Quick money is not long-lived

Sep 16, 2005

THE lure of quick money is what attracts Seth Davis (Giovanni Ribisi) to the boiler room of J.T. Marlin, a “chop shop” brokerage firm located on Long Island, not on Wall Street.

THE BOILER ROOM
Genre: Comedy and Family
Duration: 1:57minutes
Available on: DVD and VCD
Reviewed by: Roger Mugisha

THE lure of quick money is what attracts Seth Davis (Giovanni Ribisi) to the boiler room of J.T. Marlin, a “chop shop” brokerage firm located on Long Island, not on Wall Street.

For all of Seth’s life, he has wanted only two things: to become a millionaire and to earn his father’s respect. In his quest to attain the former, however, he has endangered his chances for the latter.

A 19-year-old college drop out, Seth is running a small-time illegal casino out of his apartment — a business that his dad (Ron Rifkin), a New York City judge, disapproves of. So, in an attempt to go legit, Seth joins J.T. Marlin as a trainee, a renowned underground “boiler room”.

They do all their work on the phone, promising untold riches, confiding ultra-confidential “tips” and preying on the investor’s greed and fear of missing out on a great opportunity.

But, even as he is on the fast track to wealth and success, he suspects that everything may not be on the up-and-up and his conscience begins to prick him when he realises he is cheating hard-working family men out of their life’s savings just to earn himself a few thousand dollars in commissions.

He perfects living and breathe money and attempts to re-connect with his father and to develop something meaningful slowly dwindled into oblivion.

Seth, however, manages to find his place with his father by backsliding from the boiler room and reconciling his relationship with girlfriend (Nia Long).

Tagline: There’s no such thing as making too much money or taking too many risks.

Lesson: Money is not everything; you still need people to co-exist with.

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