Sunday, 12 January 2014

Movie Review - "The Wolf Of Wall Street" - The Power Of Lies, Drugs & DiCaprio.!!

The first Hollywood release has made a storm attack at the Box Office. This was the first Hollywood release in India & was stated to be a successful one. I mean, are we kidding on not to be betting on a movie, having "Di Caprio" & "Scorsese" combination. Those who still didn't got which movie i'm talking about, i'm talking about "The Wolf Of Wall Street". From the day the announcement of it's release the movie was in looks of every critic & audience too. It was stated that it is a "True Story" based upon a real-life memoir of "Jordan Belfort". Now, i continue with the movie analysis.



You see, everyone thought when the trailer came out that, this is a gamble  what has happened to Scorsese that he is making this kind of movie & DiCaprio working in it. But, when you see the movie, you see that this gamble works. Right from the very start, the film is full of energy & is too fast for you to realise that it's actually a movie of 3 hours. The movie revolves upon the story of "Jordan Belfort" portrayed by awesome "Leonardo DiCaprio" arrives in Manhattan to make it big in life. The very first advice Belfort gets from his mentor "Mark Hanna" played by "Matthew McConaughey", is to do hard & i mean super-hard drugs to stay up all the time. In this journey of his life, DiCaprio(Belfort) narrates through this journey. The market is in a bad shape & after the markets crash, Belfort tries his luck with his stock schemes, which makes him a millionaire. But, 70% of it's money is spent on Cocaine, Hookers, Cars, Super Homes & oh, yeah, a Helicopter & almost everything money can buy. He lives a life which many people want to live, but in a negative way.

Now, all he wants to do is to repeat what he did & made him so successful & a millionaire. Now, he has his army of stock brokers who he trains & when they are about to sell anything, they successfully do it. Belfort is enjoying himself with all the money he has & he enjoys like anyone can imagine. Belfort's wife leaves him as when he has lot of money, she catches him having sex with a blonde, super-hot & sexy girl named Naomi played by "Margot Robbie" in a limo. As his wife leaves him, he moves on & marries "Naomi". Before you start to realise that he has moved on & you know it when you see him gifting his new-wife, an expensive & awesome yacht named "Naomi". You cannot count the rules which are being broken & lives which are destroyed, which lands Belfort in deep trouble.

The casting of this movie is just spot on. Leonardo DiCaprio keeps the energy levels high & delivers on of the best performances of his career. He makes, "Jordan Belfort" looks shameless & arrogant as the director Marin Scorsese would have imagined. "He offers a solid, brave performance that reaches a fever pitch each time Belfort takes the mike to motivate his team. The actor also gets a terrific opportunity to show off his comic chops in one of the film's most memorable scenes in which he slithers and crawls in a party -drug-induced stupor from a country club to his Ferrari and proceeds to drive home." "It’s refreshing, if a little surprising, to see such a distinguished director taking such a crude and irreverent approach". The movie is all about "DiCaprio" & The story.

Some people won't like this movie to the extent of which i loved the movie because that's what they expect from "Martin Scorsese" & "Leonardo DiCaprio" to do this type of stuff. But, guys i think see this get some fresh air from a director who is very old but still believes in cinema which creates impact. "GO WATCH THIS WILD RIDE..!! HIGHLY RECOMMENDED..!!


My Rating - ****&1/2
Cast - Leonardo DiCaprio, Jonah Hill, Matthew McConaughey, Margot Robbie, Jean Dujardin
Director - Martin Scorsese

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