For those who saw the theatrical production, this version seems flat even though William H. Macy repeats his stage performance and the script is virtually the same. Mamet uses every conceivable camera angle in an attempt to ventilate the play for the screen. Somehow it just doesn't come off quite as well as seeing the same show in the live theater. I think people who never saw the stage show will still argue just as forcefully over who is right and who is wrong. It is a minor criticism, but I was constantly distracted by the idea that a non-tenured professor would have an office suite on the campus larger than any president of a major university.
