The Frame

Geez, who knew real estate was so cutthroat? A firm of investment real estate brokers is cutting back its staff, by giving its worst leads on potential customers to the oldest and weakest brokers; in an attempt to save their jobs, a few of them band together to steal the good leads. And…that’s it. Pretty much. I’ve heard about this film from various sources for a while, but the story just wasn’t one that interested me a lot. However, I will give it a hearty thumbs up for some great acting from Jack Lemmon, Al Pacino, and Kevin Spacey. This was late in Lemmon’s career, early in Spacey’s, and the scenes where they face off, arguing over the leads and the jobs, are pure acting gold. The fact that the actors can take a story this slight and a script this talky about a subject that hardly appeals to me and make it interesting at all is a feat.
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