The Wolf of Wall Street

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Leonardo DiCaprio delivers "the best performance of his career" as a young stockbroker hungry for a life of non-stop thrills, where corruption was king and more was never enough.
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Martin Scorsese
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Leonardo DiCaprioJonah HillMargot Robbie
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Matthew McConaughey
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Emma KoskoffAlexandra MilchanRick YornIrwin WinklerDanny DimbortJoel GotlerGeorgia KacandesMartin ScorseseLeonardo DiCaprioRiza AzizJoey McFarlandEmma Tillinger Koskoff
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F. C. SchaeferReviewed in the United States on December 30, 2020
5.0 out of 5 stars
A great film to which we should have paid better attention.
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THE WOLF OF WALL STREET is a perfect companion to GOODFELLAS, Martin Scorsese’s other masterpiece, as both films are based on memoirs of morally dubious men who fell in love with a criminal culture, and lived the lifestyle to the fullest while they could before the inevitable reckoning, one that included ratting out their compatriots in crime. While Henry Hill’s story concerned life in the small time Mafia, Jordan Belfort, the protagonist of WOLF, was determined to be a high rolling stockbroker on Wall Street, where he could enjoy all the vices too much money could buy. While few have rated WOLF on the level of GOODFELLAS, I think it is one of Scorsese’s most entertaining films, one with a tremendous rewatch factor. Some chided Scorsese for using his tried and true (and by implication, over used) bag of tricks to tell the story, from showy tracking shots, a soundtrack full of oldies (Laura Branigan’s “Gloria” in Italian), to having Jordan break the fourth wall and directly address the audience at pertinent moments. I think the director’s signature moves were perfect for this story, especially when it came to the fourth wall, as it allowed for some exposition concerning the hows and wheres of stock manipulation that the audience needs to understand in order to make sense of Jordan’s actions.

At a three hour running time, WOLF tells the story of Jordan Belfort from his early days as a junior stock broker just before the Crash of ’87, an event that nearly ended his career before it had gotten started proper, to his landing on his feet hawking penny stocks in a Long Island boiler room, a position from which he rose to build Stratton Oakmont, a seemingly respectable brokerage firm, that was in reality just a pump and dump operation, which fraudulently over valued cheap stocks to the firm’s benefit. It was all a scam built on Jordan’s undeniable talent at the “hard sell.” While clients were fleeced, Jordan and his associates made hundreds of millions, which of course they didn’t report and pay taxes on. Ultimately, this house of cards collapsed under the scrutiny of an FBI and an SEC investigation, but Jordan and his friends lived it up while they could in a haze of women, booze, and drugs. What our Woke betters might call “toxic masculinity.” Some viewers were put off by scene after scene of bad boys living it up in one debauched bacchanal after another, but I think that was the point Scorsese and screenwriter, Terrence Winter, were trying to make: the wages of sin can look pretty attractive, that’s why so many buy in.

There is much to take away from WOLF depending on your point of view, and one of the things I got out of Scorsese’s film is that Jordan Belfort, masterfully played by Leonardo DiCaprio, is the poster boy for much of what has gone wrong in America in the last four decades, as we have become a country that no longer produces things so much as make deals that profit some at the expense of others. Where there are always winners and losers, where the only success that matters is material success, specifically material success in excess; where the winners are entitled to more…and more…and more. Jordan is like so many who came to believe that the rules were for losers, and that he was clever enough to get away with it where so many others got caught.

Yet, while many consider Jordan Belfort trash, I found qualities in him, at least as he is presented in the film, that I grudgingly admired, specifically in the way he landed on his feet after losing his high paying Wall Street job by going to work in a strip mall boiler room. The scene where DiCaprio walks in and shows the other poor fools there how to cold call a client and get his money is one of my favorites. The way he was loyal to his shlubby crew – Donny, Chester, Rugrat – a group of doughy mediocrities that are as about as far from the Cool Kids and Golden Boys as one could get, all of whom he took with him to the top, never cheating them, making them part of his success. In the end, he would give up their names to the FBI only because the Bureau had his back to the wall and he was looking at many years in prison. I was struck by the scene where, at real risk to himself, Jordan warns Donny he is wearing a wire: that is something Henry Hill would never have done. Though he is not in any way husband material, I do think Jordan genuinely cared for both of his wives.

