The sickness of excesses

Rating: 8/10 (22 July 2019)

"The Wolf of Wall Street" is a great movie, with some excellent acting performances (DiCaprio in particular gives one of the best acting piece of his career), a perfect direction from Scorsese and very well made in general. The story is about Jordan Belfort, a broker which becomes rich and starts to live by excesses. This film is indeed a critic to this lifestyle, which is shown attractive and satisfactory at first, but it destroys who live this way and their families and friends with the passing of time. The movie makes a great job conveying a nauseating feeling through the noumerous scenes about drugs, alcohol and sex which are excessive and make fun of this people.
The only criticism I have is that I found is it a bit too long. This length is justified by the willingness to tell the story of Jordan Belfort without rushing anything but I felt like something could be cut, like 15-20 minutes, but it's not a big deal because the film is well made. And also a little thing about the editing: there is a scene near the 20 minutes mark in which it is so bad beacuse two characters are talking to each other and everytime the camera changes to frame the other its position is different and it is confusing. Fortunately it lasts like one minute.
"The Wolf of Wall Street" is a great movie but it requires some time, so you have to watch it with no urgency to fully enjoy it.