Ben Affleck, Giovanni Ribisi, Jamie Kennedy

A college dropout gets a job as a broker for a suburban investment firm, which puts him on the fast track to success, but the job might not be as legitimate as it sounds.

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67% liked it

96 critics

R, 120 min.

Directed by: Ben Younger

Release Date: February 18, 2000

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DVD Release Date: July 11, 2000

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  • September 23, 2009
    The new Brat pack do "Wall Street". If I'd have read that I would have given it a miss but it?s actually quite good!
  • July 21, 2009
    Jim Young: Anybody who tells you money is the root of all evil doesn't fucking have any.

    Giovanni Ribisi, among others, stars as Seth a bright kid who has had the problem in dropping out of college, instead doing some work out of his own house with a small gambling ring. With h...( read more)is father, played by Ron Rifkin, very much disapproving of this, Seth manages to get himself a job at a suburban investment firm. It gets him some good cash, but things may not be too legit.

    Working with Seth, you have Nicky Katt as the feisty veteran, a Tom Everett Scott who is a little too confident (performance wise) as a lead broker, Jamie Kennedy. Scott Caan, Ben Affleck trying to channel Alec Baldwin in Glengary Glenn Ross and managing to at least swear the right way, and Vin Diesel as a tough but overall good guy. Nia Long also shows up as an assistant/love interest.

    Its a younger update of Wallstreet, which the characters in the film know by heart. It works at being solid and engaging. This is due mainly to the work of Ribisi in the lead role and Diesel. Diesel is just really good in this movie and along with Pitch Black, which came out a week before this originally did, he was easily doing some of his best work at this time, which is something I wish could have continued on.

    I also really enjoyed the urban soundtrack in this flick. This movie is certainly set in the gritty city, with the old rags to riches theme running throughout, and the film has a good feel as to how it handles this.

    Enjoyable, with a solid cast.

    Greg Weinstein: Hang up. Hang up the phone.
    Seth Davis: Thank you. That's nice for you to do that for me.
    Greg Weinstein: First of all, there's gonna be a lot of these regardless of how good you are but you happen to suck big fat ass rhinoceros dick.
    Seth Davis: Well, thank you. That's confidence inspiring.
  • June 26, 2008
    Love Affleck-Ribisi-Acevedo, hate Diesel. That guy has no drop of talent
  • November 30, 2007
    It's a total knockout. A hard boiled drama. Powerhouse performances all around by Vin Diesel, Giovanni Ribisi and Ben Affleck. This film is right on the money. A Wall Street for a new generation. Stylish, riveting and senational. An electrifying piece of fim. Stunning, wickedly f...( read more)unny and outstanding.
  • August 12, 2007
    The intense soundtrack of Boiler Room is a fitting underscore for this movie, which pulses with the vigor of young, rich, amoral men wreaking havoc.
  • November 21, 2009
    Giovanni Ribisi, and Vin Diesel put in decent performances. A great sceen is when Ben Afleck gives a speech to the new hires. If you liked Glengarry Glen Ross, this is a movie to watch.
  • October 5, 2009
    A very entertaining film corporate stock corruption. My favorite Vin Diesel performance he was great in this.
  • October 4, 2009
    I liked it most people I know hated it?
  • August 1, 2009
    Love this movie!! It had great characters, especially among the firm of J. T. Marlon. Ribisi's character was clever!
  • July 23, 2009
    I didn't expect that i would like this movie, I was already ready to hate it until the end of the movie. I had to say, the father-son drama had had me cry :( great performance by Giovanni Ribisi, Vin Diesel, and Ben Affleck. Although Tom Everett Scott did only a minor role, I'd s...( read more)ay he was great! :p

Critic Reviews


March 19, 2002
Liam Lacey, Globe and Mail

To put the movie in sales terms, after a good opening pitch, Younger fails to close the deal. The audience can't buy in. full review

January 1, 2000
A.O. Scott, The New York Times

Boiler Room reflects the sensibility of the generation it holds up to critical scrutiny, and it's a cunningly ambiguous act of self-portraiture. full review

January 1, 2000
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

During the movie I was wound up with tension and involvement. full review

January 1, 2000
Stephanie Zacharek, Salon.com

In moviemaking, as in cold-calling, sometimes conviction is almost enough. full review

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Comments


  • domaine
    June 14, 2006
    If you are in sales like I am (timeshare but want to be a stockbroker) this movie will teach you a lot of things you probably wasn't paying attention to in training.

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