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My rating is more of a 4.5
The Wolf of Wall Street is a 2013 American biographical crime black comedy film directed by Martin Scorsese and written by Terence Winter, based on the 2007 memoir of the same name by Jordan Belfort. It recounts Belfort's perspective on his career as a stockbroker in New York City and how his firm, Stratton Oakmont, engaged in rampant corruption and fraud on Wall Street, which ultimately led to his downfall.
Before deciding to watch this film and maybe important to ask yourself: what is my idea of entertainment, and what am I expecting when I watch a biographical film? The Inception and release of this film takes on a new challenge in that it attempts to make the life of people that are out of touch with reality more relatable to your average audience member. Not only this, but it also carries the weight of making the art of stock broking particularly interesting (at the very least, entertaining enough to be watched for 3 hours!) when there is a mysterious aura surrounding this profession to begin with.
‘Wolf of Wall Street’ levels itself by catering to those that are competent and inept in regards to the ‘wall street way’ through particular choices made in the narrating department and contextually appropriate vernacular. Belfort speaks very much in the first person point-of-view that regularly breaks the fourth wall (in addition to using jargon) when discussing the specifics about his trade, but doesn’t veer off into territory that would otherwise be cumbersome (and, not to mention, potentially wordy). In contrast to this, characters use language that is expected and commonplace (which, just a heads up, is rather vulgar) and humanizes situations and conversations that otherwise would be boring and more-or-less lackluster. Offensive? Possibly. Entertaining? Couldn’t be more so.
The “accuracy” of this movie has always been up for speculation, but viewers should know that the author of the novel this film is based off of (Belfort) didn’t just approve of the way he was portrayed here: He was on set giving his feedback as filming was underway. It is because of this (And, through the use of publicly accessible sources) that even the most outlanding parts - like, when Belfort crashes his helicopter while intoxicated - have some amount of documentation substantiating these events regardless of how far fetched they might be. There is some speculation regarding the narration of certain events (even in the book), but we must remember that Belfort is ultimately a stock broker at heart: can we really expect him to sell his story to unsuspecting audience members without bolstering a few details here and there? I digress. . . . .
On the surface the plot and entertainment value is rather clear cut; it’s a recount of one man’s experience during the most objectively successful period of his life. It is, however, i useful to read between the lines and accept this as a reflection on themes and nuances that drive human behavior in the first place. Firsty, there’s a rather pungent irony surrounding the amount of control Belfort has on his life, and it is almost as if to say that that power and greed is only a stone’s throw away from indifference and frigidity. Perhaps even more importantly, this film goes to show: You can put a suit on your insecurity, but you sure as heck can’t make it walk.
This film and its coinciding novel have been critically acclaimed as suggestions of how people shouldn’t behave (“A Don’t Do Story”) when investing in the same type of work as Belfort, but I have to humbly disagree with this notion. At the end of the day his personality is rather flat, and little is done to meaningfully explore the complexity of his character even if only for a brief moment. There are rarely any scenes in which Belfort deeply ruminates about the potential costs of his actions, and by the end of the film he really hasn’t changed much from the character he is introduced as being at the beginning. I may never get the answer to this question, but I still can’t help but ask: In the end, was any of it worth it after all?
Highly entertaining and unbelievably messy:
I would recommend!
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Sex. Money. Power. Brace yourself for one outrageous true story directed by legendary filmmaker Martin Scorsese (GOODFELLAS). Leonardo DiCaprio delivers one of the best performances of his career as a young stockbroker hungry for a life of non-stop thrills, where corruption was King and more was never enough. Together, Scorsese and DiCaprio deliver a story of American excess that is an absolute blast from start to finish.
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Si Scorsese évolue, plus profondément, c'est en tant que moraliste. Toute son oeuvre, imprégnée de christianisme, est marquée par la faute et le châtiment. Or cette fois, c'est plus complexe. Il raconte l'histoire d'un escroc qui, certes, a payé pour ses délits, mais en tire aujourd'hui toujours profit, à coups d'autobiographies à succès et de conférences. C'est une vie où l'argent continuera à couler à flot, grâce à un cynisme généralisé. La faillite n'est plus celle d'un homme égaré, ni d'une bande ou d'un système, mais celle d'une civilisation. Car pour Scorsese, ex gros consommateur de psychotropes en tous genres, l'un ne va pas sans l'autre. Tel un rejeton de Tony Montana qui se serait approprié le meilleur du Patrick Bateman d'American psycho, Jordan Belfort symbolise tout ce que l'Amérique post-reganienne avait de plus vil et donc de plus bandant à offrir à ces ouailles. Les plumés comme ceux qui les plument. En fait Le loup de Wall Street est le chainon manquant, « the missing link » comme disent les anglo-saxons, entre Wall street et Bernard Madoff. Trois décennies qui auront mis à terre un capitalisme désormais exsangue dont Scorsese nous narre l'acte d'un Jordan Belfort cocaïnée jusqu'au dernier gramme !
Scorsese a su parfaitement structurer le monde de la finance à travers des requins affamés et attirés par l'argent facile. De l'excès en tout genre alcool, sex, drogue, femmes, le tout est bien dosé pour nous offrir une bombe cinématographique... Tellement percutante et addictive qu'on en oublierait presque qu'il dure 3h ! Certaines scènes sont vraiment à mourir de rire, comme celle avec la drogue « Lemon » ! Aucun temps mort, l'histoire s'enchaîne avec un dynamisme et une grande facilité. Les magouilles financières entraînent une débauche totale où orgies, défonce et absence de moralité priment, et on adore ! La réalisation est extrêmement réussie et remarquable. Jamais un film ne m'a autant donné de sensations fortes en moi-même, La mise en scène est intense et des répliques tout aussi hilarante (signés Terence Winter, le scénariste, notamment, des « Soprano »). Ce biopic scorsesien est inventif, décadent, ravageur et provoque par moments l’hilarité du spectateur mais aussi la peur et la réflexion que l’argent ne fait pas le bonheur... DiCaprio, jamais meilleur que quand il est dirigé par Martin Scorsese. Qui n'a pas vu DiCaprio, complètement saoul, ramper vers sa Lamborghini ne sait pas ce qu'être défoncé veut dire… LE LOUP DE WALL STREET est un cocktail explosif, Un remède contre la déprime, Étant un grand fan de Di Caprio, il signe une performance d'acteur exceptionnelle ! Un film qui change la vie clairement, Dans mon top 3 de Marty avec Casino et les Affranchis !
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