Love it or hate it, you can't ignore it!

Rating: 8/10 (19 January 2014)

The Wolf of Wall Street is the true story about stockbroker Jordan Belfort(Leonardo DiCaprio). The movie chronicles his meteoric rise as an extremely wealthy stockbroker in New York, to his spectacular fall from grace & how he lost everything. Belfort along with his partner in crime, Donnie Azoff(Jonah Hill), dupes people into investing in loans & pocketing all the money for himself. Belfort's business expands, more and more people join & things start getting out of control. Now, it is up to FBI agent, Patrick Denham(Kyle Chandler) to stop Belfort & his get-rich-quick operation at any cost.
Let me just say that, I liked the film. I would like to caution you guys before going for this film. Some of you will love it. Some of you will detest it. This movie is not for people who get easily offended by heavy drug use and sex. The film is extremely funny, at times. The majority of the movie consists of a couple of guys hanging out, doing drugs & getting messed up. Though some scenes are really hilarious it gets repetitive, at times. The three hours run time doesn't help either. There are so many characters that, the viewer loses track of some of them. Though this film is really good, I liked Martin Scorsese's previous works like Shutter Island & The Departed better. The highlight of the film is the performances. Leonardo DiCaprio has given the best performance of his career. It was nice to see DiCaprio play a womanizing, cocaine snorting, sex obsessed & greedy jerk, which is completely different from all the roles he's done before. He absolutely nailed it! No matter how despicable Jordan Belfort is, you just can't hate him! That's the charm of Leonardo DiCaprio. Jonah Hill is hysterical as Donnie Azoff. Margot Robbie is impressive as Naomi Lapaglia. Kyle Chandler is great as Agent Patrick Denham. Rob Reiner is spectacular as Jordan's father, Max Belfort. Jon Bernthal is effective as Brad. Jon Favreau is good as Manny Riskin. Jean Dujardin is mind blowing as Swiss banker, Jean Jacques Saurel. Joanna Lumley is outstanding as Aunt Emma. Cristin Millioti is impressive in her small yet substantial role, as Teresa Petrillo. P.J Byrne, Kenneth Choi, Brian Sacca, Henry Zebrowski & Ethan Suplee are great as Nicky Koskoff, Chester Ming, Robbie Feinberg, Alden Kupferberg & Toby Welch respectively. Last but not the least, Matthew McConaughey is hilarious in his cameo as Mark Hanna. All in all, The Wolf of Wall Street is a must watch if you're a DiCaprio & Scorsese fan. Otherwise, it depends on what you like.