Boiler Room (2000)

User Rating:

6.8/10   

Director:

Ben Younger

Writer (WGA):

Ben Younger (written by)

Release Date:

18 February 2000 (USA)

Genre:

Thriller | Drama | Crime

Tagline:

Where would you turn? How far would you go? How hard will you fall?

Plot:

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.

Plot Keywords:

Judge | Stock | Casino | Career | Ferrari

Awards:

1 win & 7 nominations

Cast

Giovanni Ribisi	...	Seth Davis
Vin Diesel	...	Chris Varick
Nia Long	...	Abbie Halpert
Nicky Katt	...	Greg Weinstein
Scott Caan	...	Richie O'Flaherty
Ron Rifkin	...	Judge Marty Davis
Jamie Kennedy	...	Adam
Taylor Nichols	...	Harry Reynard
Bill Sage	...	FBI Agent David Drew
Tom Everett Scott	...	Michael Brantley
Ben Affleck	...	Jim Young
John Griesemer	...	Concierge
David Younger	...	Marc
Herbert Russell	...	Kid (as Russell Harper)
Mark Webber	...	Kid

MPAA:

Rated R for strong language and some drug content.

Runtime:

120 min

Country:

USA

Language:

Russian | English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

Hong Kong:IIB (DVD rating) | Argentina:13 | Denmark:15 | France:U | Germany:12 | South Korea:15 (original rating) | South Korea:18 (DVD rating) | UK:15 | USA:R (certificate #36838) | Finland:K-16 | Iceland:L

Filming Locations:

Garden City, Long Island, New York, USA

Company:

New Line Cinema

Trivia:

In the scene where Chris (Vin Diesel) and Seth (Giovanni Ribisi) are waiting outside Greg's (Nicky Katt) house, we never see the car move or get turned on. Before they shot the scene Ben Affleck was sitting in the car, listening to music. He accidentally took the car keys home with him. They absolutely had to shoot the scene that night and couldn't find Ben. They shot the scene with the car where it is and lit up the house so there wouldn't be a reflection of the camera and crew.

Goofs:

Continuity: Seth invites his father to a diner for lunch and arranges the napkins on the table. After his father sits down, the napkins are back in their original positions.

Quotes:

Seth Davis: I had a very strong work ethic. The problem was my ethics in work.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Film Geek (2005)

Soundtrack:

Keepin' the Faith

A superbly well-made view into a corrupt world.

The references to "Wall Street" and "Glengarry Glen Ross" are not simple accidents. In fact, Ben Younger's "Boiler Room" could almost be seen as third film in a loose trilogy dealing with shareholder manipulation. At the very least, it matches those films in terms of quality. Giovanni Ribisi, Vin Diesel, Ron Rifkin, Nicky Katt, and Ben Affleck (among others) make up the excellent ensemble cast. Vin Diesel is so good that it makes me wish he could return to his pre-"Fast and the Furious" days. Affleck is surprisingly serious as well. Ribisi covers a wide and difficult range of emotion, including a heartbreaking relationship with his father (Rifkin).

"Boiler Room" is one of the best films of recent memory, and possesses a level of quality rare in modern cinema.

7.6 out of 10