Review of How to Get Ahead in Advertising (1989) by Alexis M — 07 Sep 2011

An advertising executive who has spent years feeding off the insecurities of the London public begins to suffer a nervous breakdown when the stress of pedaling all these projects becomes to much. He begins to develop multi-personalities with one being a complete manifestation of the fast talking, mean-spirited ad-exec and the other being the nicer version of him.

Of and this manifestation is visualized by a gigantic talking boil which begins to grow on his shoulder. How to Get Ahead in Advertising is an insane, mean-spirited dark comedy that is really elevated by Richard E.

Grant's absolutely hysterical performance. Grant really captures the insanity which the film was going for and he really is an absolute delight to watch. This film is bat shit insane but its a rather searing commentary on the Advertising industry and the script is really a lot of fun.