The B-Grade Wolf of Wall Street

Rating: 7/10 (20 September 2016)

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Based on a true story and directed by the guy most well known for the Hangover trilogy so how well this movie goes was up in the air for me as I did enjoy two out of the three even if only one of them was truly great.
The story is basically two guys, Miles Teller and Jonah Hill, who were friends in high school reconnect and Hill's character offers him a job with him selling guns to the army and Teller easily accepts because he's desperate for money especially since he has a kid on the way and of course, things don't go as they planned.
Jonah Hill played his character perfectly. As soon as he comes on screen you know he's a jackass but he's one that is fun to watch on screen. He has great scenes and moments where Hill just goes all in and he becomes this nutjob of a character. It's kind of easy to see where the film will end up going with his character which I think is a bit of a problem with the movie.
If this were a straight comedy than Miles Teller would be the straight guy with Jonah Hill as the idiot comic relief. Teller is amazing. In everything that I've seen him in (yes, including Fantastic 4) he has always been fantastic. In this film he has great chemistry with Hill and you believe that they did have this past relationship. His character just wants to be something more than just a simple masseuse doing anything he can to get his next pay check. Hill leads him to get in over his head which kicks off the premise of the movie. The two actors play extremely well off each other whether it's for comedic purposes or otherwise and it works! I was very impressed with the pairing and wouldn't oblige to seeing them together in another film in the future.
Bradley Cooper is fine, and doesn't really add anything to the movie in terms of the character being played by Cooper and he could've been played by anyone else. To be honest, I completely forgot he was in the movie until he showed up halfway through.
I'm always interested in these kinds of movies, the little guy making it big, basically The Wolf of Wall Street. That's how I would sum it up as just the B or even C grade Wolf of Wall Street. That really couldn't escape me at all throughout the movie and when they're doing crazy stuff all I was thinking was of Leonardo Di Caprio and, funnily enough, Jonah Hill.
The film does have absurdness with it; you could get that from just reading the synopsis or watching the trailers. So, if that's not your kind of movie then it would probably be best to skip this one. The one that stood out to me was when they go through "The Triangle of Death". The craziness was what made this film fun to watch, just anticipating what crazy thing they would do next.
The pacing of the movie could've been edited much better and there were some parts in the middle where I thought it dragged a little. So, I would understand if some people can feel the two hours of the movie.
While the film has problems with the predictability in its character direction and how the three act structure will play out you can still get a tonne of enjoyment from this movie just by watching the couple's zany adventures.