Rob Reiner cameo ruined the film

Rating: 5/10 (24 December 2014)

Why, even when Rob isn't an integral part of a film, do directors or others agree to let him have a role in a film. He's a bad actor. It makes no sense. And not only that but people recognize him immediately and this presence scream NEPOTISM and just as nepotism ruins governments, it ruins creative projects and just about any operation. He's not an awful actor, but it's just so unnecessary unless he's offering to work for free. Leonardo DiCaprio is pretty good in this film, but again, it's just Leo again. Just like Brad Pitt or Tom Cruise, they are just the same person in every film sort of doing an acting school level of method acting. I think the film could have done really well if Martin Scorsese took a note from Richard Kelly and directed it in the style of Donnie Darko. In fact, why didn't Richard Kelly just direct this film? Why does Hollywood insist on being so small and having lunch with its buddies and bros and not inviting others to the party? It's to its own demise. This version of Wall Street greed is humor-ized and glamorized more than it is made into a twisted drama and that's the mistake, that's the old fashioned played out Martin Scorsese-style. Anyway - missed the mark in a big way because the family refused to accept in new members. Bye!