a opinionated review by Von D.

Let me preface this review first with why I am doing the review. Lately, the site has been getting a good amount of traffic and we love watching our viewership grow. So, in addition to the strip, we thought that by adding a weekly review about a random movie may be a great way to create a positive rapport with our readers and discussion amongst the rest of the web.

I chose to review Glengarry Glen Ross to commemorate the fact that, one of the actors involved in the film, Al Pacino, has a movie releasing today. Mr. Albert Pacino and Bobbert Deniro, arguably two of the greatest actors of our time, have teamed up once again in Righteous Kill. Since their last match-up in Michael Mann’s Heat was so memorable, there is a lot of expectation for Righteous Kill. I pray it is just as good.

Onward to the review.

Originally a play, Glengarry Glen Ross is about the lives of desperate real estate agents selling their asses off to not get fired. The corporate office sends over a representative to their place of employment to lay down a verbal tirade of abuse in hopes to inspire the agents to sell. Obviously, excrement hits the fan when the following day, their office gets burglarized, the Glengarry leads get stolen, and all the agents are primary suspects.

I absolutely loved this movie. Everything about the movie is very much driven by dialog, so for those of you who are misguided into believing that blood, guts, and explosions are what make a good flick, please either jump off a bridge or enlighten your mind with classic greatness. Each individual actor is on their A-game. Whether it is Jack Lemmon throwing down F-bombs as The Machine Levene or Pacino as the quick-witted, snarky, conversationalist seller, Ricky Roma, everyone across the board hits the ball out of the park with eloquent delivery and perfect timing. The movie is heavily seasoned with expletives but unlike garbage movies that use profanity for shock value, Glengarry executes swearing for emphasis on emotion. My only gripe of about the film is it seems to end fairly abruptly, not that the ending was bad, it just caught me off guard to see the credits roll in so quickly. But that is a small minus to a immensely engrossing film.

Anyway, Internet folks, do yourself a favor. Pause for a minute to stop watching Empire Strikes Back for the nth time and go out and rent this.

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