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Glengarry Glen Ross (1992)
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Like moths to a flame, great actors gravitate to the singular genius of playwright-screenwriter David Mamet, who updated his Pulitzer Prize-winning play for this all-star screen adaptation. The material is not inherently cinematic, so the movie's greatest asset is Mamet's peerless dialogue and the assembly of a once-in-a-lifetime cast led by Al Pacino, Jack Lemmon, and Alec Baldwin (the last in a role Mamet created especially for the film). Often regarded as a critique of the Reagan administration's impact on the American economy, the play and film focus on a competitive group of real estate salesmen who've gone from feast to famine in a...
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Glengarry Glen Ross Movie Review by Justin  (3/17/2006) |
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You're hard pressed to find finer ensemble acting since the release of this furious little steam engine of a movie. Mamet's characteristically well stylized dialogue infuses the flick with tones of anger, passion, offbeat humor, sympathy, and surprising complexity. It's hard to tell if Mamet means to satirize, or perhaps...
(complete Glengarry Glen Ross review by Justin)
| Glengarry Glen Ross Movie Review by Jarrod (11/27/2007) |
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'Glengarry Glen Ross' features some of David Mamet's best writing, and that is in spite of the fact that he employs a lot of jargon, from the world of real estate, as his characters discuss the importance of closing, and leads, and suggesting investment strategies to their clients, but beneath all of this lies dialogue...
(complete Glengarry Glen Ross review by Jarrod)
| Glengarry Glen Ross Movie Review by Valerie (12/15/2006) |
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Brilliant from beginning to end. This is my favorite "talk movie" of all time.
Nowadays it's hard to find a decent film without a single explosion or gunshot, well, Glengarry Glen Ross pulled it off amazingly back in 1992.
The dialogue is wild, hilarious and nothing short of memorable. Al Pacino, Jack Lemmon, Kevin...
(complete Glengarry Glen Ross review by Valerie)
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