Award Winning Play-Write David Mamet's Directorial Film Debut.
Mostly Mediocre to Good Reviews.
But Those who have Acquired a Taste for Mamet's Invented/Inventive Dialog Known as "Mamet-Speak" and other Off-Beat Artistic Flourishes are "All-In".
His Stylized Way-With-Words and Unorthodox Pacing is His Biggest Asset and His Biggest Flaw.
Simply, You Either Buy His Artistic Pretensions or You Don't.
"Glengarry Glen Ross" is Generally Considered His Best Work on Stage and Screen.
A Cautionary Tale of Greed that Ironically has been a Blue-Print for the Real-Life Villains in the Film.
"House of Games" Doesn't Lose Points for Mamet's Dialog or Pacing.
But there is Much in the Movie that Requires a Huge "Suspension of Disbelief" that the Clever, Intelligent Con-Men would Do "This or That" Ignoring Common-Sense.
One Example is the Post-Con Meeting to "Divvy-Up" the Reward of Their Ill-Gotten-Gains Takes Place Openly in a Well-Known Diner.
An Interesting Film if, Again, You Buy Into a Certain Thing Called "Artistic License".
Otherwise, some Things Make No Sense.
Engaging Off-Beat Movie where Typically Mamet's Fans Gloat and Call it a Masterpiece of "New Cinema".
While Others, with Equal Enthusiasm, Scowl and with Contempt and Utter..."Say What?"
To See What All the Fuss is About and Where You Stand it's...
Worth a Watch.
Mostly Mediocre to Good Reviews.
But Those who have Acquired a Taste for Mamet's Invented/Inventive Dialog Known as "Mamet-Speak" and other Off-Beat Artistic Flourishes are "All-In".
His Stylized Way-With-Words and Unorthodox Pacing is His Biggest Asset and His Biggest Flaw.
Simply, You Either Buy His Artistic Pretensions or You Don't.
"Glengarry Glen Ross" is Generally Considered His Best Work on Stage and Screen.
A Cautionary Tale of Greed that Ironically has been a Blue-Print for the Real-Life Villains in the Film.
"House of Games" Doesn't Lose Points for Mamet's Dialog or Pacing.
But there is Much in the Movie that Requires a Huge "Suspension of Disbelief" that the Clever, Intelligent Con-Men would Do "This or That" Ignoring Common-Sense.
One Example is the Post-Con Meeting to "Divvy-Up" the Reward of Their Ill-Gotten-Gains Takes Place Openly in a Well-Known Diner.
An Interesting Film if, Again, You Buy Into a Certain Thing Called "Artistic License".
Otherwise, some Things Make No Sense.
Engaging Off-Beat Movie where Typically Mamet's Fans Gloat and Call it a Masterpiece of "New Cinema".
While Others, with Equal Enthusiasm, Scowl and with Contempt and Utter..."Say What?"
To See What All the Fuss is About and Where You Stand it's...
Worth a Watch.