The Promotion (DVD)

The Promotion is a very little known but decent comedy with a solid cast and a couple of good laughs. It had a very, very minor UK release, which is disappointing considering that tripe like Disaster Movie gets a massive wide release and also rakes in plenty of cash. Doug Stauber (Seann William Scott) is the assistant manager in a large, successful supermarket. He's convinced that he's going to become the manager of a supermarket opening around the corner, but a new assistant manager from Canada arrives named Richard Welhner (John C. Reilly), and so a battle of wits begins for the job. The film explores the broader issues at hand also, such as how their vying ...  Read the complete review

Last weekend gratefully saw the last of the weddings for 2008. With only a few left friends to marry, (you can put me into that little group), my wedding suit is safely back into the wardrobe at least until March of next year. The downside of this is no more free bars...and the result of last weekends free bar was that I spent all of Sunday nursing the hangover from hell having what I call a Duvet Day. A day is spent under the duvet tucked up on the couch, watching films, drinking tea and consuming packs of biscuits faster than you can say 'Are we out of Chocolate hobnobs already?' One of these films that I watched, wallowing on my couch, was The Promotion. I ...  Read the complete review

Sadly being overlooked by another movie also starring John C. Reilly namely Step Brothers, The Promotion is the far more enjoyable of the two. Ironically I find myself reviewing a movie so close to reality, after another review in which I said reality in movies pretty much sucks. The story of The Promotion follows Doug Stauber (Sean William Scott) and Richard Welhner (Reilly) as they both competes against each other to become manager of a new supermarket opening near Stauber's family home. The Promotion stars very much like a normal civil competition between two same level employees working for a major supermarket chain, but inevitably ends up becoming a ...  Read the complete review