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This HBO movie is a portrayal of the book of the same title which I had read about a year ago. The book wasn't very good reading. It was turgid and disjointed, but I imagine that it portrayed the facts fairly well.

R.J. Reynolds, like Safeway (another Travis LBO), is once again a publically traded company. Nabisco, the "National Biscuit Company", was recently purchased by Philip Morris to add to its Kraft stable of foods making it, Philip Morris, the world's second largest food manufacturer after Nestle. This corporate reshuffling transfers massive amounts of money into the pockets of the investment banks. Both the book and the movie convey this greed. The book is alone in pointing out that even significant shareholders have no say in whether or not their company should be bought out.

The movie is better than the book in only one respect -- it's over in less than two hours.

There was much use of the f*** word, but I wouldn't expose another adult to this movie, let alone a child.

I found the acting, and portrayal of the characters, to be uniformly dreadful. It was almost as bad as watching a TV sitcom, but then this *is* an HBO movie. There were a few good lines, but even these had little impact as they were so poorly performed.

The bottom line is that you'd get more enjoyment out of a box of Oreo cookies, Fig Newtons, or a pack of Camels, than you would from renting this movie.

Holywood Video has this filed in the "Comedy" category. They're right, it is a joke!


Recommended: No

Viewing Format: VHS
Video Occasion: None of the Above
Suitability For Children: Not suitable for Children of any age