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what a terribly boring film. I'm sorry but this is absolutely not deserving of best picture and will be forgotten quickly. Entertaining and engaging cinema? No. Nothing performances with flat faces and mistaking silence for subtlety.

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I love movies that feature clever scams. The cycle started with "The Sting" where the audience was no longer in the position of observer but was surprised to find that it had also been conned.David Mamet has often visited the genre with the clever "House of Games", the intriguing "Homicide", the interesting "The Spanish Prisoner", and the very ordinary "Heist". Ridley Scott does it justice with "Matchstick Men", but not everyone can pull it off as the derivative and self-satisfied "Confidence" demonstrates."The Prime Gig" is one that gets it right, and it features Vince Vaughan in a role that stands comparison with his Jeremy Grey in "Wedding Crashers".The movie takes a look inside the world of telemarketing. Our worst fears about the industry are realised when many of the techniques are revealed. The ethics of the sales people in this movie seem flexible at best or as one of the characters says, "The problem with telemarketing is that it is fundamentally evil because it is set up on selling some people some bulls*#t they don't need".Pendleton 'Penny' Wise (Vince Vaughan) is a hot telephone sales guy. He shares an apartment with his physically handicapped friend, Joel (Rory Cochrane) who he also supports financially. When his current job ends abruptly, Penny gets the chance to work for Kelly Grant (Ed Harris) - a high end operator who is putting together a sales team, a room, to sell shares in a newly discovered gold mine.Although Penny is not as overawed by Kelly Grant's reputation as his colleagues, he has a slow start. Finally, Penny gets into his stride and outsells everyone on the team, earning a fortune in commission. However, he complicates his life and compromises his relationship with Joel when he falls for Caitlin (Julia Ormond), Kelly Grant's girlfriend. Although Grant seems to accept the situation, we begin to wonder if Penny has dialled the wrong number.Ed Harris is superb as usual and Julia Ormond is suitably enigmatic as Caitlin, but this is Vince Vaughan's movie. He lives and breathes his role as Penny. He brings his familiar screen persona to the table - the big, reassuring guy, quick with a one-liner who is not easily fazed. He's the one others look to when things go pear-shaped. However, Vince Vaughan has built a nicely rounded portrayal on that familiar character. Penny does have a conscience, and draws the line at ripping off vulnerable old ladies. He is also loyal to his friends - especially Joel.The movie ends on a slightly ambiguous note. Although Penny thought he had the answers, he learns some lessons about human nature and human greed including his own."The Prime Gig" is a movie that seems to have got lost in the shuffle but it's a great little discovery, and is full of surprises; it's definitely one call worth answering.

I don't know if this is a great movie, but it is engaging and well acted for the most part.Some of it is predictable, but it has turns and deep emotions at times that can suck you in.I want to really talk about the ending and it's meaning to me.I go back to the scene where he sells the little old lady so well she gives him all she has. He talks about his Mom and how he doesn't trust anyone since her death. Well that really is not true at that moment. He trusts and is falling in love with his new girlfriend, and he still trusts his friend as is very visible when he shows up in the middle of the night and he carries him in without any reservation.The character that Vince Vaughn plays for all his flaws is still a romantic hoping that people are good even as he watches them do the very worst to others.The ending where he gets truly used and abused is the ending of that hope. I think he takes that in, cuts all his ties as he leaves his friend cooking breakfast (still a glimmer left as he leaves him the $1000, although you could say he couldn't stand to spend it himself as it is lesson money) and goes to finally sell his soul as he goes out to find the next scam where he won't get taken again, because he doesn't trust anyone now.

If you are one of the people that complained that the "plot was all over the place", then you are complaining that it wasn't predictable enough for you. Frankly, I almost always find that if a movie cheesed you off enough for you to pan it, like giving it 1-5 stars, then it was successful.I don't write bad move reviews, I don't bother. I toss them away, and don't think about them again. If you are drawn in enough to be disappointed, it was a good movie. Talk about the moral or ethical decisions that bothered you, that AFFECTED you, but don't blame the movie. You felt something didn't you? Then it was a good movie.Now if you don't like this movie, or movies like Lost in Translation, or Crash, or Sideways, etc., I'm sure that there is something with Lindsey Lohan/Hilary Duff/Tom Arnold/Hugh Grant playing or in a video store near you.Needless to say, I thought the acting was great, the story compelling, and the ambiguity/moral dilemmas realistic. Life isn't black or white, and the good guy and the bad guy can be the same guy. The ending that everyone's complaining about is what took this from a pretty good to must see. I guess I can be thankful that most people don't want to have to think when they are being entertained by the lights and pretty colors, because I was able to pickup this DVD for about $2 on Amazon.Its a sin that a good movie goes for $2, but Guess Who is $3.21...

I love watching movies. I work for blockbuster for God's sakes....I watch movies all the time. I thought this movie had a good premise and that the actiing was fine(although not stellar). The thing that bothers me about this movie was the ending...it left too many unanswered questions....to many unknowns....It is good for a bored night when u don't have anything else to do but don't ask questions after it's over because they will be unanswered and unknown...big dissappointment. Overall decent movie but not great. if you can see it for free like I did...it's not a bad way to spend an hour and a half if not...wait till it comes on cable