One of the best films to close out 2013

Rating: 10/10 (19 January 2014)

This film is a real hoot to close out 2013.
Owing to the poor situation of our economy currently this film portrays the fraud that goes on in our stock markets every day.
While parts of this film seem quite fictitious and hyped up they are that way for a reason, this film is more of a comed-ocumentary (comedy and documentary) of the fraud that went on with Stratton Oakmont, a New York based Over The Counter (Pink Sheets) brokerage.
If you are a stock trader and have traded pink sheet / OTC-BB then you will love this film, it is a real throw back of what has happened. If you were trading in the days that Stratton Oakmont had a big foothold you may even recognize its logo from in the film.
If you have never traded and know nothing about stocks or investing this film may have some portions of it that will be over head but it is still funny to watch without knowledge of investments, but it will be a lot better if you do brush up on some basic words, it's not overly wordy.
My mother attended with me and had quite a laugh and has no investment knowledge, I myself being a trader absolutely loved this movie.
Steve Madden though was a bit inaccurately portrayed, a bit too nerdy by my opinion.
This is a movie worth seeing.