A three-hour long spectacle of gratuitous debauchery, of people & their unrestrained pursuit to satisfy their id, of characters long blinded by greed that they forgot how to be real human beings, and of shallow characterizations & plot - or the lack of it.
This could have given you a sour taste in your mouth & a giant hangover if it wasn't for Scorsese's unrestrained playfulness & DiCaprio's psychotic charm. |
| Directed by: Martin Scorsese (The Aviator, Raging Bull) Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Jonah Hill, Margot Robbie Screenplay by: Terence Winter (Boardwalk Empire) Based on Jordan Belfort's The Wolf of Wall Street Cinematography by: Rodrigo Prieto (8 Mile, Brokeback Mountain) Editing by: Thelma Schoonmaker (worked with Scorcese for over 40 years) Running Time: 179 mins Budget: $100 million Box Office: over $222 million |
It's funny how you read on movie boards that The Wolf of Wall Street is one of the funniest comedies/best movies/"insert your own hyperbole" of 2013, and see on the next page that it's so goddamn awful that people have walked out of the theaters. And the same people insisting how juvenile or stupid others are for liking this movie. I say, to each his own - but let me share my thoughts regarding some of the reasons people didn't like this film.
