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The Wolf of Wall Street


The Wolf of Wall Street
Directed by Martin Scorsese




A fast-paced, three hour long, drug-fueled exhibition of greed and depravity.The Wolf of Wall Street is the story of a young stockbroker Jordan Belfort (Leonardo DiCaprio) as he arrives in the Manhattan financial world. A 25-year-old kid eager to make it rich, Belfort starts his career at a small firm under the expert guidance of Mike Hanna (Matthew McConaughey).

During a hilarious scene, Hanna gives Belfort some pearls of wisdom that he says will help him in the future, which include masturbating a least 3 times a day and constant cocaine intoxication. It was a shame McConaughey was in the film so briefly because his character was hilarious.

The Black Monday crash of 1987 forced Belfort to seek employment at a tiny Long Island based brokerage firm specializing in "penny stocks". He soon gets into swing of things, making almost 100 grand a month, leaving his colleges in ore of his sales technique and success.

Trivia
Margot Robbie has said she accidentally slapped DiCaprio harder than she was supposed to in one scene. She told GQ: "I got a little lost in the moment. I slapped his face and said, ‘F**k you!’ There was a stunned silence then they all burst out laughing."

Later Belfort starts his own firm, Stratton Oakmont, with his best friend Donnie Azoff (Jonah Hill). This is when they start making BIG money, and with big money come the wild parties, sex and drugs.

Scorsese didn't hold back with the sex in the film (which is a good thing). The wild partying of Belfort and his friends produces some of the most hilarious scenes in the film. It seems his whole life is one big party. The atmosphere at the office is no different - drugs, anger, drinking, sweating and f!cking people over for a profit.

Trivia
Real life 'Wolf' Jordan Belfort has a cameo at the end of the film. The former banker, who is now a motivational speaker, introduces Leonardo DiCaprio (aka himself).

The film, in it's own very colorful and over-the-top way, paints a poor picture of the banking industry, which is more than relevant given the current financial crisis; though it's very hard to take anything in the film seriously. With the FBI on his back, things soon began to fall apart for Belfort. Everything comes to a head in the funniest scene in the film, which involves Belfort and Azoff taking too many bad Quaaludes tablets, turning them into groaning, dribbling zombies.

Three hours pass like three minutes when watching The Wolf of Wall Street, such is the hectic pace - things never get boring. Great performances from DiCaprio and Hill, Scorsese was on top form here.