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Wall Street

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On the Wall Street of the 1980s, Bud Fox (Charlie Sheen) is a stockbroker full of ambition, doing whatever he can to make his way to the top. Admiring the power of the unsparing corporate raider Gordon Gekko (Michael Douglas), Fox entices Gekko into mentoring him by providing insider trading. As Fox becomes embroiled in greed and underhanded schemes, his decisions eventually threaten the livelihood of his scrupulous father (Martin Sheen). Faced with this dilemma, Fox questions his loyalties.
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With Wall Street, Oliver Stone delivers a blunt but effective -- and thoroughly well-acted -- jeremiad against its era's veneration of greed as a means to its own end.

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Jay Scott Globe and Mail Stone's script makes towering mountains out of mysterious minutiae, confident that although we may not be able to classify the rocks, we will be able to map the terrain. Dec 7, 2022 Full Review Sean French Sight & Sound The film benefits enormously from shrewd casting. Jan 28, 2020 Full Review David Denby New York Magazine/Vulture Oliver Stone's Wall Street is exactly what I had hoped for -- a sensationally entertaining melodrama about greed and corruption in New York, a movie that evokes the power of big money so strongly that you can savor it on your tongue like Stilton and port. Dec 31, 2019 Full Review Matt Brunson Film Frenzy It remains relevant. Rated: 3/4 Feb 10, 2025 Full Review Stephen Silver Tilt Magazine A great 1980s film, even if many of its fans took the wrong lesson from it (35th anniversary) Rated: 5/5 Dec 13, 2022 Full Review Mark Jackson Epoch Times A 1980's update of Goethe's Faust, with Charlie Sheen's Bud Fox as a corporate raider wannabe Faust and Michael Douglas's Gordon Gekko a grinning, ruthless finance Mephisto. In 2022's time of greedflation, a re-watch sheds light on our current condition. Rated: 4/5 Oct 25, 2022 Full Review Read all reviews

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Danylo D Review as part of my watchlist of 100 (1) movies for learning english. It provided me 13 new words or phraseologies. Great cast, clear accent, recommend for watching! Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 08/20/25 Full Review Daniel C. M The way this movie oozes with 80s style is magnificient and really helps in building it's atmosphere and overrall tone. The performances are obviously amazing either, specially Michael Douglas, playing Gordon Gekko, with a huge charisma and screen presence. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 07/30/25 Full Review john h Wall Street's atmosphere feels sandwiched as do many of the shots within the film in order to establish the hustle and bustle of the busy streets of the city. The story has viewers invested immediately with the Michael Douglas character Gordon Gekko who takes under his wing, Bud Fox (played by Charlie Sheen) until the very end when their downfalls become more apparent. Wall Street contains positively utilized themes of greed, loyalty, power and everything above. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 06/02/25 Full Review Audience Member It's an alright movie... Rated 3 out of 5 stars 07/28/25 Full Review Johannes S Very good financial thriller. Gordon Gekko is an iconic personality and a high level crook. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 05/04/25 Full Review r96 s 'Wall Street' makes for an interesting watch, anything to do with the titular financial market is total gobbledygook to me but even I was fairly hooked throughout. The performances of Michael Douglas and Charlie Sheen are top notch, so no surprise it turns out to be very good. I would say that the pacing is not the best, it probably overstays its welcome a bit, though to be honest that's the only thing I have to list under negatives and it's not even a big one. The relatively more energetic ending does do a fair bit to quell any serious run time issues. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/19/25 Full Review Read all reviews
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Oliver Stone

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Michael Douglas

Gordon Gekko

Charlie Sheen

Bud Fox

Martin Sheen

Carl Fox

Terence Stamp

Sir Larry Wildman

Sean Young

Kate Gekko

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Synopsis On the Wall Street of the 1980s, Bud Fox (Charlie Sheen) is a stockbroker full of ambition, doing whatever he can to make his way to the top. Admiring the power of the unsparing corporate raider Gordon Gekko (Michael Douglas), Fox entices Gekko into mentoring him by providing insider trading. As Fox becomes embroiled in greed and underhanded schemes, his decisions eventually threaten the livelihood of his scrupulous father (Martin Sheen). Faced with this dilemma, Fox questions his loyalties.
Director
Oliver Stone
Producer
Edward R. Pressman
Screenwriter
Stanley Weiser, Oliver Stone
Distributor
Warner Home Vídeo, 20th Century Fox
Production Co
20th Century Fox
Rating
R
Genre
Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Dec 11, 1987, Original
Release Date (Streaming)
Mar 1, 2013
Box Office (Gross USA)
$41.3M
Runtime
2h 5m
Sound Mix
Surround
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