And as far as I’m concerned, THE WOLF OF WALL STREET is one of the funniest films of the 2010s. I laughed harder at it than almost any “official” comedy of the past ten years. The sequence of Jordan and Donny under the influence of the Lemon 714 Quaaludes is a masterpiece of physical comedy, hilarious and horrifying at the same time, and played to perfection by DiCaprio and Jonah Hill. The entire cast is pitch perfect, including the aforementioned Hill, but also Rob Reiner (though in no universe do I believe he is the father of Leonardo DiCaprio), Kyle Chandler, Jon Bernthal, Ethan Suplee, Joanna Lumley, Kenneth Choi, Shea Whigham, and Jon Favreau. Matthew McConaughey has a mic drop of a cameo early in the film as Jordan’s mentor, and then walks out of the film. For me, this is the movie that put Margot Robbie on my radar; she is the epitome of drop dead gorgeous as Naomi, Jordan’s second wife. Scorsese makes better use of Jean Dujardin than THE ARTIST did, casting him as a shady Swiss banker, happy to take Jordan’s money, not so pleased to return it. That is Bo Dietl as himself; he’s become part of Scorsese’s stock company. And this is the movie that I will always believe DiCaprio should have won the Best Actor Oscar for. It is an utterly fearless performance from beginning to end, and I’m not just talking about his dance moves at Jordan’s wedding reception. Too bad he had to go up against McConaughey’s work in THE DALLAS BUYERS CLUB.

I think the final scene, where the real life Jordan Belfort introduces DiCaprio to a packed room at a sales seminar, resonates more now than it did when the movie was released. This is where Scorsese turns the camera around and it glides over the seminar’s participants sitting in rows, their rapt attention focused on DiCaprio, who after prison is reinventing himself as a motivational speaker. I think it is Scorsese’s way of saying that some of the problem, and responsibility, here rests with the audience. That guys like Jordan would never have gotten away with so much if there had not been for people who confused conniving and deviousness with smarts. Who fell for glib hucksters who had no moral qualms about telling people exactly what they wanted to hear. Looking back today, we should have paid better attention.
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Walt g.Reviewed in the United States on October 5, 2022
5.0 out of 5 stars
Was even better watching it the second time
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After many years I watched this movie again and it was a lot better than the 1st time. Was a unique story with amazing acting by Leonardo DiCaprio as well as the other actors in the movie. The movie was filled with action, Thrill and overall very exciting. Watching it the 2nd time around I was able to appreciate more details of the movie follow the line of the story and understand It better.The movie depicts the aspiration of a young man to get rich and everything he has to step over in order to do so. Leonardo's character was very very enjoyable and he is chill out attitude and leadership skills is what made the movie
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Christina ReynoldsReviewed in the United States on November 12, 2020
5.0 out of 5 stars
People were expecting this to be....clean? LOL.....Okay.....
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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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Richard P.Reviewed in the United States on May 5, 2016
5.0 out of 5 stars
!! Please See: Jeff Bezos !!!!
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Chai L.Reviewed in the United States on October 14, 2022
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great movie
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I can’t believe it took me this long to watch this movie. If I’m being honest—I only watched it for Margot Robbie. The movie was great though which is why I’m amazed that it’s taken me this long to get to it.
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Terette’s BuysReviewed in the United States on October 6, 2022
5.0 out of 5 stars
Best movie
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This movie teaches you a/b business. Eliminate the illegal things Jordan Belfort did and you can get rich. He got greedy. Don’t be greedy 🥰
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IrishscarfaceReviewed in the United States on October 1, 2022
5.0 out of 5 stars
One of my favorites
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Package arrived earlier then first predicted. As for the movie, I think my rating speaks for itself. One of the best movies I have ever seen.
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Adam BeemanReviewed in the United States on October 12, 2022
5.0 out of 5 stars
I am not renting this movie for two dollars less than I can open it for
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I shouldn’t even on this movie but you know…
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