How to Get Ahead in Advertising (1989)
Dennis Dimbleby Bagley is a brilliant young advertising executive who can't come up with a slogan to sell a revolutionary new pimple cream... (imdb)
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Directed By: Bruce Robinson
Written By: Bruce Robinson
Starring: Richard E. Grant, Sean Bean, John Shrapnel, Terry Jones, Rachel Ward, Richard Wilson, Jacqueline Tong, Susan Wooldridge, Tony Slattery
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I almost gave up halfway through; I couldn't find a reason to care about Grant's (well-acted, I'll Grant you that, hyuck hyuck) character and his subsequent problems. The middle feels like a slog to get through, with irritating and slightly gross content. Gets more interesting/weirder as it chugs along, and once the two-way-television conversation rolls around I was back on board. Also, greedy consumerism is bad you say?? [monocle pops out in shock] Well I never!
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A top ad man goes insane trying to market a new boil cream. The film deserves praise for its bold and unconventional writing, imagery and finale, but it's a little light substance-wise. The scathing anti-advertising message isn't handled at all subtly but thankfully it never feels as though Robinson is trying to be ground-breakingly profound. What really makes this worthwhile viewing is Grant's wonderfully unhinged performance.
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Get Ahead they did! In time that is. A real one-man-show with great laughs.
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A ham-handed anti-consumerist message wrapped in a metaphor that couldn't be blunter, and culminating in an anti-climatic, goofy diatribe of a monologue instead of any kind of plot closure. Nevertheless, this film succeeds in a way that had eluded Bruce Robinson in his previous film, "Withnail & I" - this one is actually funny and compellingly quirky.
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RICHARD E. GRANT RULES!!!
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Classic british black humor with a strong script. Good critisim on advertising and a quirky/funny travel through a creative mind.
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My girlfriend said this is a guy's film, and perhaps she's right. First of all, there's way too much obscenity and crass humor. It starts off slow but picks up halfway through with some good laughs. Through its ridiculous antics it makes some good points about greed and the unscrupulousness of runaway capitalism. The kind of story that's hard to translate to the screen, but Robinson did a decent job considering. Grant's acting is superb. Definitely not for everyone.
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A viciously biting and brilliantly funny satire of the advertising business. A hotshot ad executive sprouts a boil on his neck which eventually grows eyes and a mouth of its own. He gradually goes mad as the evil boil gets bigger and takes over control of his whole body. A savage indictment of 80s greed culture, with a great performance from Richard E Grant.
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LouisMazzini | 75 59% |
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Although Grant's performance is fantastic, ultimately I felt the film didn't connect. This is a film that has something to say but in the end I don't think it made any point beyond some kind of vague anti-consumerism stance.
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tinysausage | 80 83% |
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Vicious satire of consumerism that is also outrageously funny. Both the script and Grant's performance are inspired, and Ward and Wilson are great in support. The direction is a bit pedestrian but the film seems more relevant than ever.
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Unluckily it looks and feels very dated. Because of the lameness in direction a good script doesn't work in parts. Grant is very theatrical and eye catching , the message is a bit old but not irrelevant. Worth the time.
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I think the best way to describe this film would be to say that if David Cronenberg ever made a comedy this would be it. It's as if someone combined the Brood and Network into a single film. Absolutely hilarious in parts, downright absurd in others Advertising always manages to entertain. However I have to say it felt that it started off much stronger than it finished. Still worth seeing.
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Highly engaging and seriously strange. Richard E. Grant must have had such fun with this role
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Hard to swallow if you didn't know it already, otherwise a great satire deserving of a wider audience.
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chemical404 | 89 99% |
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Great movie. What stuck me is the fact, that 20 years ago people were already well aware of what consumerism and greed is doing to humanity and nature, still things just got worse. Great, funny satire with awesome over-the-top character and acting by Richard E. Grant. A MUST SEE.
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I have no idea why I like this movie as much as I do. The monologues that bookend the film are perfect capstones to a wonderfully fucked-up allegory of one's postmodern decent into complacency.
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| Jan 19, 2009 | acarolla | 2 0% |
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KMcNeil | 9 94% |
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Ridiculously well-written satire. "I'm an expert on tits. Tits and peanut butter."
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| Nov 23, 2008 |  |
lauratron | 89 89% |
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Richard E. Grant has a pimple that grows into a head and takes over, it's directed by Bruce - Withnail and I - Robinson, it's a scathing look at the world of advertising, and it ends with a great monologue. You people are just greedy if you expect more from a film!
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| Jun 17, 2008 |  |
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TheDiceman | 75 89% |
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Very funny.
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nminichino | 90 93% |
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miss jesus | 69 65% |
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Clever, but not very pleasant.
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graag | 55 46% |
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burakh | 70 59% |
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