmen, and other soul-less caricatures...

Nick Naylor (Aaron Eckhart) is the ultimate schmooze. Sometime ago the best negotiator and bullshit artists were to be found in sales and politics, but leave it to our little post-modern, post-industrial, post-ethics society to create something bigger and better for the sanguine melancholy temperaments of the world to do. Introducing, the perfect mix of politics and pr, of sales and smarmyness: The Lobbyist! A Sundance favorite by Jason Reitman, "Thank You for Smoking" tells the short story of Nick Naylor, lobbyist for Big Tobacco. The cast is full of friendly faces, Maria Bello, David Koechner, JK Simmons, Katie Holmes, Rob Lowe, Robert Duvall, and so many charachter workers that it's sweet to see who'll show up next. Naylor is not only a professional talker but a father of one. In a mildly sinister tale, we are exposed to the reasons why we smoke...which, as it seems, is because we believe in freedom. Wave that flag kids, because it's not only the spin, but it's the truth! Now, I feel personally connected to Naylor, mostly because I talk for a living. It's my job to get people to do what they really need to, but they didn't know was the first step to answering their legal woes. No, I don't sell pre-paid legal services. Accept in the sense that you have to pay the firm before we do work for you. Essentially, this film stands on it's own. It resists simply being an issue film, and gives us genuine characters. Albeit, mislead and depraved ones at that. Funny and respectable, I'd recommend it to you...I mean, that's what I'm doing here isn't it? It's fun...Watch it, enjoy. Law Office, Phil