Martin Scorsese’s THE WOLF
OF WALL STREET is about ambitions. Ambitions that reject & rebel to be
chained in with age-old rules and conventional regulations! Ambitions that
don’t always look for permissible means but are ready to hop on anything, black
or white, to get there on the top! And what could be the better example than
the roller-coaster trippy life of American motivational speaker and a controversial stockbroker in the past, Mr. Jordon Belfort.
Based on his book of the
same name, THE WOLF OF WALL STREET is a biographical satire on how a man of big
appetite to make money by all means lands him into all glossy-no soul world of drugs
and sex but the charm of this black-comedy lies in talking about serious things
in a not- so-serious way and without being sober and apologetic.
In the very first few
minutes of the film, Jordon in his twenties [played by the terrific Leonardo
DiCaprio] is introduced to the real way of functioning in the boisterous world
of stock market by his very first coach Mark Hanna [Extremely impressive
Matthew McConaughey as the scene-stealer]. Cocaine & hooker as he says, is
the road to success in this game of running numbers on digital panels.
Soon after losing his job in
a national financial calamity, Jordon finds himself a job in a remote
investment agency. With his neighboring salesman [the hilariously funny Jonah
Hill] and a group of friends who can sale nothing but drugs, Jordon opens his
own firm with a working culture that might give you an idea of being at a big
house party with booze, weed and girls. Point is simple; make money and lots of
money to blow it hard to bring heaven in earth.
THE WOLF OF WALL STREET is
one of the best satires I have seen, on the business world. The way Mark Hanna
describes Jordon the unsaid rules of the game in Wall Street in New York, it’s
gritty, witty, real and a fun to learn. In similar situations, when Jordon
teaches his workforce how to fish the money from riches, it forces you to almost split your sides with laughter. Irrespective of the fact that you might not be very friendly with the
‘typical’ glossary of stock market & investment services and a
not-so-favorable 3 hour of duration, you will never feel short of ROFL [Rolling
On Floor Laughing] moments even for once. Thanks to the sharp writing and a
smart screenplay that beautifully jumbles between voice-overs and
audio-visuals.
THE WOLF OF WALL STREET also
marks applause worthy performances from more than one actor. Scenes extend to
longer period with same settings and same set of actors but the performances
never allow you to lose your valuable interest in the plot. DiCaprio has been a
blue-eyed boy of Scorsese and he proves his worth in every scene. Most of the
times, he is there as the motivational speaker so he speaks and speaks a lot
but without being a blabber. Watch out for him where he’s temporarily paralyzed
by excessive drug intake and desperately want to fight with the situation.
Outstanding!
Of the rest, it’s Jonah Hill
who brings maximum laughter moments with his own straight face humor. Matthew
McConaughey is there for just a couple of scenes but he overwhelms you in just
those few. THE ARTIST fame Jean Dujardin plays a Swiss bank official in a delightful cameo.
You also should not miss noticing the real Jordon Belfort playing the show-host
in the very last scene.
To sum up things well, it is
Martin Scorsese’s one of the most entertaining work for sure. Performances,
writing and a skilled direction make it a must-watch for plenty of good laughs.
Only if the duration could get shorter by 15-20 minutes, it would have been an
overwhelming experience. Nevertheless, it is just awesome! [4/5]
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