A lot of fun.

Unshakable, witty and deeply felt, the film will be paying emotional dividends for a long, long time.

Blistering performances.

The acting is good, and the firecracker script has some excellent ideas.

Larry 'the Liquidator' Garfield (Danny DeVito) is an unsentimental corporate raider. His next takeover target is New England Wire & Cable. The family firm is run by kindly Andrew Jorgenson (Gregory Peck) and started by his father. He runs it with his wife Bea Sullivan (Piper Laurie) and right-hand man Bill Coles (Dean Jones). They call Bea's corporate finance lawyer daughter Kate Sullivan (Penelope Ann Miller) for help. Larry is completely taken with the spunky confident Kate. He tries to woo her while taking over her stepfather's company.This is Wall Street done by Frank Capra. The best is Danny DeVito. He is brilliant in these types of roles. He is able to be ruthless jerks but in a lovable way. Gregory Peck, Penelope Ann Miller, and everybody else are terrific. It's fun and charming. It may not be hard enough but it works in that Capra-esque way.

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.

I watched this movie back when it came out. Maybe I saw it one more time since then, but basically I'm writing this with the impression that left me back then. Well, to remember a movie like a....quarter of the century after, it says something about the impression that left you with.And it is a good one.Basically this is a romantic comedy. Not for big laughs, but a movie you enjoy seeing nevertheless. It's about a wall street shark (De Vito) who during a hostile take over of a traditional company (Gregory Peck is great as the owner) starts an unlikely romance with a young feisty lawyer (Penelope Ann Miller who is more attractive then ever).This is a great movie not only to watch but to ...hear too. The dialogs are superb. There are some speeches addressed to an audience that are really interesting too. Old vs. New. Traditional values, family, trust vs. profits and evolution. Even loving and caring vs. having a good time.The cast is stellar. Their performances stunning. The script great. I somehow even remember the music! Overall. A movie that is serious about its themes and really really enjoyable to watch. Highly recommended.

This movie has to have been one of the most painful experiences of my life, and I dearly wish I could have not finished watching it in economics class. I don't know anything about the play, so I won't compare them, but there was pretty much nothing of redeeming value in the movie save the resolution to the company's plight and the speeches (which don't have a whole lot of redeeming value). First of all, Mr. DeVito's character was such a creep that the whole romance thing is way too ridiculous and disgusting to swallow and tolerate, much less believe. Second of all, the lead actress' acting was incredibly one dimensional. Third of all, every time Larry smokes and eats a doughnut at the same time, they managed to make it so disgusting that I felt as if I were having a heart attack, and I love doughnuts. You can't even look at him without gagging and hoping that he does have a heart attack. Everything in this movie makes your skin crawl, and I don't think it was entirely done on purpose. Perhaps they wanted to make Larry look like a creep, but that effect managed to seep into every single frame. It's not even that it's a poorly done film, it's just completely repellent. After I watched this, I felt disgusting for two days, as if I ate ash trays for lunch and dinner. This film leaves such a bad taste you can't enjoy what little good stuff there is.