Scorsese reaches yet another level with this outrageous outing

Rating: 9/10 (17 February 2014)

Unapologetic and completely wild, The Wolf Of Wall Street is another landmark film from legendary director Martin Scorsese. Excess is a understatement when it comes to this story of American capitalism and its consequences. Jordan Belfort rose to extreme wealth and chose a lifestyle incomparable to the regular way of living. He was filthy rich and made sure everyone around him knew that. If I were to separate this movie in parts it would be 3. Start, Climb and Fall. Belfort experiences these three stages and you feel part of him changing in every one of them.
Being a passion project from Leonardo DiCaprio, it is quite understandable the amount of heart and soul he put into this film. Leo is explosive,huge and just breathtakingly grand in the skin of this Wall Street king. Throughout the long running time you just feel that everyone around Belfort just follows him and ultimately end up imitating him. Matthew McConaughey pops in for a brief cameo and for me, it seemed that he was the starting point of Jordan's transformation. In one scene we still notice that JB is a little green to this new world. What follows from this first meeting is the beginning of a road that leads to a downfall of epic proportions. Jonah Hill is a believable best friend to Belfort, if you can call him that, while Margot Robbie is a woman that while associated with the lifestyle, stands above it all in the end.
Marty presents all his trademark tools to tell this immoral story. Despite feeling that you have seen this before, you will witness it all happening again but in a different way. The script is filled with words that basically describe the feeling of being powerful. Jordan Belfort doesn't kill or hurt people. He grows financially due to some illegal processes. Maybe that's why I felt that Jordan's punishment didn't really feel deserved. Don't get me wrong he is a despicable human being, but despite his flaws you just don't want his journey to end. You enjoy this world as long as you're watching it from a distance. The Wolf Of Wall Street is a movie that exemplifies human behavior at its lowest, but are you going to do something about it? No. You just sit back and watch them fall on their own.
Rating 8,5/10