Ball street?

Rating: 5/10 (19 January 2014)

Has Scorsese lost his grip or is it just that he can't make comedies? This is about the Wall Street-wannabe who makes lots of money. Sometimes by fooling common people, sometimes not.
But the moral protests here are more about his behaviour with drugs and prostitutes, than a real attack on the system. Scorsese has his unhappy relation towards the bad and makes it more exciting than disgusting.
Of course the narrating is effective and Scorsese has never made a dull second for the screen. But three hours of showing somebody who is just grotesque, isn't good enough anymore. And the worst thing is that this comedy isn't funny.