Jordan Belfort moves to New York City intent on making a name for himself in the stock market. Wet behind the ears, Belfort begins to have success as a stock broker only to lose his job due to the aftermath of Black Monday. Needing a new job Jordan Belfort starts from the ground up in penny stocks, soon becoming one of the most powerful men on Wall Street. Martin Scorsese's The Wolf of Wall Street is a tour de force of style and energy which rings home a powerful message of the world of materialism we inhabit. This is a film that runs 3 hours in length but it feels like 90 minutes long with the amount of energy and style it exudes. I've seen some people call The Wolf of Wall Street style over substance but I completely disagree, with Scorsese's film putting the viewer right into this mile-a-minute, drug-infused lifestyle that Jordan Belfort inhabits. Scorsese's film is not a celebration nor damnation of capitalism but simply a portrait of our societies desire to be something more, with money being necessary to achieve that. Scorsese spends sometime showing the monstrosities but also the good that can come from money and I think anyone who views this film as one-sided is bringing their own feelings into the mix. I'm not sure Scorsese has made a more fun film but keep in mind that The Wolf of Wall Street can be a very dark and savage experience. In a way it's a great drug film, that provides a schizophrenic look into a man addicted to mind-altering drugs. Martin Scorsese's The Wolf Of Wall Street is a film about the thin-line between the American dream and corporate greed with an unbelievable amount of energy and style that makes this one of the most entertaining films of the year. 8/10
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