Glengarry Glen Ross (1992)
Average Rating: 8.5/10
Reviews Counted: 51
Fresh: 48 | Rotten: 3
This adaptation of David Mamet's play is every bit as compelling and witty as its source material, thanks in large part to a clever script and a bevy of powerhouse actors.
Average Rating: 9.7/10
Critic Reviews: 8
Fresh: 7 | Rotten: 1
This adaptation of David Mamet's play is every bit as compelling and witty as its source material, thanks in large part to a clever script and a bevy of powerhouse actors.
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Movie Info
David Mamet's award-winning play about a group of desperate real estate agents comes to the big screen from director James Foley. In a role created specifically for the movie, Alec Baldwin appears as a sales motivator, informing the group of hard-luck salesmen that they must compete in a sales contest where the losers will be fired. The agents work their same tired leads, until one hatches a scheme to burglarize the office, steal the leads, and sell them to a rival. Featuring a cast that
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Al Pacino
Ricky Roma -
Jack Lemmon
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Ed Harris
Dave Moss -
Alan Arkin
George Aaronow -
Kevin Spacey
John Williamson -
Alec Baldwin
Blake -
Jonathan Pryce
James Lingk -
Bruce Altman
Mr. Spannel -
Jude Ciccolella
Detective -
Paul Butler
Policeman -
Lori Tan Chinn
Coat Check Girl -
Neal Jones
Man in Donut Shop
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All Critics (52) | Top Critics (8) | Fresh (48) | Rotten (3) | DVD (36)
For anyone who loves sharp dialogue, compelling characters, and a stinging social rebuke, Glengarry Glen Ross is not to be missed.
Mamet reveals his exceptional talent for writing almost poetic working-class vernacular, scores his major implicit thematic thrusts against the nature of the way business-at-large is conducted.
David Mamet's play about the wheelings and dealings of real-estate salesmen gets dedicated playing from a splendid cast, but gains nothing by the transfer from stage to screen.
Top CriticThough the performances are satisfying in a projected way, they're nullified by an uninspired atmosphere around them. Despite the colorful and witty utterances of its characters, "Glengarry" feels artificial and rarefied.
Foley is as adept at managing this intensely psychodramatic material as he is handling an ensemble cast with the combined power of a runaway locomotive.
You can see the joy with which these actors get their teeth into these great lines, after living through movies in which flat dialogue serves only to advance the story.
Head of the direction duties, James Foley, strings it together well, making it harmonise like the musical piece it has succeeded to be.
As you would expect from a Mamet play, the dialogue sizzles.
...the most effective big-screen translation of a Mamet stage play.
The overall film, writing and acting are so darn good that I watched it and then immediately started it over again.
Mamet has a special gift for drawing portriats of lowlifers who are harsh but also funny, his salesmen are a far cry from Arthur Miller's Loman in Death of a Salesman.
This brilliant, gutsy film features a nervy script by David Mamet and career-topping performances by Jack Lemmon, Al Pacino, Alan Arkin, Ed Harris, Kevin Spacey, Jonathan Pryce and Alec Baldwin.
As fierce as it is funny. Rarely does does a film sustain such a fever pitch of dramatic intensity. One of the very best of 1992.
Words fly with the speed and impact of bullets.
As cynical as they come. But witty and clever.
Despite an acidic world-view, it generates a real feeling of the worth of artistic achievement and personal struggle.
Um estudo de personagens maravilhoso que se torna ainda mais eficaz graças ao forte roteiro do mestre Mamet e às performances de um elenco admirável.
A sharp look at the surreal world of real estate sales.
The acting is as good as it gets. A wonderful film!
The directing's a bit obtrusive, but the script and the acting gets to the heart of Mamet's glorious obsession with macho B.S.
One of the great American movies.
Brilliantly acted and written, it's one of the best ensemble pieces of its particular decade.
Five truly great actors in a rare film that fully justifies their talents.
Audience Reviews for Glengarry Glen Ross
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"A Story For Everyone Who Works For A Living."
Glengarry Glen Ross is one of those movies that has been on my need to see list for sometime now. Now, that I've finally got around to seeing it, I can fully understand why it's regarded as a classic. It is, without a doubt, a great film. It's a performance film and it's a workplace film, and both aspects are handled perfectly. I guess it always helps a movie that is so dependent on performances when you are able to assemble a cast as good as this one.
Four salesmen at a reality firm are given an ultimatum by some guy that comes in from downtown to fire them up. Either sell or get fired. But the employees don't believe they can sell because all the leads they are getting are old and worthless. The prized leads are only given out to those who can sell says the man. Then we follow those four through their night and morning.
As I said, this movie is almost 100 percent based on the performances of its cast. The four salesman are played by: Al Pacino, Alan Arkin, Jack Lemmon, and Ed Harris. The man who runs the office is played by Kevin Spacey, and the man who comes into fire them up is played by Alec Baldwin. So the cast is pretty fucking good. There's no clear standout, as they are all amazing, but surprisingly my favorite performance was turned in by Alec Baldwin as Blake. He may have only been on screen for five to ten minutes, but it was my favorite part of the film.
Glengarry Glen Ross is a movie every film buff should see. The dialogue is brilliant, as are the performances. It's a fun movie, with serious themes. I was completely entertained from start to finish by the actors. Sometimes conversation movies like this don't make the complete runtime entertaining. There's lows in most of these type of films. This one was all highs though.
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Movies Like Glengarry Glen Ross
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- Ricky Roma: When you die, you're gonna regret the things that you don't do.
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- Ricky Roma: Hey, let me buy you a pack of gum. I'll show you how to chew it.
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- Blake: A-I-D-A. Attention, Interest, Decision, Action. Attention - Do I have you attention? Interest - Are you interested? I know you are, because it's fuck or walk. You close or you hit the bricks. Decision - Have you made your decision for Christ? And Action.
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- Blake: F*$k you-- that's my name! You know why, mister? Because you drove a Hyundai to get here tonight, I drove an $80,000 BMW. That's my name.
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- Blake: Your name is 'you're wanting', and you can't play the man's game, you can't close them, and then tell your wife your troubles.
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- Blake: I'd wish you good luck but you wouldn't know what to do with it if you got it.
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