JamesG
12-27-2013, 10:19 PM
Movie Reviews: The Wolf of Wall Street
Martin Scorsese's The Wolf of Wall Street is being praised by critics.
The film is based on real events, namely the business dealings of Jordan Belfort, a New York stockbroker who promised his clients far more than he could deliver. He becomes gradually more embroiled in illegal activity and, after investigation by the FBI, is imprisoned for a string of fraudulent offences.
Peter Travers of Rolling Stone writes:
"Working with a gutsy script by The Sopranos' Terence Winter, Scorsese is jabbing hard at America's jackpot culture. The laughs are merciless and nonstop, every one with a sting in its tail."
David Denby of the New Yorker goes:
"Whilst others felt the film was delivered, almost all the way through, at the same pitch of extreme aggression. It's relentless, deafening, deadening, and, finally, unilluminating."
Damon Wise of Empire felt the movie was:
"Scorsese's funniest and most focused film in a long time, a jet-black sex and drug-soaked comedy featuring a bravura performance by Leonardo DiCaprio."
Claudia Puig of USA Today agrees with Wise's positive review:
"The Wolf of Wall Street is absurdly funny, though more akin to Goodfellas in substance and structure."
-IMDb News
Martin Scorsese's The Wolf of Wall Street is being praised by critics.
The film is based on real events, namely the business dealings of Jordan Belfort, a New York stockbroker who promised his clients far more than he could deliver. He becomes gradually more embroiled in illegal activity and, after investigation by the FBI, is imprisoned for a string of fraudulent offences.
Peter Travers of Rolling Stone writes:
"Working with a gutsy script by The Sopranos' Terence Winter, Scorsese is jabbing hard at America's jackpot culture. The laughs are merciless and nonstop, every one with a sting in its tail."
David Denby of the New Yorker goes:
"Whilst others felt the film was delivered, almost all the way through, at the same pitch of extreme aggression. It's relentless, deafening, deadening, and, finally, unilluminating."
Damon Wise of Empire felt the movie was:
"Scorsese's funniest and most focused film in a long time, a jet-black sex and drug-soaked comedy featuring a bravura performance by Leonardo DiCaprio."
Claudia Puig of USA Today agrees with Wise's positive review:
"The Wolf of Wall Street is absurdly funny, though more akin to Goodfellas in substance and structure."
-IMDb News