This movie, apart from not being a family-friendly film due to language and its sexual content, falls short in that the most interesting character, Gordon Gekko (Michael Douglas), isn’t in it for several scenes and although Shia LaBeouf and Josh Brolin are fine actors, the story just doesn’t give them enough interesting moments. Their characters, despite being used a lot, feel underdeveloped in the story.
When Gekko does appear he holds your attention. One never knows whether or not he is making pleasant conversation or leaving subtle hints as to his intentions. He is an interesting character to be sure.
At any rate, we are unable to award our Dove “Family-Approved” Seal to this film but we recommend “You Again” which is playing this weekend, which is a good one for the adults and funny without being unfriendly toward family audiences.