Good movie.... but too long

Rating: 5/10 (2 January 2014)

Decaprio is at his ruthless best in this realistic Wall Street con story. You would think that this horse has been flogged to death over the past few years but every time they find another villain we are powerless to ignore the well worn plot. You would also think that the great unwashed would have cottoned on to the brokerage scam that is the engine of the industry but it's not so. There's still a sucker waiting to step over the body of the previous victim and hand over their money to a good conman.Suckers don't have to be working class either , they come from all levels of society and every one of them has the same motivation... they all want something for nothing. This movie homes right in on this motivation and portrays the sleazebags who take advantage of it perfectly (although it leaves the blue chip guys unscathed) I was disappointed in the acting of Jonah Hill and felt they overdid it with the coke,the ludes and the chicks, simply because a business wouldn't last that long with so many screw ups running things. I've worked with many of these types of characters so I can speak with a little bit of authority. At about two hours you start to fidget in your seat and wish they'd cut to the chase, but they string it out for another hour with meaningless fill, fill which dilutes some good performances. It's always fun to watch such displays of excess end up with razor wire in the final scenes. The Trump Tower in the background of one of the scenes confirms that there's many more plot lines to be mined.