Boiler Room

2000, Drama, 2h 0m

102 Reviews 25,000+ Ratings

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

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Giovanni Ribisi as Seth Davis in New Line's Boiler Room

Vin Diesel as Chris Varick in New Line's Boiler Room

Giovanni Ribisi and Nia Long in New Line's Boiler Room

Scott Caan, Vin Diesel, Giovanni Ribisi, Jamie Kennedy and Nicky Katt on the set of New Line Cinema's drama, Boiler Room

Ben Affleck and Giovanni Ribisi in New Line's Boiler Room

Vin Diesel and Giovanni Ribisi in New Line's Boiler Room

Giovanni Ribisi and Ron Rifkin in New Line's Boiler Room

(Left to right) Writer/Director Ben Younger, Scott Caan, Vin Diesel, Giovanni Ribisi and Jamie Kennedy on the set of New Line Cinema's drama, Boiler Room

Giovanni Ribisi as Seth Davis in New Line's Boiler Room

Nicky Katt as Greg Weinstein in New Line's Boiler Room

Nia Long and Giovanni Ribisi in New Line's Boiler Room

Giovanni Ribisi as Seth Davis in New Line's Boiler Room

Giovanni Ribisi and Nia Long in New Line's Boiler Room

Giovanni Ribisi as Seth Davis in New Line's Boiler Room

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Nia Long as Abbie Halpert in New Line's Boiler Room

Jamie Kennedy as Adam in New Line's Boiler Room

Ben Younger, the writer and director of New Line's Boiler Room

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Movie Info

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.

Rating:

R (Strong Language|Drug Content)
Genre:

Drama
Original Language:

English
Director:

Ben Younger
Producer:

Jennifer Todd, Suzanne Todd
Writer:

Ben Younger
Release Date (Theaters):

Feb 18, 2000 wide
Release Date (Streaming):

Jul 11, 2000
Box Office (Gross USA):

$16.9M
Runtime:

2h 0m
Distributor:

New Line Cinema
Sound Mix:

SDDS, Dolby Digital, DTS, Surround
Aspect Ratio:

Flat (1.85:1)

Cast & Crew

Giovanni Ribisi
Seth

Vin Diesel
Chris

Nia Long
Abby

Nicky Katt
Greg

Scott Caan
Richie

Ron Rifkin
Marty Davis

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Audience Reviews for Boiler Room

Feb 12, 2012

Good screenplay and good actings.

Lucas M Super Reviewer
May 24, 2011

Illegal stock trading, Gekko style, reheated with a young cast. Noteworthy performances by Ribisi, Long, Affleck and Rifkin carry a rough script and direction that favors lots of jump cuts.

Kevin M. W Super Reviewer
Sep 18, 2010

fun B-movie material

Albert K Super Reviewer
Aug 09, 2010

"There is no question whether or not you'll become a millionaire here. The only question is how many times over." Quite frankly, I expected this to be absolute crap. I'm not much of a fan any of the cast, I'm not familiar with the director, and the premise sounded like a bad television movie. But Boiler Room turned out to be a fairly entertaining Gen-X spin on flashy, corrupt stockbrokers. The main character Seth (Giovanni Ribisi) is a smart guy, but college isn't really for him. He drops out to run a successful illegal casino from his apartment. But when an old friend offers him an opportunity to work for a lesser known, maverick trading company, Seth jumps at the chance to make a lot of money legitimately, and possibly repair his strained relationship with his father, as a result. But, while Seth's natural talent for selling makes him a rising star at the firm, he slowly finds out that his new employer may not be quite so legitimate, after all. The story is pretty ridiculous, and it's portrayal of stock trading is more entertaining than realistic. But hey, it's a movie, not a documentary. The supposed party-lives of the hotshot young brokers are a little over the top (shooting dice, really?), and the relationship between Seth and Abby (Nia Long) is undercooked and seems to not have much significance within the plot, but his interactions with his stern, disapproving father (Ron Rifkin) are much more resonant. Boiler Room name-checks Glengarry Glen Ross and Wall Street, but it's not quite up to the challenge of being a more recent version of those movies. It is a decent rise-and-fall kind of flick, though, and when it plays fast and loose with its subject matter, it all sort of works.

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