Money, sex, drugs and corruption

Rating: 8/10 (20 January 2014)

This is the supposedly veracious story of Jordan Belfort a Long Island stockbroker who almost from nothing built a firm that kept growing through illegal schemes, defrauding clients and the State and became very wealthy leading a luxurious life in luxurious surroundings till he attracted the attention of the FBI which began to harass him till it managed to have him convicted to prison on a relatively light penalty after he made an agreement with the prosecution by which he agreed to cooperate with authorities in denouncing some of his collaborators and employees. Leonardo Di Caprio does an excellent job personifying this character. The movie scenes are very expressive and vivid in images and dialogues showing us a lot of dishonest people whose only worries are about getting the most possible money which is one of the aspects of capitalism. The screen-play is very authentic and convincing in this aspect. Money, sex, drugs and corruption galore in the behaviour of the chief characters. Summing it up, a good story, well narrated, depicted and acted.