Excess, Debauchery, Greed and Crime
“The Wolf of Wall Street” is a major studio film with an A-list star and an A-list director. It also contains some exceptional supporting performances and an ambitious screenplay. Its positioning as a late- December, 2013 release indicates that the industry regards it as an Important Film. Yet its very sense of self-importance and a bloated running time make it an example of the excess it depicts.<br /><br />Jordan Belfort (Leonardo Di Caprio) works his way up to become a stockbroker on Wall Street. His first day in that position coincides with the 1987 crash of the market and he’s soon out of a job. When he finally gets another, it’s in a strip mall office staffed by guys who look more like bookies than stockbrokers. They sell junk stocks that pay huge commissions, often as high as 50% of the sale price. Jordan quickly makes a fortune in commissions by talking average, middle-class folks into buying crummy stocks, all perfectly legal.<br /><br />But Jordan is not satisfied. He covets as clients the rich, who have far more money to invest but are not as easy to sell. So Jordan develops a system to gradually build up their confidence by making them some money with blue chip stocks before pushing the junk. Along the way, he meets Donnie Azoff (Jonah Hill), a guy eager to get rich no matter the means, and together they create a mini-empire of brokers all determined to reap financial rewards with little concern for their clients’ interests.<br /><br />Director Martin Scorsese and Di Caprio team up for the fifth time in this movie, based on the memoir of Long Island penny stockbroker Jordan Belfort. Di Caprio has always shone in pictures helmed by Scorsese and this is no exception. Belfort is the smooth-talking, good-looking fellow who is so rich he lights cigars with hundred dollar bills. As in his previous role in “The Great Gatsby,” DiCaprio embodies the charm that is the cornerstone to his character’s building a fortune, first legally and then in shadier fashion. Belfort and his crew are making money so fast that there need be no limit to their hedonsim, whether it involves call girls, cocaine, exotic sports cars, or yachts. They can have whatever money can buy.<br /><br />As Donnie, Jonah Hill continues to rack up an impressive series of sidekick roles, including the statistics expert in “Moneyball” and Chaning Tatum’s undercover partner in “21 Jump Street.” Hill started in broad comedies and while he uses his comic talents to advantage in the role of Donnie, his performance is a true characterization, transcending caricature, and makes for an interesting contrast to DiCaprio’s Belfort.<br /><br />The supporting cast adds to the film’s luster. Matthew McConaughey has a brief scene as Belfort’s mentor, a man with a rather distinctive playbook for success. Rod Reiner plays Belfort’s father, Jean Dujardin (“The Artist”) plays a crooked Swiss banker, Kyle Chandler is a persistent FBI agent who sets his sights on nailing Belfort, and Joanna Lumley takes on the key role of Aunt Emma, who becomes crucial in hiding huge sums of money from the government.<br /><br />There is a major problem with the film, however, and it is that Scorsese goes overboard in illustrating Belfort and company’s unbridled lifestyle, to the point of repetition. Long after we get the point, the director is hitting us over the head with yet another example of moral decay. Scorsese may have intended to underscore his characters’ growing decadence, but the ultimate effect is to make us impatient with all this extravagance. There are moments when it even seems as if the actors are awaiting the “Cut” cue and are nervously carrying on with a scene that should have ended far sooner. It’s surprising that these scenes weren’t trimmed in the editing process, when a movie is given its final shape and pace.<br /><br />The atmosphere of Scorsese’s films is always significant, and the director does an excellent job recreating the excitement of Wall Street in the 80’s and 90’s with its conspicuous consumption, disdain of moderation, and feeling of invulnerability. The Bernie Madoff case comes to mind, since both Madoff and Belfort became hugely wealthy at the expense of those they duped by winning their confidence.<br /><br />Rated R, “The Wolf of Wall Street” is a cautionary tale of the power of money to corrupt and the ability of the corrupted to rationalize their immoral and illegal activities. Despite its excesses, it keeps us involved as we accompany Jordan Belfort on his drug-fueled roller-coaster ride.<br /><br />Bonus extras on the 2-Disc Blu-ray/DVD Combo Pack includes the special feature “The Wolf Pack” and a Digital HD Ultraviolet copy.
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Here is a brief synopsis of the title : Revered filmmaker Martin Scorsese directs the story of New York stockbroker Jordan Belfort (Leonardo DiCaprio). From the American dream to corporate greed, Belfort goes from penny stocks and righteousness to IPOs and a life of corruption in the late 80s. Excess success and affluence in his early twenties as founder of the brokerage firm Stratton Oakmont warranted Belfort the title – “The Wolf of Wall Street.”  Sex. Money. Power. Drugs. Brace yourself for an outrageous true story from legendary filmmaker Martin Scorsese. Leonardo DiCaprio stars as a young stockbroker hungry for a life of non-stop thrills where corruption was king and more was never enough. His rise to power earned him the title The Wolf of Wall Street. Together Scorsese and DiCaprio deliver a story of American excess..