The Promotion Reviews
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There are enough laughs to justify it being labeled as a comedy but a stronger storyline than one normally associates with this kind of film. It's an enjoyable diversion amidst the big guns of summer.
Read the full reviewIt's a sweet, human movie, if not an entirely successful one.
Read the full reviewAs this sweet, ineffectual comedy follows two sad sacks competing for the job of manager at a new branch of a Chicago grocery chain, it pointedly avoids the raucous bad-boy clowning of the typical Everyguy farce. Think of it as a polite, tightly muzzled "Clerks."
Read the full reviewThe Promotion edges toward some pretty bleak stuff. Then it steps back and laughs, like an office slacker.
Read the full reviewIt's one of those off-balance movies that seems searching for the right tone.
Read the full reviewIsn't quite as boring as it sounds, thanks to writer/director Steve Conrad's strong script and decent performances by John C. Reilly and Seann William Scott.
Read the full reviewYou have to wonder whether writer and director Steve Conrad, who wrote the films "Wrestling Ernest Hemingway," "The Weather Man" and "The Pursuit of Happyness," had something more hefty in mind before Harvey and Bob Weinstein came aboard and marketed his movie as a laugh riot. Regardless, it's not the stuff of lighthearted summer comedy.
Read the full reviewOne of the unfunniest comedies ever. Punch lines are lifeless. Characters are borderline catatonic. Running gags can't even walk.
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The Metascore® designation for this movie is 51
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