Fascinating and riveting. I remember my dad watching it in the 80's and me thinking it was likely boring. Now it's one of my favorite films and never gets old. The dialogue is snappy and Michael Douglas is a treat to watch as the slimey Wall Street tycoon. The Sheens fit in nicely as well. If you think the trader talk will be over your head it won't, Stone makes it pretty understandable and puts much leverage on the characters decisions to keep it juicy. Win or go home. Another brilliant thing Oliver Stone did was putting the father and son at odds with their career choices, this keeps the film relatable. They could have easily made a movie that confused the hell out of the audience with this world of stocks and dealings. Great script too which can be found online. Superb commentary and doc's. I got the 20th anniversary dvd coming to see the new features. The movie is almost poetic about a world many of us will never be a part of.

The classic financial movie about insider trading, starring Michael Douglas, as Gekko, the ultimate insider trader and Charlie Sheen as his apprentice. Intrigue, backstabbing, comedy, and duplicity. One of these two stars best performance. My 16 year old niece watched it with me when she was studying about insider trading in school.

Don't miss the sequel, set (fictionally, and made in reality, about 15 years later, Wall Street, Money Never Sleeps[[ASIN:B004GWQTCG Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps].

Comedy?Drama genre.

Wall Street is so 1980s and that's not a bad thing!!

Michael Douglas IS Gordon Gecko in this film and that's probably why he walked off with the Oscar for Best Actor at the 1988 Academy Awards in this fascinating look at the high pressure world of the stock market.

While Charlie Sheen was the hot commodity at the time this film was made, his acting hasn't aged well and it's quite clear that a better choice could have been found for this movie, where the same thing can be said for Darryl Hannah who is only slightly better in her role as the high priced artist for sale to the highest bidder (richest boytoy she can find).

Oliver Stone's directing is very good but the backstory relating to BlueStar airlines could have been a little better but perhaps I just don't have very positive memories because of the trite acting by Charlie Sheen.

However, Michael Douglas alone is worth watching this film and its the performance of his career.

**** RECOMMENDED

Even with Charlie Sheen and Michael Douglas in this movie it was still good to watch. It gives a perspective to Wall Street that was not shown at the time this movie came out. This movie has a lot of good scenes of New York in it. I actually liked Charlie Sheen in his role. Michael Douglas won an ascorbate for hid performance, the role was so well typecast my neighbors cat could have won an oscar. Just to add the second movie Wall Street never sleeps was so bad I have yet to go back to the theatre.

The SEC in this 1980's film is far more effective than the SEC of 2008, but this is a film and the SEC was pretty much worthless back then too. Trust is the basis for business, not greed. When you can't trust financial statements, CEO and executives consistently lie, and you reward incompetence then the system fails.

You look at a movie like WallStreet and realize not much is different from the 80's. The cycles repeat, there is no limit to human greed, it is far easier for a good person to go bad than a bad person to ever go good and it is a bit depressing.

It's funny looking at Wall Street with the green text monitors, brick cell phones, 80's style excess, and everything is dated, but you also realize the movie's story and warnings are the same today in 2009.

Seeing this again and not since it first came out was kind of funny. We have progressed so far beyond with technology for example with phones and computers.

Certainly was a warning sign to the direction in which our country was going business-wise. Too bad so many took Gekko's credo as their own instead of the reverse.

Aside from that, I didn't seem to be interested unless Michael Douglas or Martin Sheen were onscreen. Those two carried this film, IMO.