Boiler Room (DVD)

...left. Nevertheless, when I bought Boiler Room, it brought back fond memories of this job. * About Boiler Room* Boiler Room follows the character Seth Davis, played by Giovanni Ribisi. Seth has his own home casino business, a vocation which greatly displeases his father who is a high-court judge. In an attempt to obtain respect and recognition from his father, Seth becomes a stockbroker for a ruthless and ambitious firm. However, all is not as it ...
...introduction to sales mirrored his. Boiler Room manages to epitomise the cut-throat sales organisation mentality of ABC - "Always be closing". The glamour, money and ambition that is attached to sales is accurately conveyed, which makes it a very attractive watch. Giovanni Ribisi who plays Seth does a magnificent job of playing a character with drive and determination who falls into a job that utilises an unknown talent and develops his niche. He ...

oxonian 04.11.2008 · Read full review
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...all you lovely Ciao-ers. Boiler Room is the story of Seth Davis (Giovanni Ribisi) and his ascent in the world of stocks and shares. I thought it was going to be hard to watch old Giovanni in a serious role and not picture him as Frank Junior, saying ‘I like to melt stuff’. But much credit to him – he is really good in this role and his baby face helps portray the odd innocence of his character. But on with the story, you cry! ...
...put in the balance… Boiler Room is really ‘down in the hood’ in a Wall Street kind of way. And speaking of Wall Street (the film), said movie is the JT Marlin trader’s Bible. There is even a scene where four of the traders quote an entire scene of the movie alongside a simultaneous showing of it. The soundtrack is solely rap and urban beats (vibes, flavaz, whatever you wish to call them) and even the score is composed of ...

jess0910 17.01.2002 · Read full review
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The Boiler Room isn't about janitors in a school building. Its about obnoxious, very rich, very dodgy stockbrokers operating in a very dodgy firm nowhere near Wall Street. Seth Davis (Giovanni Ribisi - Saving Private Ryan, The Gift, Phoebe's brother in Friends) heads up a cast of up and coming stars including the next big thing, Vin Diesel (Fast and The Furious, Pitch Black). Ben Affleck also puts in a cameo as a foul mouthed recruiter for the firm. ...
...the fed's show up….. Boiler Room is a pretty good little film. The young cast put in good performances and although the plot isn't particularly original; its interesting. You may be thinking Wall Street but the film gets there first as one scene shows the brokers watching and quoting the 1987 Oliver Stone film. It shows the tricks these guys use to hoodwink people out of their money and makes you think that the money would be nice but sod ...

Ork1927 02.10.2001 · Read full review
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...theme of fast money. So Boiler Room seems to have got everything right. Except it’s forgotten one thing: a plot that goes somewhere… It begins slickly enough. The aforementioned hip-hop soundtrack kick-starts a pacy introduction to young entrepreneur Seth Davis played with admirable single-mindedness by Giovanni Ribisi. He is a college dropout who uses his downtown house as a 24-hour illegal gambling den for underage punters with nothing ...
...you can’t help feeling that Boiler Room is just trying to be a Wall Street for the next generation. It doesn’t even come close. It’s not worthy even to lick the Chelsea boots or to shine the gold tiepin of Gordon Gecko. Wall Street is still the film of corporate greed, and it will take something a lot more imaginative than Boiler Room to beat it. ...

james.bridgeman 26.02.2001 (25.02.2001) · Read full review
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Hi Mr or Mrs X. let me know, do you enjoy films? I thought so. Well I've got a great opportunity for you her. Yep, just give me a minute and you'll get the chance to be in on "Boiler Room". You're not interested! How can you not be interested in a film which stars two of the grunts from "Saving Private Ryan"? That's right, Giovanni Ribisi (also Phoebe's brother in "Friends") and Vin Diesel ("Pitch Black"). That not sweet enough for you, how about ...
...Ben Younger. No me neither, but he does a stand up job. What's it about? Does that matter when a deal's as sweet as this? What? Ok, its about a guy called Seth (Ribisi) who has dropped out of college and while running an illegal casino, gets a job as a trainee stockbroker in the firm of JT Marlin. He has two aims, one to make a million, and the other to get the approval of his father, the judge (played by Ron Rifkin) He gets through his traineeship ...

Chewa 26.02.2001 · Read full review
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An underrated and enjoyable film about young Stockbrokers given a fast route to huge financial rewards as a way to fund a shallow lifestyle by a company which seems too good to be true. The film is informative with witty,streetwise dialogue and is poignant in view of the recent events of the credit crisis. It shows capitalism before the bubble burst. The film is based upon a youth named Seth who runs a back door casino and is invited by two of his ...
...trainee stockbroker with the promise of huge financial rewards once he closes 40 accounts for the company. He soon finds that the company is in fact a "chop shop" and he is selling shares on behalf of companies which don't actually exist. Events spiral out of control as the FBI close in and investers lose their savings. This premise in itself does'nt sound implausible based upon recent news regarding pyramid schemes which caused financial collapse ...

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