Plot
A college dropout gets a job as a broker for a suburban investment firm, which puts him on the fast track to success, but the job might not be as legitimate as it sounds.
Release Year: 2000
Rating: 6.9/10 (26,809 voted)
Critic's Score: 63/100
Director:
Ben Younger
Stars: Giovanni Ribisi, Vin Diesel, Nia Long
Storyline Seth Davis is a college dropout running an illegal casino from his rented apartment. Driven by his domineering fathers disapproval at his illegitimate existence and his desire for serious wealth, Seth suddenly finds himself seduced by the opportunity to interview as a trainee stock broker from recent acquaintance Greg (
Cast: Giovanni Ribisi
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Seth Davis
Vin Diesel
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Chris Varick
Nia Long
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Abbie Halpert
Nicky Katt
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Greg Weinstein
Scott Caan
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Richie O'Flaherty
Ron Rifkin
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Judge Marty Davis
Jamie Kennedy
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Adam
Taylor Nichols
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Harry Reynard
Bill Sage
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FBI Agent David Drew
Tom Everett Scott
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Michael Brantley
Ben Affleck
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Jim Young
John Griesemer
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Concierge
David Younger
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Marc
Herbert Russell
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Kid
(as Russell Harper)
Mark Webber
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Kid
Taglines:
There's no such thing as making too much money or taking too many risks
Filming Locations: Garden City, Long Island, New York, USA
Box Office Details
Budget: $8,000,000
(estimated)
Opening Weekend: $6,722,884
(USA)
(20 February 2000)
(1335 Screens)
Gross: $16,938,179
(USA)
(4 July 2000)
Technical Specs
Runtime:
Did You Know?
Trivia:
The chips used in Seth's casino were made by American Standard Molding (ASM) which makes custom chips for casinos and home games.
Goofs:
Factual errors:
When the FBI arrests Seth, they tell him to go to work the next day and copy his C Drive onto a floppy. This would be impossible as a floppy disc only holds 1.5 megabytes and his hard drive would hold Gigabytes, at least.
Quotes:
Man on phone:
Take me off your list. Seth Davis:
Fine, fine. I'm gonna take you off my list of successful people today.
User Review
A sale is always made...
Rating: 8/10
I remember when i had a short stint working for this telemarketing
company,
my boss used to always say "A sale is made on every call. Either you sell
them what you are selling or they sell you an excuse."
This is the message that this film hammers through: the lure of fast money
and the power of persuation; you can destroy someone's life with one
phonecall.
Now unlike the characters in Boiler Room, im not trying to scam you out of
your life savings- so stop reading these reviews and see the
movie.
You won't regret it. 8/10
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