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- 1992
- R
- New Line Cinema
- 1 h 40 m
- 1992
- R
- New Line Cinema
- 1 h 40 m
Summary A group of real estate salesmen in Chicago compete for the best "leads" at a small firm selling property in "resort" areas, such as Florida and Arizona. When a hotshot executive from the head office arrives and proposes a vicious sales contest, competition gets stiff, and salesmen who have worked a lifetime for the company find their job...
Directed By: James Foley
Written By: David Mamet
- 1992
- R
- New Line Cinema
- 1 h 40 m
- 1992
- R
- New Line Cinema
- 1 h 40 m
Glengarry Glen Ross
7.9
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Summary A group of real estate salesmen in Chicago compete for the best "leads" at a small firm selling property in "resort" areas, such as Florida and Arizona. When a hotshot executive from the head office arrives and proposes a vicious sales contest, competition gets stiff, and salesmen who have worked a lifetime for the company find their job...
Directed By: James Foley
Written By: David Mamet
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Metascore
Universal acclaim
Based on 30 Critic Reviews
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87% Positive
26 Reviews
26 Reviews
13% Mixed
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
Metascore
Universal acclaim
Based on 30 Critic Reviews
82
87% Positive
26 Reviews
26 Reviews
13% Mixed
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
A powerful film - the best and fullest expression of Mamet's brilliantly brutal sensibility to reach the movie screen. [02 Oct 1992, p.19]
All-expert cast.
User Score
Generally favorable
Based on 102 User Ratings
7.9
86% Positive
88 Ratings
88 Ratings
11% Mixed
11 Ratings
11 Ratings
3% Negative
3 Ratings
3 Ratings
User Score
Generally favorable
Based on 102 User Ratings
7.9
86% Positive
88 Ratings
88 Ratings
11% Mixed
11 Ratings
11 Ratings
3% Negative
3 Ratings
3 Ratings
This movie, if you're of the type to be pulled in by dialogue, mood, and good old fashioned Quality Acting, is simply Flat Out Amazing!!! I've watched it, LITERALLY, dozens and dozens of times, into the triple digit mark. For nearly 6 months, my business partner and I, when prepping for a catering gig at the house, would put this on for both motivation, background "music", and plain old entertainment... That was 3-5 nights a week!!! And this was after we'd already SEEN IT together a dozen times! You deserve to be taken and shaken by this film; and then, Watch It Again... And LEARN THE LINES!!!
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Glengarry Glen Ross is the type of movie where if you enjoy it once then you will enjoy watching it again. Why? It has excellent dialogue and acting, which do not get used up in one viewing (vs. special effects or plot twists). Jack Lemmon gives a stand-out performance, great characterization and reactions. This is a film you will want to view since it may become one of your all-time favorites.
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Gets most of its legs from the acting and the dialogue, which has such a rhythmic grace that scenes from the movie can be played and replayed with no loss of thump.
David Mamet's play about the wheelings and dealings of real-estate salesmen gets dedicated playing from a splendid cast, but gains nothing by the transfer from stage to screen..
The energy of the play's best scenes is dissipated in the film version, but they still work. [02 Oct 1992, p.C1]
The directing's a bit obtrusive, but the script and the acting gets to the heart of Mamet's glorious obsession with macho B.S.
Interesting to watch like well-performed gymnastics but it never really connects.
My all time favorite movie probably, so excuse me both for being biased AND for not being an expert on movies enough to say anything remotely deep or accurate about it. I honestly don't know what to say, I remember I was amazed by the fact that despite being a movie relying solely on dialogue I wasn't bored in the slightest, but that's comparative and also from the PoV of a modern hyperactive kid or something, so disregard that: on its own merit, it made me care about most characters, wonder about who was the "culprit" at the end, and they were all detailed in their own way. I read aferwards that it was actually an adaptation from a famous play, and after rewatching it, I could totally see the theatrality in it: the characters coming in and out of the scene, the intertwined plots. I really don't know what to say, all the actors were amazing and the story was awesome and it described the grim reality of something as mundane as salesmen, and even managed to slip in some suspence with the final theft thing among all that beautifully crafted dialogue. I liked it very much!
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The acting is natural and the plot is amusing, unpredictable, and pivots not around one individual.
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the movie at the beginning was so interesting but in the end, I was disappointed I didn't like the plot at all
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I have to say, I was kind of disappointed. The story didn't seem to go anywhere, it was fairly eventless. That said however, there are some awesome quotes and though the entire film consists of dialogue, it's quite meaningful. I can appreciate the film, but I don't see why it's so highly rated.
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Production Company
New Line Cinema,
Zupnik Cinema Group II,
GGR
Release Date Sep 29, 1992
Duration 1 h 40 m
Rating R
Tagline The hardest thing in life is sell.
Awards
Academy Awards, USA
• 1 Nomination
Golden Globes, USA
• 1 Nomination
20/20 Awards
• 2 Wins & 4 Nominations
