Boiler Room

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Boiler Room

R

2000

2h 0m

Drama

Mystery & Thriller

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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.

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Critics Consensus

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

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Nell Minow

Common Sense Media

12/22/2010

4/5

Good but mature movie. Not for kids.

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Time Out

06/24/2006

Turns of dialogue ring compellingly true, and the well chosen cast (especially Ribisi) carry the inflections of the drama with some style.

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Liam Lacey

Globe and Mail

03/19/2002

2.5/4

To put the movie in sales terms, after a good opening pitch, Younger fails to close the deal. The audience can't buy in.

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Chuck Klosterman

Akron Beacon Journal

10/27/2023

3/4

The main reason Boiler Room succeeds, despite its unoriginal premise: It's brilliantly contemporary.

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Andy Greenwald

Spin

12/28/2022

Boiler Room is consistently on target and fantastically of-the-moment.

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Justin Brown

Medium Popcorn

07/01/2021

2/5

There were random racial slurs, the father storyline didn't pay off and the performances were really uneven.

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thiago s

@Thiagostone 06/21/2025

Filme fraco, o roteiro é fraco, as cenas são fracas, a história é fraca, o elenco é muito bom, mas ninguém ajuda a melhorar o filme, os personagens são fracos, e o filme deveria ter cenas bem melhores e relevantes, para fazer o filme ser bom

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Georgan G

@RT98616417 12/21/2024

3.25 stars. This sad tale is based on a very real type of scam. Buying anything from someone who calls you out of the blue is a no-no. Hope a few people learned that from this flick.

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Khalid N

@RT57274559 08/13/2024

Don't get me wrong this movie is not horrible but compared to the others of its genre like The Firm, 1993 or Wall Street 1998 it's not that good. The story lacks depth in terms of the characters we barely get any information about the other character's lives and the movie doesn't make us attached to any other characters. In terms of acting it was decent except for the monotonous voice of Seth when talking to his father. It's not bad but there are many other movies of the same genre with a 10x better storyline and better character development.

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Eye C

@ECinc 08/26/2023

It's a nice movie, it's just left you high and dry, when it could give you the pleasure of closure. I don't know, it's ok, I guess.

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jelisije j

@jjosifovic 12/21/2022

An absolute tribute to movies about the stock market scams.

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11/29/2021

Movie has familiar faces. Good pacing and story. Only negative is the love story cause it seemed shoehorned in.

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Synopsis

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.

Director: Ben Younger
Producer: Jennifer Todd, Suzanne Todd
Screenwriter: Ben Younger
Distributor: New Line Cinema
Production Co: New Line Cinema, Team Todd
Rating: R (Strong Language|Drug Content)
Genre: Drama, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Feb 18, 2000, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Jan 11, 2010
Box Office (Gross USA): $16.9M
Runtime: 2h 0m
Sound Mix: SDDS, Dolby Digital, DTS, Surround
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)