Review of Glengarry Glen Ross (1992) by Jason S — 12 Oct 2010
Right off the bat... the cast in this movie is excellent. Each one of them gets their time to shine and they take it for all it's worth.
The story is simple. A group of salesmen are threatened with losing their jobs if they don't produce better sales numbers at the end of the week. Each one of them deals with it in their own way. For some it's desperation, others have breakdowns. One guy doesn't even notice.
It's an interesting look at the world of the salesman and it re enforced the feeling that I don't want to be in that type of career.
My favorite of the bunch has to be Jack Lemmon. He's the most sympathetic of the characters and we see that he works hard. But his usual bag of tricks have become stale and he hasn't been very successful as of late. his mannerisms and his voice are fascinating to me in this role and I couldn't take my eyes off him when he was on screen. his character goes through many moods in the film from desperation, anger, and confident and all of them seem effortless to Lemmon.
I enjoyed the film. I recommend it.
This review of Glengarry Glen Ross (1992) was written by Jason S on 12 Oct 2010.
Glengarry Glen Ross has generally received very positive reviews.
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