John C. Reilly and Seann William Scott in The Promotion (2008)

The Promotion

Movie2008• R• 1h 26m
Comedy
⭐ 5.6 / 10(20,643)

Two assistant managers of a corporate grocery store vie for a coveted promotion.

Rated
R
Runtime
1h 26m
Released
2008
Country
United States

Details

Release year: 2008

Storyline

Two assistant managers of a corporate grocery store vie for a coveted promotion.

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Did you know

• Jim Carrey was briefly interested in the lead role.

• There was a large department store chain in the midwest in the 1960's called Donaldson's.

• Though Donnie Wahls (Nathan Geist) is referred to as a bit too "junior" in the film, in actuality Geist had to pluck gray hairs before each day of filming during production.

Box Office

Gross (Domestic): $408,709

Opening Weekend (Domestic): $30,493 (2008-06-08)

User reviews

⭐ 7/10

Lots of nice surprises, too bad the right audience may never find it

👍 40 · 6/20/2009
⭐ 6/10

Well written and realistic ................

👍 18 · 1/2/2010
⭐ 6/10

Mediocrity at it's most benign

👍 71 · 8/29/2008

Technical specs

Sound mix
Dolby Digital, DTS
Aspect ratio
2.35 : 1
Color
Color

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