The Wolf of Wall Street can be summed up in three words: sex, drugs, and money. The film paints an un-romanticized depiction of the deceit that lies behind Wall Street’s doors. The three-hour film is a glorified picture of the lifestyles of the filthy rich, filled with enough drugs to, in Belfort’s words, “sedate Guatemala”, and enough hookers to make anyone in the theatre cringe. Wolf is not for the faint of heart, or ears, as its language borderlines atrocious, albeit appropriate for the situations Belfort finds himself in. The film is most definitely not family friendly, though a solid meaning does resonate throughout the film: money certainly does not buy happiness, and eventually all “good” things will come to an end. Moviegoers will not be disappointed, however, because the serious film is surrounded by comedy.
Leonardo DiCaprio delivers another stunning performance as the real-life “Wolf of Wall Street”, Jordan Belfort. In his early 20s, Belfort (DiCaprio) is an aspiring stockbroker, unhinged by the multitude of drugs and dirty language that litter LF Rothschild, a major New York stock-selling company. By 26, Belfort starts his own semi-illegal stockbroker company, Stratton Oakmont, and becomes a millionaire, throwing cash out the window for hookers, cocaine, booze, and other various pleasures that can only be conceived in dreams by the “pond scum” that Belfort views as the middle class. Belfort truly runs his company like a cult, selling young, ambitious stockbrokers the “American Dream” of getting rich quick. By 36, Belfort’s ways being exposed, he is federally convicted for fraud crimes involving stock market manipulation, and sentenced to nearly two years in prison.
Alongside DiCaprio, Wolf’s cast is impeccable: each actor nails the raunchy attitudes of money-hungry frauds to a tee. Fans of DiCaprio will not be disappointed in his work, and Jonah Hill’s performance of Donnie Azoff, Belfort’s business partner, may gain him a newfound fandom in the serious film world. Viewer Ilana Feliu said, “Scorsese is one of my favorite directors, and he didn’t let me down. It was so good”.
Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Jonah Hill, and Margot Robbie
Directed by: Martin Scorsese
Rated: R for sequence of strong sexual content, graphic nudity, drug use and language throughout, and for some violence
Length: 180 minutes
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Caroline Minchella
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