Billionaire Boys Club

Highly entertaining. Funny. Some twists. Really shows the greed of the 80s.

Great actors. I have watched this movie so many times.

This is definitely one of the top 100 cult movies to see.

This movie is a gem in a haystack. I really recommend it to anyone who is into real greed movies like "the boiler room". My one beef is the comment that Judd Nelson's character makes regarding "like a bee is attracted to honey" because bees are not attracted to honey, rather, bees are attracted to pollen. Honey is a by-product of the bees pollenizeration process that turns the pollen into a wax-type residue usually referred to as "bee's wax." The residue is then manipulated by intense pressures that then liquefy into the substance known as honey. That is about my only big complaint about this movie. I really liked it. Judd Nelson is an underrated genius.

This movie, whether you watch the 4 hour version or the shorter 2 hour one, is really well done. Judd Nelson and Ron Silver give terrific performances and the writing is very sharp. The action is well done and the courtroom scenes are riveting. A solid piece of work and definitely worth seeing.

i enjoyed the original mini-series as it was televised over two nights. i bought a VHS copy a few years ago, and was distressed finding a shorter and edited version that left out essential scenes that made this thriller run. the line from Judd Nelson's electrifying role of Joe Hunt..."then I declare war on you..." and Dean Karney's somber statement, "you can't beat a good conspiracy"...were priceless. the whole spin of affluent young men as corporate raiders and investors of commodities may have been noble aspirations, but only to get caught in the web of Joe Hunt's paradox philosophy. The book, of course has more depth and detail, closer to the reality of this true crime.

This is a well told, mesmerizing true life docudrama. Even if you know how the story goes, it is told in such an interesting and exciting manner. Judd Nelson is terrific as Joe Hunt, making you believe that he is a good person even if the facts suggest otherwise. He says at one point that "all he ever wanted to do was make money, for everybody." Nelson received a Golden Globe nomination as did McNamara, who plays the baby faced narrator and most sympathetic character. Ron Silver does a great job in the small but critical Ron Levin role. I recommend the film for fans of courtroom dramas and murder mysteries.