A romp through the yard

Rating: 6/10 (4 February 2014)

I went into this film with high expectations, who could not, on the back of such films as "The Goodfellas", "The Departed", "Casino", "The Aviator" .... the list goes on, very few would say that Martin Scorsese is not one of Hollywood's legendary directors.
However, where this film fell short as opposed to the others was the story line (or lack thereof). The story follows the life of our protagonist, excellently played by Leonardo Dicaprio as a hedonistic product of the underbelly of Wall Street. What follows is three hours of drugs, sex and non-stop mayhem.
The seriousness, the pathos, the intensity which could have been imparted into this film to help us connect with Jordan Belfort were all missing. As such this movie became a circus without a soul.
While these comments may sound harsh, i do not mean to say that there were no redeeming qualities to this experience. Insofar as raw entertainment, acting prowess, cinematography this movie was top tier. However it just doesn't have the heart to measure up to it's predecessors.