Old Navy "No reservations about the coat" (2014) :30 (USA)

This spot features Amy Poehler playing the stereotypical Angeleno. (i.e. dumb, shallow, celebrity obsessed and pretending to be half their age.) It might actually be the weirdest and most unlikeable character Amy Poehler has played, which makes me wonder why they had her play it in this direction as it suggests Old Navy attracts this type of person.
As far as Old Navy goes, they certainly make the coat stand out in that restaurant. Whenever actors are forced to read lines like "All coats are fifty percent off," or "You can find it in your grocer's freezer," or "Stan's widgets comes with The Nice Guy Price and a thirty day guarantee," I'm willing to bet the copywriter has either checked out, is secretly working on an exit strategy from advertising, or is so beaten down trying to fight his creative directors/account execs or the clients, they've simply given up. When the guy delivers the poison (and believe-you-me, it is poison) it makes me pine for the days when Old Navy had a campy announcer, because at least that was fun. Also last thing, then I'll stop-- #runtooldnavy? The first word I see is "Tool." That must be an art directors' nightmare. Also stop with the hashtags, already.

Client: Old Navy
Agency: Chandelier Creative
Creative Directors: Richard Christiansen, Lena Kuffner
Managing Director: Sara Fisher
Account Director: Eileen Eastburn
Art Director: Michael Scanlon
Writer: Matt Murray
Producer: Chris Noble
Production Company: Caviar Content
Director: Jonathan Krisel
Executive Producers: Michael Sagol, Jasper Thomlinson
Line Producer: Andrea Struble
DP: Phedon Papamichail
Editorial: Horse Horse Horse / Final Cut NYC
Editors: Micah Gardner / Patrick Colman / Andre Castiglioni
Assistant Editor: Christopher Rizzo
President: Stephanie Apt
Executive Producer: Lauren Bleiweiss
Post Producers: Viet-an Nguyen / Mackenzie Alexander / Suzy Ramirez
Telecine: Color Collective
Colorist: Alex Bickel
Producer: Claudia Guevara
Audio Post: Lime Studios
Audio Engineer: Jeff Malen
VFX Studio: Significant Others
VFX Artist: Adam Lobel