Tin Men (1987)
Directed by Barry Levinson
A minor car accident drives two rival aluminum-siding salesmen to the ridiculous extremes of man versus man in 1963 Baltimore.
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The group's chemistry evokes the best sad-sack male bonding tales of Barry Levinson (" Diner ," " Tin Men "), and the performances are all superb, particularly Frost, who steals the film with an explosive physicality that's John Goodmanesque.
The tone is sometimes reminiscent of the one struck by Barry Levinson in his memory films (“Diner,” “Tin Men,” “Avalon”), with Gray, in this case, trying to present his experience of growing up in as genuine a way as possible, as if he were ripping pages from his diary.
Not so poignant as "Death of a Salesman," to which it's often compared, the drama really has more in common with Barry Levinson's "Tin Men."
In its own way, the film is a bittersweet drama, a sort of "Glengarry Glen Ross" without the vitriol.