James Foley’s film adaptation of David Mamet’s stage play, GLENGARRY GLEN ROSS, has all the essential elements of an engaging film: a captivating story, stellar performances and sharp dialogue. Harkening back to the days of early Hollywood, the film features minimal locations and no visual effects. It relies upon its script and compelling cast, and they all deliver. Jack Lemmon truly shines as Shelley “the Machine” Levine, a salesman down on his luck and desperate for money. Lemmon draws empathy quickly and effectively from his audience. Right from the start of the film you watch him with both a sense of fascination and pity. Alec Baldwin also provides an extremely memorable, all-be-it short, performance as a corporate shill with a knack for dispensing venomous criticism. Aside from Lemmon and Baldwin, the film stars Al Pacino, Ed Harris, Kevin Spacey and Alan Arkin. GLENGARRY GLEN ROSS is a film that might get lost in its cast’s lengthy resumes, but it deserves to be watched and celebrated for its dedication to telling an effective and compelling story.