Boiler Room (2000)
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" Boiler Room is a 2000 American crime drama film written and directed by Ben Younger, and starring Giovanni Ribisi, Vin Diesel, Nia Long, Ben Affleck, Nicky Katt, Scott Caan, Tom Everett Scott, Ron Rifkin and Jamie Kennedy. The film was conceived when Younger interviewed for a job at brokerage firm Sterling Foster. "I walked in and immediately realized, 'This is my movie.' I mean, you see these kids and know something is going on." The film was nominated for several awards including a Black "

" "They say money can't buy happiness? Look at the fucking smile on my face. Ear to ear, baby." Directed by Ben Younger Written by Ben Younger Music by The Angel Cinematography by Enrique Chediak Editing by Chris Peppe"
“To be honest, it has been a while since I have seen this flick but even though it is a rather obscure feature, I thought actually pretty good. Indeed, I always had a weak spot for such movies dealing with the stock brokers and even though it might not be the best movie in this genre, it still worked fine for me. Above all, I thought it was really realistic and they gave a rather gloomy view on the financial world which is pretty much rotten. In fact, you could say that this movie was some kind of modern version of โGlengarry Glen Rossโ, in fact Ben Affleck had a very nice cameo giving a very similar speech like the one given by Alec Baldwin in this classic. It is also interesting to note that even though the cast included such actors like Ben Affleck and Vin Diesel, the lead character ” read more

"ย There have been plenty of movies that were released and then had the messages that they were telling misconstrued into the opposite of what they were trying to say. Brian DePalma's Scarface from 1983 is a good example. Originally meant as a cautionary tale of what it it like to become a drug kingpin, many of hardcore fans have turn into a glorification of its titular character into a role model. Another example is the 1987 movie Wall Street in which the moral of that story is high money corru"