'The Wolf Of Wall Street' Review: What A Sh** Ton Of Fun!

⭐ The Wolf Of Wall Street ⭐ Review ⭐ 9/10 ⭐

Director Martin Scorsese, assisted by his longtime editor Thelma Schoonmaker, keeps up an astoundingly intoxicating pace for nearly three hours. He draws on his previous movies GoodFellas and Casino for the template of The Wolf Of Wall Street, packing in many outrageous details behind a criminal organization over an epic running time. A huge cast, including perhaps most memorably Matthew McConaughey, helps out with small, potent performances.

The difference here is that The Wolf of Wall Street may be the funniest movie Scorsese has ever made. Every few minutes it hurls something so shocking and high-spirited that laughter can be the only response. Yet the movie's monstrous energy seems to be fueled by something both exciting and rotten. The whole cast is sensational, Jonah Hill gave the best performance of his career as thee charismatic money-hungry sidekick Donnie Azoff. Margot Robbie as the sexy Dutchess, Naomi Lapaglia is jaw-dropping and Leonardo DiCaprio gives a true heavyweight performance, laced with contempt, and he's never truly redeemed. Rather, Scorsese ends his movie on a scene that illustrates the pitfalls of desire, and how it can never be entirely fulfilled.