I like the honesty of “Boiler Room” not hesitating to quote itself of the classic “Glengarry Glen Ross” which I enjoyed and the one I have not yet watched “The Wall Street”. It could have concentrated more on how to be better than these two but it focuses on the script which keeps it safe and steady for the near two hours it runs. During the high school days, computer courses were hot in the market in India. Any one and every one was taking courses and the center which teaches them made a fortune out of those. Trust me; they were selling it like stocks as these guys do in the movies. It was legitimate but they were pushy. I was no different. So this lady as one of the center’s manager in fact gave me a kind deadline of tomorrow to get a discount of some amount for a course. As a kid, not knowing the business, I recited it to my father. And as a father and head of house hold, he does not like when some one tries to push him for any reason. It was pretty embarrassing and in a way felt bad for the lady who tried to dictate the terms with me and also my dad when she got a bad ear out of my father’s bitter taste of anger over the phone. How it would have been if one of Seth’s (Giovanni Ribisi) or Chris’s (Vin Diesel) or Greg’s (Nicky Katt) client came back with that? I bet they would have a rebuttal for it.
Some times sales highly question the ethic of any transaction. While hard coming marketing looks icky the same goes for the client’s bargaining. Which started first is an egg-chicken situation but the guys in the “Boiler Room” holds up and rather attacks them in a friendly way. They get a feel for their client by testing out couple of personal authoritative insulting jokes. The film bases on it and manages to squeeze in the personal front of Seth. Seth drops out of school to run a casino at his home. It is illegal but as he says, he runs it with control with a model of a business. He wishes his father Marty (Ron Rifkin), a judge could see it that way. Their relationship is turbulent and harsh. Marty is right but never opens the channel of open communication with his son. He is more humiliating than making a point and guiding his son. Trying to earn a respect, he joins the JT Marlin firm. They suit like typical Wall Street brokers and they are an hour away from it.
It is always entertaining when some one like successful salesman Jim (Ben Affleck) come up and give a raunchy talk like Alec Baldwin does in “Glengarry Glen Ross”. Affleck reminds the character but not being the character of Baldwin. He creates a clear confident and realistic Jim. He spits out the truth of being in this firm. Money is everything. If you can squeeze in extra one hour in a 24 hour day to make it 25 hour, then do it.
Huge money in short time brings in clouds of doubts and feels sleazy. For people like me who immediately skip a line which has “stock”, “shares” in television, newspaper or internet, they explain the sale and the profit the company makes, including its fraudulent. Never they take a lecture session as such alone but blend it in with situations.
One notable thing in the movie is the character of Abby (Nia Long). She works as the receptionist and is aware on some level on how the company works. She knows it and when Seth expresses concerns on the firm’s operational structure, she bluntly gives wise advice of to either leave the firm or accept it and work without a soul. And for once the love of the protagonist in a movie is more mature and treats the ground reality keeps it real.
The dialogues are not hard hitting but keep you tickling, laughing and admire the talents of these guys who are not alone articulate but also carry the situational intelligence. It might be quite strange when some one like Seth, who starts his career as an illegal Casino owner to find the things in the firm as wrong. It is real for him when he exactly sees the lives of people collapsing. He is a master in turning the conversations in to a closing sale but the foot note personal information he intrudes in is enough to keep their aspirations and disasters based on the sale he made, known to him. These are the movies which are not classic but good. An impressive debut feature by director Ben Younger with good talents gives a good film with confidence.
Some times sales highly question the ethic of any transaction. While hard coming marketing looks icky the same goes for the client’s bargaining. Which started first is an egg-chicken situation but the guys in the “Boiler Room” holds up and rather attacks them in a friendly way. They get a feel for their client by testing out couple of personal authoritative insulting jokes. The film bases on it and manages to squeeze in the personal front of Seth. Seth drops out of school to run a casino at his home. It is illegal but as he says, he runs it with control with a model of a business. He wishes his father Marty (Ron Rifkin), a judge could see it that way. Their relationship is turbulent and harsh. Marty is right but never opens the channel of open communication with his son. He is more humiliating than making a point and guiding his son. Trying to earn a respect, he joins the JT Marlin firm. They suit like typical Wall Street brokers and they are an hour away from it.
It is always entertaining when some one like successful salesman Jim (Ben Affleck) come up and give a raunchy talk like Alec Baldwin does in “Glengarry Glen Ross”. Affleck reminds the character but not being the character of Baldwin. He creates a clear confident and realistic Jim. He spits out the truth of being in this firm. Money is everything. If you can squeeze in extra one hour in a 24 hour day to make it 25 hour, then do it.
Huge money in short time brings in clouds of doubts and feels sleazy. For people like me who immediately skip a line which has “stock”, “shares” in television, newspaper or internet, they explain the sale and the profit the company makes, including its fraudulent. Never they take a lecture session as such alone but blend it in with situations.
One notable thing in the movie is the character of Abby (Nia Long). She works as the receptionist and is aware on some level on how the company works. She knows it and when Seth expresses concerns on the firm’s operational structure, she bluntly gives wise advice of to either leave the firm or accept it and work without a soul. And for once the love of the protagonist in a movie is more mature and treats the ground reality keeps it real.
The dialogues are not hard hitting but keep you tickling, laughing and admire the talents of these guys who are not alone articulate but also carry the situational intelligence. It might be quite strange when some one like Seth, who starts his career as an illegal Casino owner to find the things in the firm as wrong. It is real for him when he exactly sees the lives of people collapsing. He is a master in turning the conversations in to a closing sale but the foot note personal information he intrudes in is enough to keep their aspirations and disasters based on the sale he made, known to him. These are the movies which are not classic but good. An impressive debut feature by director Ben Younger with good talents gives a good film with confidence.
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