
One step short of larceny, the aluminum siding salesmen in this movie sell their wares, compete with each other, and engage in a lot of great dialog. Tin Men focuses on the rivalry between BB Babowsky and Ernest Tilley. At the same time, the end of small world of which they are kings looms near as a government probe investigates their industry.... (Full plot summary below)
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One step short of larceny, the aluminum siding salesmen in this movie sell their wares, compete with each other, and engage in a lot of great dialog. Tin Men focuses on the rivalry between BB Babowsky and Ernest Tilley. At the same time, the end of small world of which they are kings looms near as a government probe investigates their industry.
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| Chicago TribuneJohanna SteinmetzLevinson invests his script with a richness of theme that helps make it a comedy classic. |
| Cinema em CenaPablo VillaçaÉ curioso: embora se esforce ao máximo para funcionar como comédia, este filme merece créditos por narrar o drama de dois homens de meia-idade frustrados com suas vidas. |
| Washington PostRita KempleyTin Men is a tale of transitions and a test of mettle, as sweet as a slow dance, as classy and cumbersome as a Coupe de Ville. |
| EmanuelLevy.ComEmanuel LevyLevinson's follow-up to Diner has strong characters, funny dialogue, and terrific ensemble, but the film is dramatically shapeless. |
| The SpectatorHilary MantelIt captures the circularity and inconsequentiality of everyday speech, without flagging, and without becoming for a moment less than entertaining. |
| Miami HeraldOrlando AlomaThe greater charm of Tin Men is in its affectionate portrayal of small-time hucksters who gloat over classic scams (like cutting seven inches out of the middle of a yardstick so the square footage will be higher). In its own way, the film is a bittersweet drama, a sort of Glengarry Glen Ross without the vitriol. |
| Tampa Bay TimesHal LipperBecause Tin Men is based on fundamental truth, it is able to be funny even in some of its quieter moments. |
| Los Angeles TimesSheila BensonThe year's most pungently offbeat comedy and the most improbable love story since King Kong sighted Fay Wray. |
| The New York TimesJanet MaslinBarry Levinson's richly textured new film also has a rueful nostalgia, a fine-tuned streak of con artistry, and the same hilarious, nit-picking small talk that colored Diner, his first and best film - which is recalled, rivaled and in a few ways even outdone by this one. |
| United Press InternationalCathy BurkeLevinson has an unerring eye for the trappings of the period, and like Diner, the supporting characters add a realism that is often forgotten in the 'big movie' mentality of the 80s. |