The last weekend we were blessed/cursed with remarkable bad weather, what better to do then watching a movie. My son and I watched 'Thank you for smoking' ...

It tells the story of a spokesperson for the big tobacco industry, his struggle with 'moral flexibility' - and of course we got the movie spin - being a role model for his 12 year old son. Ok, I know this sounds very cheesy and very 'Hollywood'-like, but it is damn entertaining and funny. Both of us had a very good time and both of us can recommend this movie to anyone.

While we are at the topic or recommending this movie to anyone, the movie is rated 'R' in the US, and rated '12' (like PG-12) in Germany. Doing a quick check on IMDB, I could not find any other country (beside Singapore) that puts a restrictive rating like the US on the movie. The reason for the 'R' rating in the US is 'sexual content and language'. We have watched the movie in the original English version, I don't know if language or contents was softened in any non-US version, but I find it unlikely. Sex and language are just so more dangerous for the US youth then dismembering body parts ....