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The Wolf of Wall Street (2014)
Daniel's Review
What can I say about this film?
It’s wild. It’s funny. It’s entertaining.
‘The Wolf of Wall Street’ is all of these words as they best represent this film, directed by Martin Scorsese (director of one of my all-time favourite films Hugo).
This film has an amazing cast and everyone is superb with amazing acting performances by the whole cast, especially Leonardo DiCaprio and Jonah Hill.
The writing is spot-on. Spectacular writing with an amazing and strong story supported with so many comedic moments, dramatic scenes and filled with twist and turns that make this film highly engaging and entertaining.
For a 3 hour movie, that’s a fine accomplishment. I hardly never lost any interest in this film and when I did, the film got interesting that you never saw coming.
This movie is simply a thrilling and humorous ride with strong acting, writing and directing.
Highly recommended.
Score: 8.6/10
Published: January 28th, 2014
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Release Date: January 23rd, 2014
Studio: Roadshow Films, Paramount Pictures
Runtime: 180 mins
Rated: R18+
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Nic's Review
Academy: And the winner of Best Actor is...everyone except Leonardo DiCaprio
DiCaprio: Wait, is that even legal?
Me: Absolutely f**king not!
After the shocking Oscar snub of Tom Hanks in 'Captain Phillips', who now must earn the prestigious award?
For my money it should be Leo. Leonardo DiF**kingCaprio!
Although the Academy will probably disagree with me, DiCaprio deserves every f**king award he gets for his f**king brilliant portrayal of Jordan Belfort in 'The Wolf of Wall Street'. It is, in my opinion, his best f**king performance of all, so good that for a while you forget he's acting at all. Is he f**king acting as Jordan Belfort? Or has Belfort been acting as DiCaprio the entire f**king time? Has anyone even f**king seen them in the same f**king room together?
From the review so far, you should be able to tell at least two things. Firstly, Jordan Belfort is a real person and the film is based on his memoirs. Secondly, there are a f**king lot of f**ks in this movie. A f**kload, in fact. That's not all giving this movie an R18+ rating, though. There is also a lot of literal f**king and a bit of f**king about with drugs and sh*t. And all of this goes for about three f**king hours. See, I told you there are many f**ks in 'The Wolf of Wall Street'.
But, for those who aren't a fan of f**ks, don't let that detract from the brilliance of Martin f**king Scorsese's direction. While DiCaprio carries the film on his shoulders, Scorsese and writer Terence Winter, keep it fresh for its entire running time by switching up form, narration style and linearity. That fourth-wall breaking narration is the best f**king use of the device that I've seen in any film and, coupled with a few f**king hilarious moments, really helps to reenergise the film every now and then. And 'Wolf' really is an energetic, mad, f**king crazy downhill spiral as we follow Belfort towards near insanity. While the film has copped a fair share of criticisms towards its promotion of Belfort's money-hungry, drug-abusing, sex-addicted, f**k-all lifestyle, and the first two hours or so really do make it seem like the good life, the final so-called 'act', if you can even f**king call it that, reveals how this lifestyle has negatively affected Belfort. And unlike most contemporary films, he never redeems himself, or apologises for his f**ked up behaviour, but that's exactly the f**king point. In the end, the message is buried deep and you've got to be clever not to fall for the trap of lucrativity and idealisation in order to see beneath.
Scorsese's goal is not to influence a generation of Belfort's, but to make them question everything: the good, the bad, the high life and the low life. Because life itself is a drug, and even its addicts can sometimes lose their f**king mind.
Score: 9.4/10