Greed and insolence will destroy everyone... Eventually

Rating: 8/10 (14 January 2014)

Anyways, this is the main idea of this long movie... A certain panoramic epic, more drama than comedy (well, tragedy for thousands but they are not visible). Evidently, the tandem Scorsese-DiCaprio is fond of strong characters within vicious glamor and alternating activities - the movie in question is another example. Although I am not sure if most of viewers would regard it as an warning movie - hedonism and life-fast- die-young principle are too popular among the younger and middle-aged audiences.
The plot is covers almost two decades and is rambling at times, but as based on memoirs with real events and characters, it adds credibility and diminishes suddenness - as we know in advance what happened to this company and its leaders. Directing is skillful, male cast is rather strong, but focused on totally on Leonardo DiCaprio as Jordan Belfort; Jonah Hill as Donnie Azoff is interesting, pity that Matthew McConaughey had so little part. Female characters could have been of several levels, mostly visible are bimbos, beautiful, but identical.
The biggest shortcoming is the length - over 3 hours (with commercials) in the cinema is physically hard; in my opinion, some under-plots and drug scenes could have been skipped. I did not get bored yet, however.
All in all, the movie is worth watching, and Academy Award nominations will certainly follow (winning is not sure as competition is high this year).
...Well, if you do something illegal, do it alone and unobtrusively... Or not.