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Release Date: 02 May, 2000 Retail Price: $27.95 OUR Price: $24.99 You SAVE: $2.96! Cast: Complete Cast (13 total) |
Things Change Reviews
My favorite David Mamet film of the 80's.
Things Change (1988) Actor Don Ameche continued his remarkable comeback in David Mamet's story of a naive shoeshiner who is roped by the mob into posing as one of their own. Joe Mantegna steals the film for me, as Ameche's reluctant minder. Glengarry Glen Ross gets better reviews, but this remains my favorite of Mamet's works. The chemistry between Ameche and Mantegna is terrific, and you'll be rooting for both as their journey heads towards a final, deadly resolution.
Not the Matix and better for it.
I don't ordinarily write reviews, but some of the reviews I've read for this film leave me dumbfunded. The film is a masterpiece of understated desire in a world where dreaming dreams becomes the source of screwball comedy and real danger.
The ballet of unexpected turns and truly poetic moments of both desire and irony speak deeply to anyone who has ever lived a life of sometimes muted expectations. The ending that provides a solace in humble existence is a miracle of charm and grace.
So it lacks the violence and pace of "Glengarry Glen Ross."
Mamet shows himself capable of greatness in a very different style from his usual. If you don't get it, give it to someone else to appreciate and savor.This is a great film in the small
masterpiece kind of way, not the blockbuster way. I adore it.
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