Storyline

Tommy Wilhelm (Robin Williams) is a salesman. An honest, hard-working guy who has lost his job, his girlfriend, and left part of his sanity behind as he heads to New York to pick up the pieces of his life. He's always been able to sell, but caught in a downward spiral, he must, in addition, face the father who never really understood him, while trying to balance his newly precarious existence—monterey media/Learning in Focus, Inc.

Plot Keywords

salesman, wife, father, doctor, endearing, sad, brooding, melodramatic, new york city, street, loss, relationships, failing career, divorce, fall, underdog, 1950s

Short Review

How this movie has only a 48% when it is one of the best most concise and perfectly executed stories of all time is beyond me. If you know anything about story and character you will understand this truth. This is an actors actor movie. Julliard Technique in full display.

Trailer

Streaming Service

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