‘Wall Street’ (1987).  Movie Review

Oliver Stone directs Wall Street, a fantastic film about the world of the stock market that gave Michael Douglas the Academy Award for best actor. With Charlie Sheen as Bud Fox.

Wall Street is marvelous in the dialogues and, above all, in the rhythm (Mr. Oliver Stone handled the editing wonderfully). Its two main actors are great. Great movie.

Plot

Bud Fox is a Manhattan broker with a great desire to succeed. He feels a brutal admiration for a financial shark, Gordon Gekko, with whom he finally manages to get in touch. He makes him a proposal and, little by little, he enters his circle and begins to discover the real world of finance.

The Movie

Fantastic in every aspect. We are used to seeing Martin Sheen playing comedy roles and we sometimes hear a little about his conflicted private life, but here he performs really well except for one problem… there is Michael Douglas playing the coolest guy in town and we have to admit that the guy is the bomb (the Hollywood Academy thought the same).

It was one of Oliver Stone’s first incursions into financial matters (and the guy came out great) and it is one of the best films about the world of finance ever made. Round characters, well defined, with a clear personality in an also round story that achieves balance in every scene. Very realistic, magnificently set in a world that many of us will never get to know (most of us actually).

The supporting actors are great, most of them with brilliant roles, in a film that works as a chorus because, watch out, it has a very good script, one of those that nobody seems to be able to write anymore and that, in the past, didn’t even receive much attention. What a shame!

If you haven’t seen it, do yourselves a favor and check it out. And if you’ve seen it a few times (like me), you’re sure to enjoy it again.

The movie just flew by for me.

Our Opinion

Four well-deserved stars for this movie that has created a whole style and portrays the golden age of Wall Street that some people miss so much and that has given so many headaches to so many others. A faithful reflection of an era that will remain in force many years after its release.

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