Excellent, if you don't mind the language

Rating: 9/10 (26 January 2014)

The Wolf is an excellent film. A beautifully underplayed comedy and superb portrayal of the stock broking hedonism of the late 80s, early 90s. De Caprio is absolutely into the role and develops the megalomaniac character of a guy who, for a while at least, could do anything, with wit, style but also occasional stomach churning, embarrassing ignorance.
The film is loaded with bad language, nudity and drug fueled debauchery which may affront some viewers but that is the point! That is what they were! That is how they behaved! It's also true, no mention is made of the victims and again that is not the point of the film, victim development would be like looking into the lives of the people Stallone slaughters in many of his films?? Set those thoughts aside, the pleasure-seeking, self gratification is essential to portray the characters.
I do feel the film should have been shorter, 3 hours is unnecessary with much of the content featuring Jonah Hill overly long and serving no purpose in any way, not funny and not developing anything but this does not spoil the overall enjoyment. Ultimately The Wolf is simply a roller coaster ride portraying the amazing rise and fall of a very creative, driven, lucky and yes... criminal, genius and, if you're not offended by bad language and nudity, well worth the ride it is!