How can anyone dislike this film!?

Rating: 9/10 (17 February 2014)

Personally it's a shock to me that this film can receive any criticism at all... In all honesty, there was no immediate appeal to watch The Wolf of Wall Street when it first came out, however there were two key ingredients that compelled me to watch it, those being ol' Leonardo and Martin Scorsese. I mean, The Departed alone would bring anyone to watch a film with the two of them combined. But I digress. After watching the film, I did my (often rare) nod of approval, basically meaning that it was definitely worthy of all the hype that surrounded it. Yeah, people could argue that the whole story surrounding Jordan Belfort was in indeed despicable and at times completely insane, however this only makes for an exhilarating storyline; just to see what kind of madness revolved around such debauchery. Some people may also argue that the misogynist values of the film are over-used, but surely a true story should include all the facts? No doubt there is a lot of drug use and sex in the film, but it only demonstrated how out of control the enterprise had become under Jordan's leadership.
But either way, in my opinion, I thought the film was shockingly brilliant, another masterpiece from Mr. Scorsese. Everything you could want from a film: excellent performances from lead roles (including Jonah Hill, who surely deserves Best Supporting!?), a shocking storyline and laughable scenes along the way. 9/10 from me, job well done boys and girls.