Boiler Room

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Boiler Room

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Released Feb 18, 2000

2h 0m

Drama

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Welcome to the infamous "boiler room" -- where twenty something millionaires are made overnight. Here, in the inner sanctum of a fly-by-night brokerage firm, hyper-aggressive young stock jocks peddle to unsuspecting buyers over the phone -- and are rewarded with mansions, Ferraris and more luxury toys than they know what to do with. In this unassuming Long Island enclave, Gen Xers chase the green at breakneck speeds, sometimes one step ahead of the law.

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Critics Consensus

Its ending is disappointingly tidy, but Boiler Room boasts just enough sharp writing and brisk pacing to make getting there worthwhile.

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Nell Minow

Common Sense Media

Good but mature movie. Not for kids.

Rated: 4/5

Dec 22, 2010

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Time Out

Turns of dialogue ring compellingly true, and the well chosen cast (especially Ribisi) carry the inflections of the drama with some style.

Jun 24, 2006

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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.

Rated: 2.5/4

Mar 19, 2002

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Chuck Klosterman

Akron Beacon Journal

The main reason Boiler Room succeeds, despite its unoriginal premise: It's brilliantly contemporary.

Rated: 3/4

Oct 27, 2023

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Andy Greenwald

Spin

Boiler Room is consistently on target and fantastically of-the-moment.

Dec 28, 2022

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Justin Brown

Medium Popcorn

There were random racial slurs, the father storyline didn't pay off and the performances were really uneven.

Rated: 2/5

Jul 1, 2021

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Georgan G

3.25 stars. This sad tale is based on a very real type of scam. Buying anything from someone who calls you out of the blue is a no-no. Hope a few people learned that from this flick.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

12/21/24

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Khalid N

Don't get me wrong this movie is not horrible but compared to the others of its genre like The Firm, 1993 or Wall Street 1998 it's not that good. The story lacks depth in terms of the characters we barely get any information about the other character's lives and the movie doesn't make us attached to any other characters. In terms of acting it was decent except for the monotonous voice of Seth when talking to his father. It's not bad but there are many other movies of the same genre with a 10x better storyline and better character development.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

08/13/24

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Eye C

It's a nice movie, it's just left you high and dry, when it could give you the pleasure of closure. I don't know, it's ok, I guess.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

08/26/23

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ed v

Pretty accurate depiction of 2000s New York. Giovanni Ribisi gives a great performance. I stand behind my theory that Ben Affleck is the worst part of every movie he's in. The monologue he rattles off about how rich and successful he is, is the most generic and vague description of wealth I can imagine. The BS stock pushing is the biggest take away.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

08/06/23

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jelisije j

An absolute tribute to movies about the stock market scams.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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Audience Member

Movie has familiar faces. Good pacing and story. Only negative is the love story cause it seemed shoehorned in.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

01/28/23

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Synopsis

Welcome to the infamous "boiler room" -- where twenty something millionaires are made overnight. Here, in the inner sanctum of a fly-by-night brokerage firm, hyper-aggressive young stock jocks peddle to unsuspecting buyers over the phone -- and are rewarded with mansions, Ferraris and more luxury toys than they know what to do with. In this unassuming Long Island enclave, Gen Xers chase the green at breakneck speeds, sometimes one step ahead of the law.

Director: Ben Younger
Producer: Jennifer Todd, Suzanne Todd
Screenwriter: Ben Younger
Distributor: New Line Cinema
Production Co: New Line Cinema, Team Todd
Rating: R (Strong Language|Drug Content)
Genre: Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Feb 18, 2000, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Jan 11, 2010
Box Office (Gross USA): $16.9M
Runtime: 2h 0m
Sound Mix: SDDS, Dolby Digital, DTS, Surround
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)

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