A simple story with complicated results of kind of a rag to riches feel but with lots of f-bombs and cocaine. Martin Scorsese brings back his protégé Leonardo DiCaprio who stars as Jordan Belfort.
Perhaps one of the funniest hooks in years we see a midget about to smash into a target with a large group of midget-fancy idiots cheering him on. Belfort's voice over (only Scorsese can do voice over this good) explains his love for drugs, sex and of course money.
Belfort lives in a small apartment with his wife trying to provide for his wife as a stock broker but after an amazing words of advice by his coked-out boss Mark Hanna (brilliantly played by Matthew McConaughey) he quickly embarks into the world as a successful broker. Though he his work goes under he finds penny stocks and successfully manipulates people into buying garbage slots after he learns he can take 50% commission. This giving him the money to build his own emperor and the real fun begins when he meets the bizarre Donnie Azoff (Jonah Hill).
Greed is an understatement for Belfour after falling in love with a barbie-like blond, divorcing his wife, illegally earning money, but he does do good as he takes in a lot of single moms and down-on-luck employees and we still love the guy know matter how many coke lines he sniffs off of hookers.
The supporting cast is brilliant as in most Scorsese films. Himself and a few other directors only can get the best out of anyone but his screenplay is even better here. In fact, the whole time I was on the edge of my seat waiting excitedly for the next ridiculous, comical, out of control dialogue that was to be delivered next. One of the best paced three hour films I've ever seen even over "Blue is the warmest color" (Great year for the three hour mark).
Fantastic direction even though I'm not sure how accurate this film really is. The most comical scene being when Belfour was so drugged up he had to literally crawl to his car and somehow managed to drive "perfectly home without a scratch." But the scene with Balfour and Agent Patrick Denham was my favorite and smartest written. Both on different levels of dialogue and perfectly executed in everyday.
Easily be in my top five for the year and Scorsese's best film since the Departed.
9.25/10 - TGW
Perhaps one of the funniest hooks in years we see a midget about to smash into a target with a large group of midget-fancy idiots cheering him on. Belfort's voice over (only Scorsese can do voice over this good) explains his love for drugs, sex and of course money.
Belfort lives in a small apartment with his wife trying to provide for his wife as a stock broker but after an amazing words of advice by his coked-out boss Mark Hanna (brilliantly played by Matthew McConaughey) he quickly embarks into the world as a successful broker. Though he his work goes under he finds penny stocks and successfully manipulates people into buying garbage slots after he learns he can take 50% commission. This giving him the money to build his own emperor and the real fun begins when he meets the bizarre Donnie Azoff (Jonah Hill).
Greed is an understatement for Belfour after falling in love with a barbie-like blond, divorcing his wife, illegally earning money, but he does do good as he takes in a lot of single moms and down-on-luck employees and we still love the guy know matter how many coke lines he sniffs off of hookers.
The supporting cast is brilliant as in most Scorsese films. Himself and a few other directors only can get the best out of anyone but his screenplay is even better here. In fact, the whole time I was on the edge of my seat waiting excitedly for the next ridiculous, comical, out of control dialogue that was to be delivered next. One of the best paced three hour films I've ever seen even over "Blue is the warmest color" (Great year for the three hour mark).
Fantastic direction even though I'm not sure how accurate this film really is. The most comical scene being when Belfour was so drugged up he had to literally crawl to his car and somehow managed to drive "perfectly home without a scratch." But the scene with Balfour and Agent Patrick Denham was my favorite and smartest written. Both on different levels of dialogue and perfectly executed in everyday.
Easily be in my top five for the year and Scorsese's best film since the Departed.
9.25/10 - TGW