Michael Phillips
The Los Angeles Times
Screenwriter Steve Conrad likes his protagonists to suffer a little en route to finding a better place and not in the usual sitcomic ways. He writes distinctive dialogue -- tart, off-kilter, full of odd little details (as in his offbeat script for the Nicolas Cage starrer "The Weather Man" and in the more conventional, true-life tale "The Pursuit of Happyness").
In "The Promotion," Conrad makes his feature film directorial debut. The script is his, narrated by Doug, a mid-level Chicago supermarket employee played by Seann William Scott. [...]
di Michael Phillips, articolo completo (1888 caratteri spazi inclusi) su The Los Angeles Times 6 giugno 2008