Glengarry Glen Ross (1992)

Whats it about:
A bunch of salesmen who keep complaining about weak leads are taken for a real ride by the representative from the corporate office, Blake. He motivates them at the same time really puts them on the firing line saying that they only have 1 week left to save their jobs. Only the top 2 out of the 4 would save their jobs
         The film is about how Ricky Roma  (the most high profile of the 4), Shelley Levene (experienced and talented but old), Moss, Aaronow ( 2 guys who look for the easy way out of this mess by stealing some promising leads out of the office) and Williamson (the manager of the office who isn't very popular with the salesmen for his uninspiring ways) deal with the aftermath of Blake's fiery motivational speech and the stolen leads

                                                                      

Hits

• An authentic depiction of an actual real estate sales firm
• A different plot
• Alec Baldwin plays one of the best cameos as Blake, the no-nonsense, foul mouthing, high profile representative. 
• Al Pacino is his usual rocking self, complete with his yo yo dialog delivery but in a more suave avatar. 
• Jack Lemmon is cracking and spontaneous as Shelley
• Ed Harris and Alan Arkin do the part of the frustrated salesmen very well during their drunken sojourns
• The scenes where the salesmen are so desperate to close their leads are very amusing and give us a good idea about how competitive and complex the real world is.
• Enjoyable dialogs. 

Misses

• Makes us wonder whether there can be so much foul mouthing in an actual professional office. It all sounds very amusing nevertheless :)
• Kevin Spacey is his usual nerdy self but not very impressive as the other actors in the movie. 

VERDICT

A different business movie but it is slow moving and entirely conversational. Not for everyone.