The Boost

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Jack O Right now I've been watching a film that stars James Woods and Sean Young called The Boost. Never heard of it? Well, it's about the two couple Lenny and Linda played by James Woods and Sean Young. Lenny Brown is a man who is in love with Linda Brown. They move to California and when Lenny gets rich and then he lost a job cause he was poor. Now he's obsessed with cocaine to keep himself on the edge. The violence and Lenny possessed in drugs doesn't last long until after an hour. This is fast paced for the most part. This is the fast paced drama film with an fast paced ending. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 06/19/23 Full Review Audience Member There’s a potentially good movie hiding somewhere within this material, however it’s simple depiction of a cautionary tale lets it down. Ultimately it comes off as a laughable, almost Reefer Madness like at times, anti-drug film. Rated 2/5 Stars •  Rated 2 out of 5 stars 10/07/21 Full Review hardy c Supposedly this movie is like a Nancy Reagan "Just Say No" cautionary tale about the evils of drugs. But it's actually about two losers who flirt with success but pull back from the precipice of happiness in order to find a reasonable substitute for that emotion with Bolivian snow. I rate the subsequent scandal over Young allegedly stalking Woods higher. In fact, why didn't anyone make a movie about that? Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 03/30/23 Full Review ashley h The Boost is a disappointing film. It is about Lenny Brown who moves to California to find his fortune in tax shelter investments. James Woods and Sean Young give terrible performances. The screenplay is badly written. Harold Becker did a horrible job directing this movie. I was not impressed with this motion picture. Rated 1/5 Stars •  Rated 1 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Audience Member Struggling salesman becomes huge success in real estate when he moves to California before being downed by a drug habit that spirals out of control. Rated 2.5/5 Stars •  Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/13/23 Full Review Audience Member Based on a novel by Ben Stein, yes, THAT Ben Stein of Ferris Bueller fame. The book was apparently about Quaaludes addiction and abuse, but it's cocaine in the film. I have no idea how the book read, but the film is utterly ridiculous. It's supposed to be a hard hitting downward spiral into drugs by an otherwise on-the-rise yuppie couple, played by James Woods and Sean Young when they were still a real-life couple, but the film is pretty dumb and unintentionally hilarious at times. James Woods is a great actor, but Sean Young is just terrible. Like Arnold, the best acting she ever did was when she played a robot. Stick with "Requiem for a Dream" if you want a hard hitting film about addiction, but if you're in the mood for some serious camp, this may be a good choice. Rated 1.5/5 Stars •  Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 01/31/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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