The Good Guys (2009) NYT Critics' Pick

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Aaron Yoo, left, and Bryan Greenberg in “The Good Guy,” about New York stock traders.
Sex and Money and High Rollers (Memories Were Made of This)
By STEPHEN HOLDEN
Published: February 19, 2010

Yuppie scum is a term that may not be heard much nowadays, but it applies to the shallow, boorish stock traders at Morgan & Morgan, the fictional New York investment bank in Julio DePietro’s acidic romantic comedy, “The Good Guy.” Shown last year at the Tribeca Film Festival just a few months after the economy’s near-collapse, the movie may feel a little behind the curve. But it is fresh enough to provide the voyeuristic kick of glimpsing the frenzied lifestyle of aspiring masters of the universe at a time when unlimited greed was rewarded with unlimited opportunity. An alternate title might have been “Wall Street, Junior.” More