Very disappointed :(

Sadly Over-hyped

i know i wasted 90 mins of my life.

It's funny, it's tense, it features two great performances from two actors and the director expertly creates a web of odd tension where you actually don't know what is happening for the majority of the run time.

Some tips for anyone who had difficulty with this film (from a guy who gained an appreciation for it after his first viewing):Don't go into it expecting a traditional three-act structure with rising/falling action and a resounding conclusion. This is more of a "show about nothing" a la Seinfeld (and even Catcher in the Rye). We're basically just following these quirky characters to see what crazy thing they'll do next.Another lens through which you can view this film: I suspect that Mamet penned this story as a form of therapy. It just seems "too real" to be pure fiction. I think it was cathartic for him to write it, and could potentially be therapeutic for anyone else who's had an awful, high-pressure, job.

One of my favorite movies. Great cast and a great acting game. Al Pacino, even for the actor's work in the tape nominated for an Oscar, and Jack Lemmon was recognized as the best actor at the Venice Film Festival. It is important to note an interesting story. The film motivates you to act. The film makes you worry. For those who have a taste similar to mine, I recommend watching this movie 100%.

Every aspect of this film should have received an award nomination. Every aspect of this film is done to a point. It's a play on the big screen, but it's an intense and introspective search of human desperation in an isolated incident, filmed so perfectly and naturally that the viewer can't doubt its realism. In the style of Arthur Miller, we have a story that may seem to desire the reform of the real estate industry, but that's absurd. It is an examination of the human reaction to having their back to the wall. Calm; negotiations; bribery; dirty deals; thievery; crime; and desperation.We have a film of immensely emotional and carefully constructed dialogue. Mamet builds the characters and feelings of the real estate agents through each line of dialogue. The screenplay dictates more a character study than a plot. The slow reveal of events only works to further characterize and emphasize personality.With such great characters in the film, they need great performances to make them come alive. Jack Lemmon leads the pack by far. Cheated out of a nomination, it feels like Lemmon is playing himself – a washed up character who once was the best. You can see the pain, the desperation, and the raw emotion on his face, but you can hear it in each line delivered. Lemmon leads the film and drives the character study, and he is the main subject. Al Pacino delivers a finely tuned and seasoned role that supports Lemmon' character through his downfall. Alec Baldwin punches out a brief performance with an intensity that the catalyst for the entire film needs. Alan Arkin is the pathetic one that was always pathetic. Arkin reads between the lines and conveys a convincing character. Ed Harris plays the character of rage and revenge, the one who has always been cheated, maybe an alcoholic – and Harris gets it right. Kevin Spacey, unfortunately, is dull and blah. His character is supposed to be a stone statue, but even a statue can have a fire in his eye.James Foley directs a monster of a cast through a delicate screenplay, turning in a beautiful film. The piece takes place in a naturally built production design, complete with a Chinese restaurant and a real estate office. But everything is buried too deep under the natural realism of the film. The emotions are perfect, but somewhat stale. It feels like a sweet glazed jelly donut without the jelly. There's a beautiful film that has substance, but no essence. Here, we have the 'Death of a Real Estate Agent', but just one notch below "Death of a Salesman."

This film has some of the most original dialogue I have ever heard in the pre-Pulp Fiction era, and David Mamet who wrote the screenplay has ensured each actor has plenty to work with, and they do and deliver brilliant performances. Among the cast is the great Al Pacino, the very good Kevin Spacey, Ed Harris, Jack Lemmon, Alan Arkin and Alec Baldwin. The story is extremely well structured, it's rather funny at times, the pace is excellent, the characters are all different to one another, they have personality, strengths and best of all, intrigue, you have no idea what they're going to say or what they're going to do, and that is one of the greatest things your film can have, and this particular picture is one of originality, depth and excellence.Mamet's dialogue has energy as well as surprise and his screenplay is rather close to perfect. Al Pacino gives another brilliant performance, Spacey is very good, Lemmon is most impressive, Ed Harris is also really good, as well as everyone else. However Baldwin was most surprising, I have never seen him this good, usually he's just okay, but here he makes the most of his scene with a memorable passage, delivered extremely well, his mannerisms were very good, including one line where he is asked by Harris "Who are you, what's your name", his response "F**k you, that's my name, which was rather funny. The picture also has one or two rather sad moments, where you see the character's thinking about what has just happened, and you care for their character's because there intriguing, complex and most of them; very likable, also exceptional is the direction from James Foley and the look of the picture. Overall Glengarry Glen Ross has plenty of great original dialogue, superb writing, a brilliant story and absolutely outstanding performances from its talented cast.