A Brilliant Mashing of Boiler Room in the Style of Goodfellas

Rating: 9/10 (27 December 2013)

Here, I thought the world would never see another gangster movie like Goodfellas, but I was wrong. Terence Winter and Martin Scorsese come together to give us a Wall Street gangster who is aware of the viewer in his narration, similar to to our old friend, Henry Hill.
The 3 hour movie is a gratuitous romp of cash, drugs, sex and late 80s rock and roll. The viewer gets to jump into Jordan's shoes and root for him while questioning our loyalty to him when meeting the FBI, his wives, children, associates and clients.
The film is criticized for glamorizing the drugged out womanizing thieving lifestyle of Balfort, but tgis criticism neglects to notice the plot roller coaster which **mild spoiler** ultimately wraps up in the same way Henry Hill's does.
Sure, a 75 year old academy member and a screenwriter yelled "shame on you!" to Marty and Leo at the premiere, but at the screening of Casino, people yelled "Crap!" and "pornography! " at the screen.