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The Smell of Success

The Smell of Success

byBilly Bob Thornton
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Sue
5.0 out of 5 starsVery Funny & Entertaining
Reviewed in the United States on September 26, 2021
I love gardening with manure. I loved the leading lady's 1950's outfits. I loved the 1950's look - men in suits, the cars. Lots of jokes and puns about poop. Watch until the very end to learn something about where a word came from. P.S. Lots of jokes about manure as fertilizer, but it and compost very good as fertilizer. Altho don't use cat, dog, or people manure. And compost your manure before you add it to the garden. I mostly use horse manure. Very much appreciated the cast and support team providing entertainment during the pandemic. A farm worker I worked with told me he always thought manure on the fields smelled like money!
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3.0 out of 5 starsTHIS HAD SO MUCH POTENTIAL, BUT FELL SHORT
Reviewed in the United States on July 31, 2021
It ended weirdly with too many holes in the story. Too bad, because it got off to a great quirky beginning.

Interesting artwork in the sets and style of scenery, good acting, but it all came to nothing interesting at the end. Sad.

Acting was great, but the end seemed like it was part of another story, very disjointed and lazy compared to the rest of the story.
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Sue
5.0 out of 5 stars Very Funny & Entertaining
Reviewed in the United States on September 26, 2021
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I love gardening with manure. I loved the leading lady's 1950's outfits. I loved the 1950's look - men in suits, the cars. Lots of jokes and puns about poop. Watch until the very end to learn something about where a word came from. P.S. Lots of jokes about manure as fertilizer, but it and compost very good as fertilizer. Altho don't use cat, dog, or people manure. And compost your manure before you add it to the garden. I mostly use horse manure. Very much appreciated the cast and support team providing entertainment during the pandemic. A farm worker I worked with told me he always thought manure on the fields smelled like money!
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Shari Perkett
5.0 out of 5 stars Refreshing take of humor in days gone by...
Reviewed in the United States on August 27, 2021
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If you're looking for a humorous story of days gone by? This one is for you. The humor is obvious but thought provoking. It leaves you reminiscing of days gone by and movies that had a plot that makes you think.
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Rocco Semler
5.0 out of 5 stars Great performances by Billy Bob Thornton and Tea Leoni
Reviewed in the United States on July 19, 2021
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An absurdist black comedy with Billy Bob Thornton and Tea Leoni. Worth watching
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B Jackson
5.0 out of 5 stars you KNOW it's gonna be good!: ) Really off the wall humor
Reviewed in the United States on January 20, 2015
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With the combination of Tea Leoni & Billy Bob Thornton, you KNOW it's gonna be good! :) Really off the wall humor, set with a brown background...a very enjoyable movie. :)
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Brenda
5.0 out of 5 stars DVD THE SMELL OF SUCCESS WITH BILLY BOB THORNTON
Reviewed in the United States on October 10, 2015
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**GREAT ACTORS**(HOW CAN YOU GO WRONG WITH BILLY BOB?) GREAT STORYLINE***LOTS OF SURPRISES***
GOT HERE QUICKLY AND WAS PACKED SAFE & SOUND**THANK YOU**
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5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in the United States on January 20, 2015
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very funny
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Rayden Crawley
5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in the United States on June 2, 2015
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hilarious black comedy
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The Movie Guy
5.0 out of 5 stars FEEL FREE TO TOUCH IT
Reviewed in the United States on May 6, 2012
The production utilizes a brown surreal back drops for effect. All the salesmen drive identical brown Plymouths, apparently synonymous with crap. The beginning of the film is loaded with manure humor. Like real manure, after you have been around it for a while, you don't notice it. Mr. Rose dies and leaves the company to his city daughter Rosemary (Téa Leoni). The time frame is the mid 60's. She attempts to get the debt ridden company under control and rides with the salesmen of which Patrick Fitzpatrick (Billy Bob Thornton) is the best.

Things aren't going too well, then the bottom drops out when a rival company threatens to push them out of business, resulting in an unorthodox war between the companies. Meanwhile there is a mysterious man called Nose-tra-dameus or Nelly the Nose (Richard Edson) who visits the office.

The movie is clever, even without the manure humor. Ed Helms is his typical self while Pruitt Taylor Vince gives us his likeable big guy role. I loved the backdrops as every day had a brown hue overcast. My biggest negative was the anachronism of the Endangered Species Act (1973).

No f-bombs, sex, or nudity. Fake man boobs. Frequent S-word usage, move over South park.
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SusieQ
5.0 out of 5 stars Billy Bob fan
Reviewed in the United States on January 4, 2019
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I saw this movie years ago. It has a fantastic play on words
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