Glengarry Glen Ross

Pros: Acting, Directing, Jack Lemmon is perfect
Cons: Dialog has a few too many*&^%, #@%&, and &%@# for the kiddies!

“Fat and round and firmly packed It was hanging on the rack Someone stole the kishka When I turned my back Who stole the kishka? Who stole the kishka? Who stole the kishka? Someone bring it back!” Trad. Polish song Alfred ...

Pros: Outstanding cast
Cons: nothing

I'm not sure what I was expecting when I picked this up, but what I got wasn't even close. This is n ...

Pros: Lemmon, Pacino, Arkin, Harris in that order. Cinematography, Musical score
Cons: All testosterone. Gratuitous use of bad language, and Mamet's typically schizophrenic dialog

I have had this DVD on my desk for three months, to do this review. Why? Because basically, even though everyone loves this movie, it has been nominated for multiple awards, the actors were superb and the screen play was written by David Mamet,...

Pros: Performances, dialogue.
Cons: Not visually impressive.

Glengarry Glen Ross is a film that is made up of pure testosterone. More so than any war or action film. Glengarry Glen Ross is a film about angry depressed men. Men who work in a environment that is a lot like a...

Pros: Integrity - Great Acting and no letup from start to finish!
Cons: Yes, it's a 'Downer'. But it's a realistic and probable one.

This review is the Twenty-Second in a series that commemorates the Laser Disc and provides us with an opportunity to revisit our film collection on this now forgotten medium.

The review:

Honoring the Memory of John Uhler Lemmon...

Pros: Find me a better cast. Go on, I dare you.
Cons: Foley's direction sometimes gets in the way. But not enough to ruin the film.

I had a dream once: Felix Unger, Michael Corleone, Jackson Pollock (or was it John Glenn?), and John Yossarian were having dinner, hip deep in a conversation about the best way to bilk honest and hard-working people out of their money. They talked in...

Pros: The cast alone over the story
Cons: Why can't they make more movies like this?

By definition, a guys movie can be labelled as a big budget action flick starring Arnie or Sly, or The Godfather. There's practically no room in between for a well acted and very intriguing character study. While most of those grandiose films are indeed ...

Pros: Creme de la creme cast, a play that perfectly captures the working man's plight...
Cons: None for me, really. It IS a photographed play, is THAT a problem?

by Dane Youssef Well-played, well-written look at the bottom rung on society--salesman. Real-estate, exactly. Yes, it's a "photographed play." Like just about every other play adaptation to the big screen... but it's so well done, you ...

Pros: a great ensemble cast
Cons: a lot of vulgarity with just a bit of a lull

A must see if you love these actors. It also stars Jonathan Pryce, Alec Baldwin, and Jack Lemmon. This has always been one of my favorite films (saw it twice). I am writing an "agreeing opinion" as I just read benito's and he says it so...

Pros: The filming, the cast, the cop calling each one into the room...and the believability of the scams.
Cons: Tooooooooooo verbose!

Like "Fight Club", "Glengarry Glenn Ross" is one of those movies where a reviewer does not want to give away the essential twist that really hooks you into the story. As well, "Glengarry Glenn Ross" explores the basic...

Pros: An absolutely first-rate cast. Memorable characters. Fantastic dialogue.
Cons: None.

In today's movie making world, audiences worldwide get blasted by so many blockbusters boasting tons of CGI effects and whiz-bang f/x that it sometimes becomes easy to forget the joys of movies where the focus is just on characters talking.
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Pros: Acting, Character, Details, Human Understanding
Cons: Plot, Language

Every now and then there comes along a film that we, the viewer, know is good and we take it for granted that it's good, even if we don't understand quite why. "Glengarry Glen Ross" is supposedly one of those movies. The truth is, it's a fine film,...

Pros: Outstanding Cast, Well-acted, Well-written
Cons: Doesn't really go much of anywhere, too much pointless profanity

The film, "Glengarry Glen Ross," is based on a play of the same name. Both the play and the film were written by David Mamet, whose other credits include "The Untouchables," "The Spanish Prisoner," and "Wag the...

Pros: Superb performances, character interaction
Cons: Not for everyone.

Glengarry Glen Ross (GGR) is a tough movie to sum up in simple terms like "neato," or "it was so sad ..." This movie isn't your typical Hollywood extravaganza. This a twisted take on normal life played by some great actors. The...

Pros: Characters, writing, acting
Cons: -

Compared with its bastard son "Boiler Room," "Glengarry Glen Ross" is superior in so many ways, not the least of which is subtlety.

Take, for instance, the common use of the "sick relative" as motive. In...