Glengarry Glen Ross (1992)

Talk is the coin of the realm for salespeople, and this adaptation of David Mamet's play about real estate agents is one of the most densely scripted and verbally rich films ever made. The talk is frank, brutal and often scatalogical; the plot is about surviving in business; the atmosphere is that of a tense locker room. Director James Foley handles all the nuances well, and lets his restless camera create the sensation of movement around a stolid, stagey set. Almost the entire film takes place in one large office. The excellent cast features Al Pacino, Jack Lemmon, Ed Harris, Alec Baldwin, Kevin Spacey and Alan Arkin, and they all do yeoman work in this ambitious and unsettling character study about morality, aging, and corruption in a group of mostly over-the-hill white men. ~ Michael Betzold, All Movie Guide