What a Pretentious Movie

Rating: 1/10 (8 December 2005)

I must admit to being extremely disappointed with this movie. The mis-anthropic message could not be seen as a metaphor for the 1980's 'greed is good' capitalist mentality, or as a commentary on prevailing western sensibilities. Rather it is self indulgent at best, coating a soft pawn movie with the veneer of social examination.
The characters are 2 dimensional with no empathic qualities, The dialogue staged and contrived; although the acting is good you cannot polish a turd.
If I had been a 13 year old boy watching this movie I would have been impressed by American Pscho's over-simplistic message, as a man I am not. 'Wallstreet' delivers a far more clever and concise commentary on the phenomenon of the 1980's. And, if you will allow me to retort, it's tag-line 'greed is good' will always stick in the memory.