Based on the true events of CEO Ross Johnson trying to take over his company Nabisco, watching Barbarians At The Gate all I could think of is had this film come out while the actual events were going on the real Ross Johnson would have had a great propaganda machine at his disposal.
Barbarians At The Gate will never take the place of such classic films based on big business like The Power And The Prize, B.F.'s Daughter, Executive Suite or even Cash McCall which James Garner also starred in. I like Garner, but I don't think he ever got into what really made Ross Johnson tick.
Garner's rival in the takeover process is Jonathan Pryce who's a Gordon Gekko type, but a real bloodless one. In fact Garner is the only one who seems like flesh and blood. I did learn that these folks who start out in corporate management really haven't a clue as to how the working man deals with things nor do they care to find out.
A good effort, but Barbarians At The Gate falls way short of the mark.
Barbarians At The Gate will never take the place of such classic films based on big business like The Power And The Prize, B.F.'s Daughter, Executive Suite or even Cash McCall which James Garner also starred in. I like Garner, but I don't think he ever got into what really made Ross Johnson tick.
Garner's rival in the takeover process is Jonathan Pryce who's a Gordon Gekko type, but a real bloodless one. In fact Garner is the only one who seems like flesh and blood. I did learn that these folks who start out in corporate management really haven't a clue as to how the working man deals with things nor do they care to find out.
A good effort, but Barbarians At The Gate falls way short of the mark.