The TITANIC of Wall Street

Rating: 8/10 (3 January 2014)

This flick is the most bloated crime film since director Brian De Palma's 1983 remake of SCARFACE, which actually clocks in 10 minutes quicker than THE WOLF OF WALL STREET. As the WOLF, Leonardo DiCaprio tries to break Al Pacino's SCARFACE record for scenery chewing, doing everything short of yelling "I'm King of the World!" again. Wall Street villains are a dime a dozen; the only movie-worthy story would be if an HONEST broker could be fabricated plausibly. WOLF director Martin Scorsese's message is stated overtly here more than once: America is ONLY for people with money, and NO ONE CARES how many lives you ruin to get it. Furthermore, once you have enough money to support 1,000 people comfortably, it's impossible to lose the respect of the American government or the majority of Americans. Mr. Scorsese has tons of money himself, so he knows that no matter how many dwarfs he throws at the screen--or totally full-frontal nude chicks, instances of child endangerment, and drug overdoses--America's critics will lap this up like pigs at the slop trough.