Based on the true story of Jordan Belfort, from his rise to a wealthy stock-broker living the high life to his fall involving crime, corruption and the federal government.
A slightly disappointing achievement on a higher level: Scorsese delivers in his usual style a highly energized variation on his own GoodFellas, but this time it's criminal low-lives doing big business, which hardly can produce any empathy in the audience.
Maltin**1/2: "It's a wild ride, and fun at times, but a film all about excessive behavior risks becoming excessive itself: three hours of smutty, in-your-face debauchery (including more cocaine usage than you'll see in the 1983 SCARFACE) is hard to take. It will also never be mistaken for a female empowerment tale. Still, there's no denying Scorsese's storytelling prowess or the robust performances by DiCaprio and Hill, as his out-of-control comrade."
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