All The Right Elements Plus a Few Too Many

Rating: Null/10 (26 December 2013)

DiCaprio has proved himself to be one of the most versatile and engaging actors performing today. This movie is no exception.
However, I have to agree with many of the reviewers who've made negative comments about the length of the film. It is, quite simply, much, much too long.
I find myself wondering how this could have gone unnoticed by such a competent director. I couldn't wait to get out of the theater and I would have done so without waiting for the end had I not been sitting in the middle seat of a crowded auditorium. Sitting there to the end was actually painful.
Moreover, during that last hour I found the scenes to be repetitive: the cocaine-snorting, the manic behavior , the parties, the shouting - all of it tiresome, tedious and incredibly boring and dull.
This movie, while it has some great acting and truly funny scenes, will test your patience. I could never bear watching it again.