Pluskylang Great Film overall

Platicsco Good story, Not enough for a whole film

Anoushka Slater While it doesn't offer any answers, it both thrills and makes you think.

Billy Ollie Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable

markandkarenfitz I'm a man, so forgive me for saying at the outset that Julia Stiles is simply gorgeous. And spectacularly great in this film.Redbox sent me to this one, right after watching Oleanna. I can't believe I was unaware until now that it was also a Mamet piece. But it makes sense because there is the same thematic notion in so many of his works: a determinism of events, in a given environment and precipitated by circumstance. I am not at all sure that Mamet makes "statements" about social issues. I think he really just creates these fantasies about fate ebellished with the best dialogue imaginable. Like Glengary Glen Ross. Everyman in that play goes where he inevitably must go. And I guess by going along with him, as a spectator, we can fully empathize with him. Surely, at every step, we feel the same affects as does Edmond.Next to Travis Bickle, probably my favorite character in film was the Jack Lemmom real estate salesman. Every bit as tragic as Willy Loman.Edmond is a visceral film too. See for yourself.Did I mention Julia Stiles?

TxMike In this David Mamet screenplay adapted from his stage play, William H. Macy as Edmond might best be described as Jerry Lundegaard (of 'Fargo') just taken a few steps further into the dark side. We don't really get any backstory on Edmond, but he appears to be a normally-functioning executive, that is until everything snaps.It starts at quitting time on Friday, he is handed a note with '1:15' written on it to remind him a Monday appointment has been moved to 1:15PM. For a reason not made known he appears mildly annoyed. Then he encounters a young couple making out in the elevator, then on the street comes upon a fortune-telling joint with the address '115'. Edmond takes this as a sign, has his fortune read, and is told he is not in a good place.All this kicks off the downward spiral so that Edmond loses the life he had known for 47 years and finds himself in a new one, and as the movie ends muses about 'fate' and whether we really have control of what we become.This is a strange movie, and as all Mamet stories the dialog is well-written, but I consider it too far-out for most audiences. But I am glad I saw it.SPOILERS: After going home Edmond tells his wife he is leaving, never coming back, he doesn't love her and no longer finds her interesting. He goes to a bar, and is advised by a patron to go to a certain club. It is a place for sex, which Edmond seems to want, but is shocked by the prices. He later hooks up with a girl working at a bar, they go to her apartment, Edmond seems to get crazier and crazier, in a fit of rage kills her. Edmond is a bigot, after he is in prison has a large, black cell-mate who demands sex. As the movie ends they are discussing aliens and fate, a number of strange subjects, and being bed time they curl up, together, in the bottom bunk, they have become a couple.

Rodrigo Amaro David Mamet's play "Edmond" becomes on the hands of the "Re-Animator" director Stuart Gordon a strange portrayal about human degradation and the loss of everything, a man who lost everything and most important, his inner self into sex, crimes, lies and more; a man who went spiraling out of control believing this was the path he should be traveling by. So, if you're in a good mood don't go watch this film.Remember when Tom Cruise was walking on the NY streets looking for something after his wife tell him something disturbing to him in "Eyes Wide Shut"? Well, William H. Macy playing Edmond does almost the same except this time his disenchanted character leaves his wife and his house, he doesn't love her anymore and he wants something new, something exciting in his life. Edmond's "guides" in this rotten and sickening world of "pleasures" and deceive are a fortune teller (Frances Bay); a man he met at a bar (Joe Mantegna); a young waitress (Julia Stiles); a stripper (Ling Bai); a prostitute (Mena Suvari); a prisoner (Bookem Woodbine); and plenty of others and the number 115 (?). And he keeps walking the streets looking for something, for someone who can listen to him, someone who can have sex with him, but he gets robbed, commits murders AND doesn't realize he had everything he needed and now he's going for his ruin, his moral and physical destruction; to him forces or fate control everything in everyone's lives, it's not in our hands to built our path through life, it's bigger than us. The film isn't fair with us by showing Edmond became the way he did; it isn't fair also because he barely realizes that his life was full of good things, it simply throws to us that he hated how the world was like, hated his wife and all. The guy snapped! Thankfully, the movie makes sense without showing the difference of what Edmond was and what Edmond becomes but we can notice his failure during his doomed journey. The story is quite good but there are some weak points to be found. The most serious moment of the film became the most laughable when Edmond killed someone, his lowest point, and I laughed a lot, don't know why exactly. Perhaps the plot was going way absurd or the way the scene was edited, something happened to me during this part; the plot twists to some bizarre things that to some might look ridiculous; another thing that bothers concerns about Edmond's racist attacks, it goes way too much, less could work effectively, and is something that shouldn't be here if the movie seems to demand from us that we like this guy (and we do, no matter what because William H. Macy is always likable in any film he makes). But, my guess is that Mamet's text works best when he also directs (notable exception is "Glengarry Glen Ross" directed by James Foley). Positive aspects of this film besides the story: Macy is amazing (as always) in the title role. He brings desperation and real drama to this role, we feel pity of him at points until we realize this guy went too far. Supporting cast goes well and I wish we could have more of Joe Mantegna, the most friendly character to Edmond during his entrance to hell. Final questions: Edmond really had to pass through all of this? How much do we control in life? To be complete and to be happy is easy? If you like difficult questions that look simple but most of the time are not answered, and if you enjoy characters who go downhill through life time and time again, go watch "Edmond" right away. 9/10

coba57 I kept expecting this film to get better but it never did. The film starts off in a promising manner but meanders in all sorts of irrelevant scenarios. Although Mamet is known for his use of language/words above all else, his language, ideas and concepts couldn't save this movie from being an incredible bore. Save your time-watch something else. William Macy is wasted in this film. I spent 1/2 the time trying to figure out where the movie was filmed. Sometimes it reminded me of the same city presented in Eyes Wide Shut and other times it seemed as if the film took place in some gritty part of Los Angeles. Try Mamet's House of Games instead.