Rating: R
Movie Release Date: September 29, 1992
DVD Release Date: Nov 19, 2002
Plot 411: A real estate sales team is pushed to close deals or hit the pavement when a new sales directive come down.
Review: Anyone who is anyone in sales or a student of sociology should watch this film. You will definitely get a kick out of the choices the characters are contronted with, their decisions and the reprecussions of their actions. Kevin Spacey plays John Williamson, the young office manager in charge of a group of experienced real estate agents. His crew is made of veterans who have been unable to close deals in recent months and who have fallen to the bottom of the barrel. When Mitch and Murray management, represented in person by Alec Baldwin's character Blake, shows up with a new sales strategy - Fuck or Walk, ABC (Always Be Closing) and AIDA (Attention, Interest, Decision, Action) - the guys are pressured to make deals or get fired. Some, like Dave Moss (Ed Harris) and George Aaronow (Alan Arkin), take to bitching about how unfair things are and believe that they just need better leads to make deals. Sales leaders like Ricky Roma (Al Pacino) continue doing what they do best and will close the deal by any means. Shelley Levine (Jack Lemmon), who is in a slump but once led the sales team in revenue is pressured with the burden of providing for a sick daughter. The environment in which these men exist is acidic to your soul and the emotional rollercoaster they ride each month is devastating. Greed, envy and betrayal are all part of this dog-eat-dog world in which they work. Friends are friends only as long as competition doesn't make them enemies. Morals are left at the door as they ply potential customers with everything they've got. This is an interesting look at human nature and what one will do when pushed to the very limits of morality.
Watch It: For the astoundingly realistic dialogue and the great rhythm in their delivery.
Skip It: If the number of four-letter words that can be utttered in once sentence is larger than the number of years you've been alive.
Movie Release Date: September 29, 1992
DVD Release Date: Nov 19, 2002
Plot 411: A real estate sales team is pushed to close deals or hit the pavement when a new sales directive come down.
Review: Anyone who is anyone in sales or a student of sociology should watch this film. You will definitely get a kick out of the choices the characters are contronted with, their decisions and the reprecussions of their actions. Kevin Spacey plays John Williamson, the young office manager in charge of a group of experienced real estate agents. His crew is made of veterans who have been unable to close deals in recent months and who have fallen to the bottom of the barrel. When Mitch and Murray management, represented in person by Alec Baldwin's character Blake, shows up with a new sales strategy - Fuck or Walk, ABC (Always Be Closing) and AIDA (Attention, Interest, Decision, Action) - the guys are pressured to make deals or get fired. Some, like Dave Moss (Ed Harris) and George Aaronow (Alan Arkin), take to bitching about how unfair things are and believe that they just need better leads to make deals. Sales leaders like Ricky Roma (Al Pacino) continue doing what they do best and will close the deal by any means. Shelley Levine (Jack Lemmon), who is in a slump but once led the sales team in revenue is pressured with the burden of providing for a sick daughter. The environment in which these men exist is acidic to your soul and the emotional rollercoaster they ride each month is devastating. Greed, envy and betrayal are all part of this dog-eat-dog world in which they work. Friends are friends only as long as competition doesn't make them enemies. Morals are left at the door as they ply potential customers with everything they've got. This is an interesting look at human nature and what one will do when pushed to the very limits of morality.
Watch It: For the astoundingly realistic dialogue and the great rhythm in their delivery.
Skip It: If the number of four-letter words that can be utttered in once sentence is larger than the number of years you've been alive.
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