The Wolf of Wall Street (2013)

Jordan Belfort is a Long Island penny stockbroker who served 22 months in prison for defrauding investors in a massive 1990s securities scam that involved widespread corruption on Wall Street and in the corporate banking world, including shoe designer Steve Madden. - synopsis from IMDB

 Cast  - full listing

 Genres

drama, comedy

 Facts & Figures

Directed by Martin Scorsese.

Rated 8.2 on IMDB from 849538 votes.

Runtime: 180 min.

 Review

DiCaprio in a role that was made for him. The Wolf of Wall Street is a hilarious dramatisation of a crazy chain of events. Its main problem is that it takes too long. Especially the second half of the movie is too long-winded and is not as well dramatised as the storyline permits.

Seen: 30 Mar 2014

The Wolf of Wall Street

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