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      The Prime Gig

      R Released Sep 14, 2001 1h 36m Comedy Drama List
      44% 9 Reviews Tomatometer 34% 1,000+ Ratings Audience Score Pendleton Wise (Vince Vaughn) is a suspicious sort, probably because he earns his living pitching travel scams. His cubicled existence is interrupted by the reemergence of Kelly Grant (Ed Harris), an infamous "room-runner" who, along with lover and business partner Caitlin (Julia Ormond), offers Penny a spot as a top closer in a high stakes mining deal. When Penny and Caitlin start an affair, questions of who's screwing whom lead Penny into deeper waters than he'd anticipated. Read More Read Less

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      Jack t It's quite odd for me to watch this movie and what I think of it, I don't know. It's just bizarre to say that it is predictable. The story is poorly filler, the opening is a stash of ash and the ending is disappointing. So boring to watch filler to filler. Why do you do this to me? I was just expecting more from this. Vince Vaughn looks like Kenny Hotz from Kenny vs Spenny but PLEASE it's fxxking ridiculous. Now I know I'm gonna regret saying this is that PLEASE, HELP ME KENNY VS SPENNY, YOU'RE MY ONLY HOPE! Rated 2 out of 5 stars 06/18/23 Full Review Audience Member Scummy but very believable movie . One thing that bothered me is Vince Vaughn knew dang well there wasn’t any gold 3.2 Rated 3 out of 5 stars 05/16/21 Full Review Audience Member Incredible movie about boiler room sales and tele sales Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/02/23 Full Review Audience Member An incredibly underrated film. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/27/23 Full Review jack o It's quite odd for me to watch this movie and what I think of it, I don't know. It's just bizarre to say that it is predictable. The story is poorly filler, the opening is a stash of ash and the ending is disappointing. So boring to watch filler to filler. Why do you do this to me? I was just expecting more from this. Vince Vaughn looks like Kenny Hotz from Kenny vs Spenny but PLEASE it's fxxxing ridiculous. Now I know I'm gonna regret saying this is that PLEASE, HELP ME KENNY VS SPENNY, YOU'RE MY ONLY HOPE! Rated 2 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review camille l The Prime Gig est un film noir situé dans le monde du télémarketing, avec un Vince Vaughn charismatique en diable dans le rôle principal. Si la première partie du film est plutôt bon enfant, avec quelques séquences très drôles (George Wendt et Rory Cochrane n'y sont pas pour rien), la deuxième avec Ed Harris et Romany Malco est beaucoup plus noire et un peu moins efficace. C'est dommage car il y a une vraie originalité dans ce film, plutôt bien rythmé et bien mis en scène par Gregory Mosher, qui évite quelques clichés inhérent au genre, sans pour autant le dynamiter. The Prime Gig est un bon film qui aurait sans doute mérité une sortie salles. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Rob Thomas Capital Times (Madison, WI) A film noir about telemarketing? Actually, I bought it. Rated: 3/5 Mar 16, 2006 Full Review Michael Szymanski International Press Academy Rated: 2/5 Sep 21, 2005 Full Review Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com Rated: 2/5 Jul 26, 2005 Full Review David Nusair Reel Film Reviews ...a mishmash of so many clichs that are standard to this genre which makes it impossible to become involved in the film. Rated: 2/4 Aug 1, 2003 Full Review JoBlo JoBlo's Movie Network Rated: 3/10 Feb 22, 2002 Full Review Christopher Null Filmcritic.com A worthy entry into a very difficult genre. Rated: 3.5/5 Jan 30, 2002 Full Review Read all reviews

      Movie Info

      Synopsis Pendleton Wise (Vince Vaughn) is a suspicious sort, probably because he earns his living pitching travel scams. His cubicled existence is interrupted by the reemergence of Kelly Grant (Ed Harris), an infamous "room-runner" who, along with lover and business partner Caitlin (Julia Ormond), offers Penny a spot as a top closer in a high stakes mining deal. When Penny and Caitlin start an affair, questions of who's screwing whom lead Penny into deeper waters than he'd anticipated.
      Director
      Gregory Mosher
      Screenwriter
      William Wheeler
      Distributor
      Fine Line Features
      Rating
      R (Language|Sexuality)
      Genre
      Comedy, Drama
      Original Language
      English
      Release Date (Theaters)
      Sep 14, 2001, Wide
      Release Date (Streaming)
      Jul 1, 2019
      Runtime
      1h 36m