Great. Captivating, from start to finish. I can't believe I've only just watched this!

Classic, great movie that is as good as the play and just as effective. Dialogue and performances are superb. Beyond well written. A pleasure to watch all- around.

I haven't seen this movie in quite a while. If I recall, the acting was some of the best and intense I'd ever seen in a contemporary movie - especially, Jack Lemmon, Ed Harris and Alec Baldwin. But all the acting was great - Arkin, Pacino, Price, Spacey. Technically, I don't recall much - just the acting. I suppose Foley did a good job with the pacing of the movie - but again, the acting was impressive.… Expand

One of the best movies dialogue-wise ever made, and would have won an Oscar for casting if such things were awarded. All the characters are scumbags. Their saucy language, sometimes rising to the form of high poetry, is still offensive. This is an unblinking look at characters for which a happy ending is impossible. The story has no redeeming social value, but that?s non-applicable here. Like Citizen Kane, an excellent movie can prosper in a joyless vacuum. But here the resignation is conveyed not by genius but profanity, so in the end the characters convey only crisp frustration for their situation, not realization of their lost potential. Yet it's too bad most movies plots aren't as tightly wound. … Expand

Real estate agency, poor sales, owners send man to motivate them, after a week the two best sellers keep their jobs, rest get fired. Great cast, good fast-paced script, sweary & dramatic. Really well acted (Al Pacino plays himself, Hoo Ha) but Jack Lemmon steals the show for me as Shell "The Machine" Levine.

Gripping, intense, and some of the best acting you will ever see in a movie. Ever actor in it is so great. Love Pacino in it, but Lemmon steals the show.