Good, yet heavy handed at times.

Rating: 6/10 (22 August 2014)

The overall storytelling was entertaining yet heavy handed. The overuse of the f-bomb was funny for about the first ten minutes of the movie and just became plain juvenile. Leonardo Dicaprio did a phenomenal job at playing a chrematomaniac, however the movie was overshadowed by many jump cuts to scenes depicting drug use and sexual acts. While I'm aware that this was essential to the story line, they could have been integrated more smoothly into the plot line, instead of seeming as intrusive as they were. The movie was not as funny as I anticipated and had some very "dry humor" to put it lightly. Basically you'd have to be doped up on drugs yourself to laugh at some of the pathetic attempts of comedic relief they provided. Besides the for mentioned the movie's production quality was for the most part well done and aspects such as: character development, camera angles, screenplay, and quality seemed overall a plus and both director and cast/crew should be proud. I DO NOT recommend this movie to people under 17 or over the age of 53, and or light hearted church folk.