Entertaining Indulgent Behavior

Rating: 7/10 (28 December 2013)

I saw "The Wolf of Wall Street", starring Leonardo DiCaprio-Django Unchained, Critters 3; Jonah Hill-Django Unchained, Knocked Up; Margot Robbie-About Time, Pan Am-t.v. and Kyle Chandler-Zero Dark Thirty, King Kong-2005.
This movie is directed by Martin Scorsese and is based on a true story about Jordan Belfort, a stockbroker in the 1990's. Leo plays the colorful Jordan and be warned, this movie is not for little kids. There is a lot of graphic nudity and drug consuming going on, all throughout the film. Jonah plays an eager disciple to Leo after seeing one of Leo's paycheck stubs; he wants to be just like him, so he quits his job and goes to work for him. Leo and Jonah start a new company and start raking in the money, under Leo's teaching skills. Margot is a guest at one of Leo's extravagant parties and Leo falls hard for her. They get married but the hookers and drugs keep right on coming. Of course, all these excesses in cocaine use and naked ladies-of-the-evening had to draw some attention, and F.B.I. agent Kyle shows up. There are a few good cameos scattered here and there-one of them has not acted in a movie in 10 years. There are a lot of humorous scenes, too-one in particular is when Leo is trying to drive his car, under the influence of Quaaludes. The story of stock fraud and all the indulgences that can come with having lots of cash is told with an enthusiasm that keeps you wanting to know what will happen next. It's rated "R" for violence, language, drug use and sexual content- including lots of nudity-and has a running time of 3 hours. The movie was very entertaining, which I was not expecting in a 3 hour movie-I was not bored-and I would buy this on DVD.