How to Get Ahead in Advertising

1989

Action / Comedy / Fantasy

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Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Certified Fresh 65% · 17 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 77% · 2.5K ratings
IMDb Rating 6.8/10 10 7189 7.2K

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Plot summary

Pressure from his boss and a skin-cream client produces a talking boil on a British adman's neck.

Director

Bruce Robinson Photo
Bruce Robinson

Top cast

Sean Bean Photo
Sean Bean as Larry Frisk
Jacqueline Tong Photo
Jacqueline Tong as Penny Wheelstock
Susan Wooldridge Photo
Susan Wooldridge as Monica
Rachel Fielding Photo
Rachel Fielding as Jennifer
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846.96 MB
1280*682
English 2.0
R
Subtitles
23.976 fps
1 hr 30 min
Seeds 3
1.48 GB
1920*1024
English 2.0
R
Subtitles
23.976 fps
1 hr 30 min
Seeds 16

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by isla s 7 / 10

This is a somewhat bonkers British film. I

This is a somewhat bonkers British film. I assumed, from what I read of the plot before I saw it, that it would be about a mans mid life crisis but having seen it, it seems to depict more of an acute mental breakdown, brought on by his belief that a boil on his beck has somehow taken human form and is criticising him. Yes, its quite surreal - it is sort of funny in an oddball kind of a way, of course but the comedy is (of course) quite dark in tone. I suppose nowadays it wouldn't seem quite so comedic to make such a film, if its seen as making light on delusional mental/psychiatric conditions and the like. I quite like Richard E Grant as an actor and indeed he plays the main character, Dennis Bagley, well, depicting manic episodes with hyperactive behaviour et al. Its quirky and won't be to everyones taste - it even features a small amount of animation on screen at one point, further highlighting the worrying lack of clarity Dennis seems to have in terms of whats real and what isn't. Its either lightly amusing and very quirky, or somewhat disconcerting I suppose. Of course this film dates from the 1980s - certain issues weren't treated the way they are nowadays. I have my own personal issues but I still quite enjoyed this film regardless, as I liked the surreal and quirky aspects of it and I also thought it was amusing that Richard Wilson (of One Foot In The Grave fame) appears as Dennis' boss. This wont appeal to all and is somewhat dated but its certainly not a boring or awful watch, so I'd recommended it on that basis.
Reviewed by R T 4 / 10

Shame, started off good and I was interested

Shame, started off good and I was interested and enjoying it, after the first half through, I got bored.
Reviewed by P K 10 / 10

WATCH THIS MOVIE!! Please. One of my favorite

WATCH THIS MOVIE!! Please. One of my favorite of all time, Richard Grant is amazing and the insights into capitalism as a way of life cannot be beat
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