Disturbing, but I liked it

Rating: Null/10 (25 December 2013)

Great things: Leonardo DiCaprio is truly great in this role. He is a fantastic actor and his performance is Oscar worthy. My mind never drifted away from him BEING Jordan Belfort. This movie kept me totally engaged. Didn't feel like 3 hours. I never found myself bored or losing interest or looking at the time. Good things: Jonah Hill. I usually do not enjoy watching him in anything (except MoneyBall) He did good in this movie as a goofy, inept & conflicted stockbroker Donnie Azoff. I found myself enjoying his uncomfortable performance. Not so good things: Wow, this movie disturbed me. Excessive drug use. Hard to believe he didn't kill himself from an overdose. Or that he was able to function at all at such a high capacity while being so wasted ALL the time. Excessive sex and nudity. We get it. Belfort was a drug, sex and money addict. This was the late eighties/early nineties. One wonders if he hadn't contracted or spread HIV/AIDS or some other horrible STD without even knowing or caring if he did. To me in my world, the orgies and sex scenes, even with his wife, were very nasty and disturbing. I often wonder why the Long Island, NY accent is alway so hyper-exaggerated by actors who are putting it on for their role. But this is my pet peeve as a born and raised Long Island girl, although now living in the Southwest. I also really enjoyed learning about the world of stocks and stock brokering. Lead to good conversation with my husband who does dabble in stocks from time to time. I do recommend this movie. However if you have extreme sensitivity to foul, awful language, sex and drugs I would skip it. I'm F, 52yo