Three salesmen working for a firm that makes industrial lubricants are waiting in the company's "hospitality suite" at a manufacturers' convention for a "big kahuna" named Dick Fuller to show up, in hopes they can persuade him to place an order that could salvage the company's flagging sales.
Jeff Pullman Joan Rowe Rebecca Hanck Marshall Garlington Jeff K. Brunello Katie Rowe Elisabeth Flaum Marc Fishman Clare C. Freeman Vince Nicastro Sean Rowe
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A master class in acting. Kevin Spacey is on fire. This came out the same year as American Beauty and since it wasn't a prestigious studio release it flew under the radar regarding awards, but this is the superior performance of the two and I really love his turn in Mendes' film. I also don't believe I have ever seen Danny DeVito this good. In fact, I didn't even think he could be this good. I was in awe of the sincerity he instilled in his character.
I highly recommend this to everyone who loved Glengarry Glen Ross for other reasons than Alec Baldwin being a fucking piece of shit and secretly wanting to be like him.
The kind of film where you can't stop listening to the discussions. The room is not particularly pleasing, on a visual level, the guys wear suits and do not stand out from each other much. But what they are saying gives colour and personality to a film whose lack of aesthetic is a form of expression in itself.
I fucking adore this film. Honestly one of the only movies that has made me look at my life differently. Danny Devitos monologue near the end of this film is legitimately my favourite monologue ever.
Kevin Spacey scores again in another low-key drama, fueled by its dynamic characters dealing with genuine human emotions. It’s a beautiful study, with Danny DeVito adding more depth to his already prolific career and Spacey hanging on to his title as one of the greatest actors of our generation.
That weird feeling when you think a movie is going to be about business but winds up being about religion and you're exhausted so this realization hits you even harder and makes you feel empty inside in both a good and bad way.
For a movie set mostly in a hotel suite and featuring a lot of talking, you would hope it would be interestingly shot but the movie looks very pedestrian, and the conversations are just not that interesting. The movie sadly never rises above mediocre.
That Wear Sunscreen song at the end took me back to the 90s though.
-abbiamo parlato di Cristo
-MA ALLORA SEI DEFICIENTE, DILLO "SON DEFICIENTE".
Cavolate a parte, non conoscevo questo film fino a qualche settimana fa, non so neanche perché l'ho visto (forse per Kevin Spacey), ma sono rimasto veramente sorpreso, non credevo potesse essere così intelligente e profondo trattando aspetti psicologici importanti, mettendo i personaggi davanti a delle domande esistenziali su quello che sembrano, a quello che vorrebbero essere e a quello che realmente sono nella loro vita.
"I don't smoke, you quit drinking, Bob here wouldn't even dream of lusting after a woman . . . between the three of us, we're practically Jesus."
Today is Kevin Spacey's birthday, so I wanted to watch one of his films I hadn't seen. A friend of mine recommended The Big Kahuna and in case you're wondering, no, it isn't about the fictional burger joint. The film stars Kevin Spacey and Danny DeVito as two veteran salesmen who are at a convention with a young protege. The film takes place almost entirely in a hotel room and Spacey, DeVito, and Peter Facinelli are pretty much the only characters in the movie. All three give good performances though, especially Spacey, who…
i adore hotels.
its one of those secret little things about me i never feel are salacious or intricate enough to tell anyone. they foment something inside me like a weird little joyous pearl of miasma. a packaged fugue state. no matter how cheap and shitty, the luxury of existing temporarily in a place where you only need exist sets my brain on fire. scuffed metals and roped old pictures, stared at a thousand times, ignored a thousand more. the pressed-in carpets and possibilities of what and who. those pre-approved notions of comfort and design. shit marbling, plastic plants, counter tops burnished and burnished and burnished until the lacquer coating peels at the edges and you pick at it with…
This is one of my top 10 favorite movies of all time because I love the story and characters in this movie. The movie is a fantastic drama that talks about people's faiths and our morals in life. The movie is a reverse Hollywood movie in my opinion. Nothing about this movie feels like it was produced by a Hollywood studio making it feel special. There's also not a single boring moment in this movie as well.
Fuck Franchise Pictures for marketing this movie as a comedy and not a serious drama. This is the movie that people should watch over American Beauty in my opinion. Perfect 10/10!!
Maybe it's because I'm not that Christian, but I didn't find it a movie about Christianity. The Big Kahuna is (to me) a story about humanity and about recognising how little we are. We are human just when we take conscience of the fact that sometimes — like in work life — people don't want us to be human. And we are human only when we got empathy, when we recognise that life is not just success and money or a perfect life, but it's far better when we're honest to ourselves.
The final monologue had me in tears. Characters are so well written and, plus, I have a thing for movies entirely set in a single room/apartment. Sorry. The soundtrack was also perfect— very 90s.
Great. Danny Devito is so good.
Fucking fantastic!
