The Yuppie Mephistopheles
Spin doctor Nick Naylor (Aaron Eckhart) is a lobbyist for the tobacco industry and is up against Senator Ortolan Finistirre's (William H. Macy) campaign to put skull and crossbones images on each pack of cigarettes sold in the USA. Naylor is also encouraging youthful smoking while still trying to be a role model for his young son Joey (Cameron Bright).
Naylor's boss BR (J.K. Simmons) and the "old man" of the tobacco industry (Robert Duvall) urge Naylor on when he tries to buy off the Marlboro Man who is dying of cancer (Sam Elliott) and making inroads with a movie merchandise placement agent (Rob Lowe) to get smokes in more films. Meanwhile, journalist Heather Holloway (Katie Holmes) is using her feminine charm to gather enough information on Naylor to bring him down.
Naylor regularly lunches with two other lobbyists -- Polly Bailey (Maria Bello), who represents the alcohol contingent, and Bobby Jay Bliss (David Koechner) from the gun industry.
Directed by Jason Reitman and based on a novel by Christopher Buckley.
Rated R for language and some sexual content.
My personal rating: B
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