Acensbart Excellent but underrated film

Stoutor It's not great by any means, but it's a pretty good movie that didn't leave me filled with regret for investing time in it.

Kien Navarro Exactly the movie you think it is, but not the movie you want it to be.

Erica Derrick By the time the dramatic fireworks start popping off, each one feels earned.

musicbman Having worked in telemarketing - did some night work at a room very similar to the place at the start of this movie - I feel this film does an perfect job of capturing that atmosphere - it was spot on, the pitches, the types of characters that work in these type rooms to a tee. It captured they types of people - like the Indian guy - had all the right things to say on the wall - he spent so much time putting it up, he probably didn't make many calls - or had call reluctance, the lifers like Gene, etc., the desperation, the call reluctance - that Penny had when not selling for Kelly Gran. Some things I didn't like was where Penny, while working for Kelly Grant and breaks out of his call reluctance, he yells "Chang, go get your FxxxN checkbook and write me an Fxxxn Check NOW!" - I wish they would have been a bit more accurate - no one buys if you try to bully them that way - never works - but if Penny would have been firm but suave, that would have been better. Also, the ending left something to be desired - but overall, this is the absolute best, most accurate depiction of telemarketing out there, very entertaining, good acting. I wish there was a prime gig 2! Anyone out there that knows of any other movie that even comes close (yes, I've seen Boiler Room, Glengarry, Wall Street, Tin Men, Bonfire of the Vanities) - is there one out there? LOVE THIS MOVIE>

MarieGabrielle And this is his genre!. He portrays Penny Wise, a guy just trying to pay his rent in southern California. Sales and corruption; yes we may have seen some of this before, but you will get a few original lines, and Vaughn is excellent.Ed Harris as the telemarketing felon, running a "room" has the whole scenario set up. Vaughn, Stephen Tobolowsky, Wallace Shawn, George Wendt and a few other choice character actors set the stage for disenfranchised sales people in Southern California. While the theme is familiar, the actors add that ambiance and feeling of job insecurity.If you liked "Office Space"; "Glengarry, Glen Ross", you will enjoy this. Worth more than one viewing, and highly recommended!. 8/10.

dy158 Telemarketeers...just the sound of it makes some of us cringe because not everyone likes those telemarketers to 'harass' us over the phone over something they want to promote on.And when moral questions are being raised about what is right and wrong, it has become a grey area. This is where Penny Wise (Vince Vaughn) has to deal with his own conscience.Scamming people through the phone is what Penny is good at for his job as a telemarketer, and when he was being hired to be part of this million-dollar scam, he was rather being hesitant at first. It's where his conscience starts to collide.Very interesting and quirky look at telemarketers who scam for the sake of money. Vince Vaughn portrayed it that well.Guess I will never see those telemarketers the same way again.

Dave-id This is a fantastic film. Yes it "borrows" the Mamet style, but it still has it's own merits. During college I worked in telemarketing and I can tell you that the portrayal here is almost dead on with the enviorment and people involved. Vaughn plays a fellow whose life has been nothing but a let down and when he opens up he gets kicked in the face. It was rather pathetic really and I think many who see this film and dislike it are simply unaware of the dismal realities of this world. I'm afraid I find so many parallels between this film and my own reality that I can't help but see it as brilliant so I give it a 10 and highly recommend it. I hope to see more from william wheeler some day soon.