#THE WOLF OF WALL STREET RUNTIME MOVIE#
While this is clearly DiCaprio’s movie (I believe he is in every scene of the film), the supporting cast of characters are no slouches themselves. Although I didn’t love Belfort, I loved watching him and applaud DiCaprio’s ability to make him feel like a real person instead of a satire. DiCaprio also finds a way to make an incredibly selfish, morally bankrupt character entertaining, a feat few actors could pull off. I can’t wait to see how many hits that clip receives on YouTube. The car crawling scene alone is not only my favorite scene in a movie this year, it is easily worth your price of admission (and a few more after that). He gives everything to this role and is absolutely fearless throughout the entire film, expertly flexing his comedic muscle the way some typically dramatic actors could only dream. That being said, it should be especially telling when I say DiCaprio has never been better than his performance in The Wolf of Wall Street. I have been a super fan of his since his brave turn as Arnie in What’s Eating Gilbert Grape and, like many girls (and some boys) my age, the obsession reached feverish levels during the Titanic years. When FBI Agent Denham (Kyle Chandler) sets his sights on Belfort and his company, it appears the Wolf and his hard-partying lifestyle may have finally met its match.Īnyone that knows me knows I may be THE leading Leonardo DiCaprio expert in North America. Unsurprisingly, this extreme level of excess not only starts to harm Belfort’s relationship with his second wife Naomi (Margot Robbie), but also starts to catch the attention of the authorities, particularly the FBI.
I don’t know of many offices that pay for scantily clad marching bands to parade through the office or secretaries to shave their heads for entertainment, but maybe I’m just not working in the right places. What makes this story even more ridiculous is that Belfort’s hard-partying lifestyle was not left for “after work hours” he ensured the insane, over-the-top “fun” was included in his daily work environment as well. The millions of dollars Belfort, his right hand man Donnie Azoff (Jonah Hill), and his other hundreds of employees made off of these illegal dealings was then invested not in the bank, but in hookers, drugs, and alcohol. In fact, if Scorsese had director’s cuts of his films, I would love to see the hour of footage he ended up cutting from the finished product.īased on Jordan Belfort’s autobiography of the same name, The Wolf of Wall Street is the true story of Belfort’s (DiCaprio) rise and fall on Wall Street, where his company, Stratton Oakmont, defrauded thousands of investors by selling them risky penny stocks. Not to mention, there aren’t many people who can make a three-hour movie fly by don’t let the runtime scare you, The Wolf of Wall Street never drags. It took someone with incredible vision and showmanship to pull this film off, and not many directors could make every element come together the way Scorsese does. To be honest, I can see why DiCaprio waited as long as he did. Not too shabby, boys! Photo Credit: Īfter winning the rights to produce The Wolf of Wall Street in a heated bidding war against Brad Pitt, the film has been DiCaprio’s passion project for over five years he just had to wait for the right time for Scorsese to come onboard and direct.
The powerhouse duo’s four previous films include: The Departed, Gangs of New York, Shutter Island, and The Aviator.
Being that it was one of my most anticipated films of the year, and the fact DiCaprio and Scorsese have yet to make a bad movie together, I guess I shouldn’t be too surprised that it found itself in my top 5. Just when I thought my list of the top films of the year was complete, Martin Scorsese’s outrageous, daring, unapologetic, debaucherous (I could go on) new dark comedy, The Wolf of Wall Street, huffed and puffed and blew my list down (I promise that will be the only wolf reference for the rest of the review).