Jason Reitman is a writer-director whose voice emerged young – in his early 20s – brash, intelligent, the bleeding edge of his generation.
With “Thank You For Smoking” followed by “Juno,” Reitman established himself as that rare talent who could translate authentic human experience into biting satire with an undercurrent of empathy. You laughed and you cried at his movies, sometimes simultaneously. The movies had political themes (smoking, teen pregnancy), but they embraced them lightly.
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As his film career has progressed, Reitman’s voice has settled into something more earnest and less authentic.