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Boiler Room (2000)
Director: Ben Younger
Cast: Giovanni Ribisi, Vin Diesel, Nia Long, Nicky Katt, Scott Caan, Ron Rifkin, Jamie Kennedy, Taylor Nichols, Bill Sage, Tom Everett Scott, Ben Affleck.
Running Time: 118 minutes
Rated R for strong language and some drug content.

Despite being a college drop out, Seth Davis (Giovanni Ribisi) gets a job as a broker for a small investment firm JT Marlin. With promises of his first million within three years, Seth gets into the high tension and fast paced world of the boiler room, the salesroom floor where he begins as a trainee. He gradually grows within the organization and starts seeing the beautiful receptionist Abbie (Nia Long) despite the fact that she used to be with his new boss. Everything seems to be going his way; however the deeper he goes, Seth begins to suspect that it can't all be as good as it looks and is unlikely to be as legal as he had been told it was. It might be the fact that the film actually name checks "Glengary Glen Ross" and "Wall Street", but at times this feels that, like its characters, that it has watched these films too many times and has simply added a touch of "Goodfellas" to it to produce "Boiler Room"; however, this is actually a bit unfair because the film has just about enough of its own to stand out as rather an enjoyable and interesting look at the ethics of certain sections of the business world. The narrative is strong enough to keep things moving forward despite the weaknesses asYounger does well to recreate the testosterone-fuelled world where money is the only thing that matters and it tends to be this energy that drives the film where subplots on relationships struggle.

The cast are a great help, featuring generally good performances despite the odd weak bit. Ribisi is the heart of the film and, although he doesn't totally convince in his narration he is a good lead, taking well to his character. Diesel usually strikes fear deep into hearts with his assumed hunky machismo, but here he is actually pretty good as is the sensitive Katt. Long is a good actress and great looking but this is not the best role she has had; she delivers it the best she can but the story uses her as a device at best, Caan is decent, and Rifkin has a simple task to deliver. The only bum note was Ben Affleck, whose dialogue comes off as a copy of better films was obviously done much better by Alec Baldwin in "Glengary Glen Ross". Overall, there are certainly better films, but this has the energy to appeal to a younger audience that will likely enjoy it.

A good look into the dark side of the brokerage industry
Boiler Room brings you right into the operation of a "chop shop" stock brokerage, where the agressive sales tactics and disregard for ethics make every client an almost sure loser.

This film brought me right into the story, and really painted an image of being on the boiler room floor, pounding the prospects into submission and certain financial desruction.

I have heard of these type of firms, and always wondered how one could fall for the pitch. Now I know.

The cast does a good job of portraying the attitude of the cocky, young & rich that the boiler room industry teams with.



Very edgy drama!
I bought this movie because I'm a big fan of Vin Diesel. I watched it one night and found it to be a very edgy and very entertaining drama. The plot was very well developed, the characters were very well developed, and the relationship of the main character Seth (Giovanni Ribisi) with the other main characters made for some great plots with-in the plot. All the character relationships are all good for different reasons. The relationship between Seth and his father (Ron Rifkin) had such great intensity. The alliance with Greg Weinstein (Nicky Katt) changed into an excellent battle of wills. The romance with Abby (Nia Long) proved to bring a very fuzzy element to the movie. And the alliance with Chris (Diesel) shows us that Seth has one friend he can count on. Excellent performances all-around, great plot, and a very hip musical score. Highly recommended for fans of stock market type movies and Vin Diesel movies. Boiler Room starts out smokin' and never cools off!

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