Glengarry Glen Ross
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Movie Reviews of Glengarry Glen Ross
Movie Review: If you're in street sales, this movie will be like a horror flick to you..
Summary: 5 Stars
You wont understand much of it otherwise. There's a 10 minute scene with Alec Baldwin (his only appreance in the film) that I used to show my sales crew in my own business. All tongue and cheek but sort of not. Alec gives one of the best manager ass-chewings I've ever seen on film or real life. Its dark and dank throughout the whole movie. But not in a depressing way really. It also sets a record of sorts for how many times the "f" word is said. It's real world. Jack Lemmon plays the not-quite-burnt out gray beard looking for one last home run. Al Pacino was totally, completly slick. You want to buy somthing from him but you can't because its a movie.. He's that good. Kevin Spacy is the whipping post beat on office manager and Ed Harris is just plain pissed at the world thru the whole flick.One of those "its everybodys elses fault" type roles. But to fully take in and absorb G.G.G.R, a serious street sales background will bring this first rate production right into your head. EG; You'll "get it". By the way, if you prefer certain movies that have NO female cast members anywhere, here's your movie. Not one. (Actually a waitress in a restaraunt makes a 2 second showing but that's it) Yes, Its a kind of guy flick but in an office setting and nothing blows up and no guns. Action packed however, except with suits and ties.Movie Review: "Put that coffee down! Coffee is for closers only."
Summary: 5 Stars
Guns. Explosions. Car chases. Sex. Damsels in distress. Child sidekicks. MTV-like madness. These are the things that Glengarry Glen Ross DOESN'T have. So what makes it so great? Because it's a character-driven story that relies strictly on dialogue and personalities. There is no need for gunfights and car chases; the characters and the dialogue in this movie are what makes it so captivating. These characters are raunchy and obscene; it's hard to either love them or despise them.
Based on the Tony Award-winning play by David Mamet, it is a story about desperation, distrust, greed, and real estate. There are six main characters, and they easily make the film for their hard-hitting attitudes. Pacino, Lemmon, Harris, Arkin, Spacey, and Baldwin . . . I don't know how to perfectly describe them. They are brilliant. The way they interact with each other, how they detest each other, how they trust and distrust each other; complexity lies in their chemistry. The plot may be simple, but it's the characters that makes Glengarry Glen Ross really special. It's a movie that must be remembered for every new generation.
Word of caution: if you can't stand heavy profanity, then you probably won't feel very comfortable while watching this. The F and S words are constantly used throughout, so you have been warned.
Movie Review: Watch the movie for the actors and the script.
Summary: 5 Stars
Jack Lemmon, one of the screen's great actors, gives a startling performance as Sheldon Levine, a once-great salesman now gone to seed and plagued with desperation over losing his job in David Mamet's "Glengarry Glen Ross." Lemmon's work really makes the movie, though the cast of stars (Alec Baldwin, Al Pacino, Ed Harris, Alan Arkin, Kevin Spacey and Jonathan Pryce) is uniformly excellent. And, through Mamet's screenplay, each is given an opportunity to have at least one powerhouse scene, particularly Baldwin, who appears only in the beginning 10 minutes of the film.With a cast that talented, it's good that they're all given moments to shine.
The plot of the film is beside the point, really. Much of the "action" that drives the plot, including the pivotal robbery of the office, occurs off-screen. (This is done so that the plot can function as a whodunit - but also because the film focuses more on how these men, when their masculinity is challenged through threats to their jobs, react in violent outbursts to one another.)
The DVD offers up two discs, featuring both a fullscreen and a widescreen presentation of director James Foley's film. Features also include a tribute to Lemmon and a commentary track by Foley.
If you like dialogue-driven drama that's usually reserved for the stage, this film is a must-see.
Movie Review: WHAT MORE COULD I ASK FOR?
Summary: 5 Stars
Glengarry Glen Ross is a movie that pretty much case studies the effects of extreme pressure put upon workers to perform. In this particular case, it's real estate salesmen however the results certainly could've been similar for workers in a restaurant, a hospital, etc... The pressure placed upon them to close sales leads by a 'motivator' from the head office is extreme and could be considered cruel. The leads in their possession are old. New leads will be given only to those who close the old leads (and if they don't close, they get fired). Their reactions range from anger on through to the resolution to act immediately. One of the salesmen cracks and decides to steal the new leads. Who stole the leads and did he do it by himself or did he have inside help?
Glengarry Glen Ross pretty much occurs throughout one 24 hour period. As a result, the pace is deliberate but it serves the story well. The dialog is scintillating (and not just because of the foul language). All actors involved (even those given small parts) give the performances of their lives. All these elements combine to make Glengarry Glen Ross a movie for which there's no equal.
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Movie Review: ABC: Always Be Closing!
Summary: 5 Stars
Amazing work by Alec Baldwin, Ed Harris, Jack Lemmon! Arkin and Spacey aren't bad either in this exceptionally well-written drama.
Couple of minor complaints: Jonathan Pryce's mouse of a man who couldn't seem to get two words out without stammering. His part was agony to sit through. Yes, I know, it was intended this way by Mamet, still...painful to witness. Pacino character is a slimey sleazebag in this flick and rather unpleasant to experience. This, too, was intentional.
Okay. I get it.
My only real beef is that the film was too short. Something like this should be longer--because the characters are so damn believable and their dilemmas so real.
To me, this is basically the human condition (from day one): struggle and more struggle (and the real estate office nothing more than a metaphor--although quite powerful and appropriate.)
Hey, what would life be without a few obstacles?
Mamet has written a winner of a flick here (based on his award-winning play.) Gotta be proud.
Oh yeah, the only thing I (mildly) resent is Mamet borrowing "The Machine" monicker (for Shelley Levine) from the late, great Nelson Algren and his Man With the Golden Arm tome.