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The Smell of Success

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A cosmetics saleswoman (Téa Leoni) takes control of her late father's manure company, while a fast-talking fertilizer rep plots a coup.
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Tim Grierson Screen International Unfortunately, Manure's outstanding visual design can't compensate for a screenplay that mostly focuses on setting up the next bravura set piece. May 9, 2009 Full Review Read all reviews

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Brett L Let me just say, I do not smell success for this one! Although I am a fan of Billy Bob Thornton and I found a few funny spots in the film, overall I find it to be a low quality, low budget, poorly acted movie. With the subject matter, it could have been a hilarious movie if they had invested more time and money for a better quality end product. Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 01/18/25 Full Review Geno p This is the Worst, the WORST movie I have ever seen. ITS stupid..for 3 graders...REALLY IT SUCKED. Rated 1 out of 5 stars 12/29/24 Full Review K B What a quirky well done movie! It’s not a blockbuster that everyone is used to & it gets hate for that. It has some really funny spots & is written well! Rated 5 out of 5 stars 12/18/24 Full Review Audience Member When the owner of Rose manure passes away his fecal empire is bequeathed to his daughter played by Tea Leoni and has to deal with and get help from his core group of salesman led by Billy Bob Thornton. In her way are a rival group led by Kyle McLachlin. This wants to be funnier than it is even goes as far as giving Ed Helms a ridiculous side effect from the competitions' product. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 01/18/23 Full Review Audience Member It's a new cult classic, so funky and bad that it's good. Also has some very funny parts! Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/14/23 Full Review Audience Member Disappointing. I expected more of this given the comedy potential of the story idea and the decent cast. Visually stunning but poorly scripted. Just not funny or interesting enough. Rated 1 out of 5 stars 01/28/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis A cosmetics saleswoman (Téa Leoni) takes control of her late father's manure company, while a fast-talking fertilizer rep plots a coup.
Director
Michael Polish
Producer
Janet DuBois, Ken Johnson, Jonathan Sheldon
Screenwriter
Mark Polish, Michael Polish
Production Co
Initiate Productions, Stander Productions
Rating
PG-13 (A Drug Situation|Language|Crude and Sexual Content)
Genre
Comedy
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Nov 18, 2016
Runtime
1h 36m
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