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Glengarry Glen Ross (1992)

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Average Rating: 8.5/10
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Fresh: 43 | Rotten: 2

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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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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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

R, 1 hr. 40 min.

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Feb 20, 2007

Artisan Home Entertainment

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All Critics (50) | Top Critics (7) | Fresh (50) | Rotten (2) | DVD (35)

For anyone who loves sharp dialogue, compelling characters, and a stinging social rebuke, Glengarry Glen Ross is not to be missed.

June 10, 2008 Full Review Source: ReelViews | Comment
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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.

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: Chicago Sun-Times | Comment
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The performers achieve a true ensemble rhythm; at times, the entire office seems like a single, shouting organism.

September 29, 1992 Full Review Source: Entertainment Weekly | Comment
Entertainment Weekly
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As you would expect from a Mamet play, the dialogue sizzles.

March 17, 2011 Full Review Source: Ozus' World Movie Reviews | Comment
Ozus' World Movie Reviews

...the most effective big-screen translation of a Mamet stage play.

July 6, 2010 Full Review Source: Reel Film Reviews | Comment
Reel Film Reviews

The overall film, writing and acting are so darn good that I watched it and then immediately started it over again.

August 25, 2008 Comment (1)
WJFK-FM (CBS Radio)

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.

August 17, 2006 Full Review Source: EmanuelLevy.Com | Comment

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.

May 26, 2006 Full Review Source: Combustible Celluloid | Comment
Combustible Celluloid

A welcome if foul-mouthed reminder of just what it takes for a lot of folk to make it through the working day.

November 3, 2005 Full Review Source: Empire Magazine | Comment
Empire Magazine

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.

October 21, 2005 Comment
Fantastica Daily

Words fly with the speed and impact of bullets.

October 21, 2005 Full Review Source: Arizona Daily Star | Comment
Arizona Daily Star

As cynical as they come. But witty and clever.

January 1, 2005 Comment
Denton Record Chronicle (TX)

Despite an acidic world-view, it generates a real feeling of the worth of artistic achievement and personal struggle.

December 27, 2003 Full Review Source: Apollo Guide | Comment
Apollo Guide

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.

December 8, 2003 Comment
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Audience Reviews for Glengarry Glen Ross

The good news is you're fired

November 4, 2011
Joe McCall

Super Reviewer

Based on a play of the same name, "Glengarry Glen Ross", a film with one of the best ensemble of actors to ever grace a single motion picture, chronicles the happenings during two days in the lives of four real estate salesmen working in the office of Mitch and Murray. The title comes from the names of two of real

March 9, 2010
Aditya Gokhale
Aditya Gokhale

Super Reviewer

    1. Dave Moss: Yes! I confess! I did it!
    – Submitted by Zbigniew Z (13 days ago)
    1. Blake: I'd wish you good luck but you wouldn't know what to do with it if you got it.
    – Submitted by Zbigniew Z (13 days ago)
    1. Blake: ABC. 'A', always. 'B', be. 'C', closing. ALWAYS BE CLOSING. Always be closing.
    – Submitted by Sean C (4 months ago)
    1. Dave Moss: You want to know what it takes to sell real estate? It takes BRASS BALLS to sell real estate.
    – Submitted by Michael C (5 months ago)
    1. Dave Moss: Put that coffee down. Coffee's for closers. You're name's Levine? You call yourself a salesman, you son of a bitch?
    – Submitted by Jason B (8 months ago)

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