Decaprio good, Scorseses bad

Rating: 6/10 (19 August 2019)

Wolf of Wall Street was far longer than it should have been. Yes it's a Scorseses but this story did not warrant 2.59 minutes to establish itself. Jordan Belfort and company were obviously out of control, drug abusing, power and money mad characters did Scorseses have to keep reinforcing that with useless scenes? There were at least 2 instances where, fully aware of Jordan's personality, that needs to be reinforced? Did Jordan really need to be shown with the dominatrix? And with Aunt Emma? I contrast this with Casino, 2.58 hrs, every bit of that time has purpose. But Deniro, the focus of the movie, had Pesci to support him. DeCaprio was brilliant as the focus of the movie but had no one to support him. Jonah Hill?!? No. He was good but not good enough. The SEC, sure. But an expanded FBI plot line would have given Decaprio some help.
Overall not Scorseses best