Good film about a pretty bad person

Rating: 7/10 (8 September 2014)

(69%) The pairing of Scorsese and DiCaprio runs on, and is now as strong as the DeNiro partnership. This is the most full-on production of the duo yet, and is very likely to remain so for some time at least, although it must be said that it is not really that overly shocking. There is quite a bit of nudity and sex, but only prudish fools get upset about that, and the swearing becomes unnoticeable after the first five minutes, likewise the tons and tons of drugs filling the screen. DiCaprio is fantastic and this is worthy of a watch just for his performance alone, the brilliant scene of him crawling on the ground to get to his Lamborghini after one too many funny pills shows a more physical side of his talent which is not always shown. The run length is as excessive as Belfort himself as a good 25-30 mins could have easily made it into deleted scenes, but I never once got bored, just a little bit tired of it all after about two and a half hours in. It's also well worth a look simply to get an account of the devils pulling all the strings to the financial world, and at times the feeling that the FBI cannot get the handcuffs out quickly enough and put these guys away is very strong. One of Scorsese's good films, but not one of his best.