A rough-cut of a great movie.

Rating: 7/10 (29 December 2013)

To keep it short, this movie could use a bit more time in the cutting room. Some scenes could be removed completely, but the shot progression and sequences are on key with the pace of the movie.
Other than that, the movie was basically classic Scorsese style, starting off with a bang. McConaughey's performance was fantastic in my opinion, basically being the epitome of all the brokers for the rest of the movie.
Moving to the middle of the film, I found it to drag on in terms of content, as stated before, but I feel the long drawn out scenes were good fit for the movie, juxtaposing the fast paced world of Wall Street.
Overall, this great movie, I believe, could be considered among some of Scorsese's greats, not the best, but great, like many of his films have proved to be.