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Rating: 8/10 (28 March 2014)

The Wolf of Wall Street
With bears, bulls, and now wolves, it seems like Wall Street is advising us to invest in nuisance animal hunting permits.
However, a different kind of wildlife is featured in this dramedy.
In the wake of Black Monday, Jordan Belfort (Leonardo DiCaprio) applies his stockbroker skills to hawking penny stocks for huge commissions.
Always scheming, he forms a firm with his protégé (Jonah Hill) and makes a women's shoe stock seem favorable to drive up the price before dumping their shares.
In their downtime, Jordan and his employees spend their ill-gotten gains buying Quaaludes and hookers.
Meanwhile, an FBI agent (Kyle Chandler) builds a case against the firm.
Despite glorifying Belfort's crime, director Martin Scorsese's brings the biography to life with stylized shots, expansive soundtrack and rapid-fire editing.
It's also DiCaprio's most convincing performance yet.
Incidentally, all exits in Wall Street offices are located on the ledge of the building.
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