Boiler Room (2000) Critic Reviews

Has the high-octane feel of real life, closely observed.Read the full review

Reflects the sensibility of the generation it holds up to critical scrutiny, and it's a cunningly ambiguous act of self-portraiture.Read the full review

Shouldn't be overrated, but it's the first film of the year - and it's mid-February already - capable of keeping a grown-up awake.Read the full review

Younger, in his debut feature, is as canny as he is derivative.Read the full review

The idea of the boiler room as a Y2K gladiator ring for disenfranchised youth provides a proactive new twist.Read the full review

As a piece of journalism then, Boiler Room is first class.Read the full review

Derivative and flawed. But it does throw off a few sparks.Read the full review

Begins extremely well as a saga of greed and conspicuous consumption, but gradually loses its bite.Read the full review

If Boiler Room isn't an especially challenging movie, it's still a damn good melodrama -- a boilermaker.Read the full review