Boiler Room – Movie Review
First explain the context in the movie (not the whole movie but what the scene you selected is about, and how it fits in the storyline).
The film Boiler Room [2000] is about a young college dropout who originally runs an illegal casino from his rented apartment. After he struggles with his father’s disapproval of his illegitimate occupation, the main character, Seth Davis, decides to pursue a career at a small time brokerage firm, J.T. Marlin. However, the brokerage firm turns out to be a fraudulent “chop shop” that only exists as a “pump and dump” that creates artificial demand in order to sell off shares of stocks to unsuspected clients. Eventually, the FBI finds out that the firm is violating SEC regulations, which leads Seth to make a series of decisions that make him turn in information about the firm’s fraudulent techniques in return for federal immunity. The scene we chose to discuss occurs when Seth first arrives at J.T. Marlin and is informed by the forceful Jim Young, played by Ben Affleck, what he needs to do to become successful at the firm. Jim’s speech, which we analyze, sets the framework for the explicit “money over everything” mentality that leads the firm into legal and criminal troubles.
First explain the context in the movie (not the whole movie but what the scene you selected is about, and how it fits in the storyline).
The film Boiler Room [2000] is about a young college dropout who originally runs an illegal casino from his rented apartment. After he struggles with his father’s disapproval of his illegitimate occupation, the main character, Seth Davis, decides to pursue a career at a small time brokerage firm, J.T. Marlin. However, the brokerage firm turns out to be a fraudulent “chop shop” that only exists as a “pump and dump” that creates artificial demand in order to sell off shares of stocks to unsuspected