How to Get Ahead in Advertising (1989)
"The career where two heads are better than one."
ThumbScore
👍 69%audience score Estimated from TMDB user ratings and critic scores, calibrated to Google's former audience score. Google stopped publishing it in 2026.
Critics Score
🎬 65%
(RT: 65%) RT = Rotten Tomatoes (critic reviews). MC = Metacritic (weighted critic average). Critics Score is the average of both.
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Cast
Rachel Ward as Julia Bagley
Richard Wilson as John Bristol
Jacqueline Tong as Penny Wheelstock
Susan Wooldridge as Monica
Hugh Armstrong as Harry Wax
Mick Ford as Richard
Is How to Get Ahead in Advertising good?
It's divisive. 69% audience score, estimated from 116 TMDB ratings. Critics agree, scoring it 65%.
Overview
Pressure from his boss and a skin-cream client produces a talking boil on a British adman's neck. Wikipedia ↗
