Review by marc5477

As you might expect, this movie is all about yapping. The main character tells you so in his monologues. And the messages being sent are pretty straight forward, choice is freedom. The movie is less about cigarettes than it is about about pounding the same message over and over and over and over... till I just couldn't watch it any more. And thats the problem.

Many reviews seem to think this movie was witty. It isnt. Not unless you're a teen. Again the movie is very straight forward and the dialog between characters is just plain recycled water cooler jibber jabber where you could easily finish the sentences if you were involved in the conversation yourself. No one says anything unexpected or even remotely profound, not even at the time the movie was made.

So anyway, if you enjoy movies with a lot of meaningless back and forth dialog and think that benign chatter is funny, this movie might do better with you. Think Office Space except not nearly as funny imho. If you are looking for deep meaning then skip it. Its message is straight forward but the truth is the characters in the movie simply use hyperbole and fallacious arguments to justify themselves. The ending is apt for that reason, but doesnt make the entire thing less boring to watch.