The Alarmist

A cynical farce about suspicion and greed, Evan Dunsky's feature debut suggests an odd mix of GLENGARRY GLEN ROSS and BLUE VELVET. Naïve but ambitious Tommy Hudler (David Arquette) finds his calling in door-to-door sales, peddling home-security systems under the tutelage of self-made man Heinrich Grigoris (Stanley Tucci), the kind of hale fellow well met you always vaguely suspect has body parts wrapped in black plastic in his freezer. Tommy's first sale is to sexy older woman Gale (Kate Capshaw), who buys an alarm system from him and then steals his heart; their relationship progresses with surprising smoothness, especially when you consider that her smart-alecky ...