A lot about nothing should be the tittle of Scorsese's latest film.

Rating: Null/10 (25 December 2013)

Run to Netflix and rent "Wall Street" and you'll have a better time watching a fiction story imitating life than this life story imitating nothing except over the top excess of chemical, sex and greed infused frenzies. When I first read about the Jordan Belfort story coming to the screen and that Leonardo DiCaprio would play the Wolf and Martin Scorsese was going to Direct. The needle on my excitement and anticipation meter quickly rose up too super psyched up level. Unfortunately after having watched this excessive monstrosity of a film, that's not where my excitement needle rested 3 numbing hours later. Don't get me wrong, the film was beautifully shot by Rodrigo Prieto and delivered some standout performances both from its lead and supporting cast of Jonah Hill as Donie Azoff, Margot Robie as Naomi Lapaglia Belfort and Rob Reiner playing Max Belfort was sensational. Here is the thing, I found myself asking the same question throughout the 180 minutes of this feature film, "Is this all there is, is this all there is?" The answer resonated in my gut with a resounding thud of a yes. That was all there was, and after what seem like forever of gratuitous sex and over the top drug usage sophomoric greed fueled behavior, the story stalls like a bad case of constipation. Along the way Mr Scorsese fails miserably to add depth and weight to a story predicated on the bilking of hundreds of millions of dollars from unsuspecting investors. The Wolf of Wall Street comes nowhere near its superior predecessor of the 80's Oliver Stone's Wall Street. In Wall Street you witness the excess and greed with redemption and with a feeling that wrongs need to be righted. Gordon Geko was a more likable anti hero and Michael Douglas brought a degree of gravitas to a much higher quality narrative. Mr Scorses's mosh pit of debauchery and greed only makes us revolt even more to the outrageous and felonious behavior of Wall Street Gone Wild. My suggestion stands, if you like the subject matter see Wall Street or better yet pick up a book and read till your hearts content