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63% Critic Match
How to Get Ahead in Advertising
“The career where two heads are better than one.”
6.3 / 10• 1989• 1h 35m•R• English
FantasyComedyDrama
Storyline
Pressure from his boss and a skin-cream client produces a talking boil on a British adman's neck.
Cast & Crew
Richard E. Grant
Denis Dimbleby Bagley
Lead
Rachel Ward
Julia Bagley
Richard Wilson
John Bristol
Jacqueline Tong
Penny Wheelstock
Susan Wooldridge
Monica
John Shrapnel
Psychiatrist
HA
Hugh Armstrong
Harry Wax
Mick Ford
Richard
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Bruce Robinson's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. How to Get Ahead in Advertising is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
