Larry the liquidator buys up businesses and sells their assets. He has his eyes on a wire and cable company.
He meets with Jorgensen, the company President and tells him his plan to challenge him for control at the next stockholder's meeting.
So Jorgensen asks his step daughter, Kate, a lawyer to help. She meets with Larry, and he is smitten with her, but he still sets out on his plan and a battle to see who can get the most shares, ensues.....
Its a film about Yuppies, for Yuppies, with a little bit of romance thrown in.
What should have been a biting satire about old school not wanting to part with something, even though its potentially failing, ends up wanting to be a screwball-esque forties comedy, with a little bit of Wall Street thrown in.
And while it's an entertaining enough movie, it's not topical enough, and its politics are severely dated. And thanks to the failure of Bonfire Of The Vanities, it's not surprising the film vanished without a trace.
Plus, the way the female characters, apart from Miller, are depicted and spoken to, is a little too misogynistic.
But Devito is at the top of his game here, showing a more human side in his character like he never has before. Peck predictability steals the film, and before you can say 'Greed is Good', it's all over and we get a sort of happy ending.
Now time for a Donut.
He meets with Jorgensen, the company President and tells him his plan to challenge him for control at the next stockholder's meeting.
So Jorgensen asks his step daughter, Kate, a lawyer to help. She meets with Larry, and he is smitten with her, but he still sets out on his plan and a battle to see who can get the most shares, ensues.....
Its a film about Yuppies, for Yuppies, with a little bit of romance thrown in.
What should have been a biting satire about old school not wanting to part with something, even though its potentially failing, ends up wanting to be a screwball-esque forties comedy, with a little bit of Wall Street thrown in.
And while it's an entertaining enough movie, it's not topical enough, and its politics are severely dated. And thanks to the failure of Bonfire Of The Vanities, it's not surprising the film vanished without a trace.
Plus, the way the female characters, apart from Miller, are depicted and spoken to, is a little too misogynistic.
But Devito is at the top of his game here, showing a more human side in his character like he never has before. Peck predictability steals the film, and before you can say 'Greed is Good', it's all over and we get a sort of happy ending.
Now time for a Donut.