A ruthless roller coaster of a movie

Rating: 10/10 (27 January 2020)

Three hours of typical Martin Scorsese knocking you sideways, sweeping you off your feet and blowing your fuse are what you get with this film. Every scene excels in bringing the animal in all of us and every other scene or so is a giddy whirlpool of unmitigated profligacy and orgies that make you question how true the story really is. Jordan Belfort is a character that can't stop plumbing the depths of depravity, drowning in wads upon wads of banknotes and seizing every opportunity he eyes, and the magnificent Leonardo DiCaprio delivers perfectly as always. Sometimes I bust a gut laughing and other times I put my palm on my mouth in shock, and all the while I had my heart racing and pounding at the nonstop thrill ride.
It's an eternal work of art.