Review of The Promotion (2008) by Necro — 04 Mar 2009

Everybody all together...WE WANT STIFFLER WE WANT STIFFLER.

This review of The Promotion (2008) was written by Necro on 04 Mar 2009.

The Promotion has generally received mixed reviews.

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By Anonymous User (943) on 08 Jul 2012

Not as funny as the actors should or could of been. worth a watch on a sunday evening if you've run out of recorded tv shows…

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By Miro K (10) on 31 Jul 2014

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It humanizes its characters and has some good laughs, the first half is a little light on humor but it picks up to a great second half…

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By Harry S (388) on 13 Apr 2012

I work at a grocery store so I found this movie very real and funny…

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By Mathew F (17) on 31 Mar 2013

The Promotion has a lot of potential to be funny or even quite smart but in the end it just ends up leaving an awkward mess in almost every aisle…

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By Parker S (206) on 01 Jun 2012

WORST SCOTTISH ACCENT BY AN AMERICAN EVER…

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By Faith S (164) on 21 Sep 2012

I really wanted to like it, but it was mostly just depressing…

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The film's refusal to take its characters anything less than seriously makes it cut deeper than a Will Ferrell lampoon…

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