Death of a Telemarketer

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Lloyd S @Lloyd93 Mar 13, 2024 Funny and entertaining. Good laughs. See more mitch c @RT55212199 Oct 7, 2022 Usually the RT ratings are spot on. If I had read these first before viewing, I would have passed. But I came upon it while channel surfing and it immediately caught my interest. It's not a great comedy, but here's what some of the pro critics don't seem to grasp. It is not so much a comedy (despite a good share of chuckles) as it is about good old fashion redemption. It's that, encased it a pretty darn good view of the cut throat telemarketing world. It's a Wonderful Life it ain't, but still a cleverly written and well acted modern morality play. At less than 90 minutes of your time I recommend it. See more prawnda s @RT72497680 Sep 9, 2022 solid movie. i didn't care for the more emotional segments near the end, but otherwise this was good fun. the final scene was especially nice to reset the mood. See more Shawn B Jun 27, 2022 Yikes. Not funny, but rather macabre. See more May 31, 2022 Is it just me or do the gun toting father/son characters remind you of father/son who were involved in the shooting of the jogger in Georgia? See more Apr 17, 2022 I totally enjoyed this film. I started watching it late at night for background noise while paying bills but became interested in the hype of telemarketing (in the early 1980s I was the scheduler for three shifts of employees at a marketing and research company who called at all hours to do product surveys before "do not call lists" were created). The film is an accurate recreation of the tactics many telemarketers used back in the day including the administrative goading to bring in more "hits" and the competition among employees (the number of shifts was based on successful completion of surveys). It was a sleazy business employing housewives, students, retirees, people on disability, and those who needed a second or third part-time job. The irritation and anger shown by Asa are totally understandable and at times many of us have thought we'd like to "kill" the spam caller on the other end of the line who has interrupted our private time only to try and heat us out of our money. The pace of the film begins slowly but builds to an interesting conclusion that's a bit unexpected and surprisingly redemptive. We all love Rick James. See more Read all reviews

Death of a Telemarketer

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