Thank You For Smoking (DVD, 2009, Widescreen)

Fans of satire will appreciate this smart comedy and talk about it for days (if not months) because of its clever delivery. Thank You for Smoking puts the viewer in the unusual position of having to empathize with the tobacco industry's most talented defender & spokesman ("Michael Jordan plays ball. Charles Manson kills people. I talk."). The movie follow's Aaron Eckhart's character, Nick Naylor, as he has to handle impossible situations with his family life, assignments for his job, opposition from lawmakers (William H. Macy), and intrusions from the press (Katie Holmes)---all of which he handles with the utmost skill. As you see his opponents trying to lever him for their selfish interests, you really find yourself with no choice but to root for him.

There is a fair amount of cursing which is used appropriately, but any person who can understand the adult situations of a talk show can appreciate this movie.