Three hours of debauchery, rampant drugs, and naked women - no, not a Saturday night with Justin Bieber, but Martin Scorsese's "controversial" telling of the life of Jordan Belfort, who scammed and conned his way, as a stockbroker, to a height of money and power so high, the only place to go was down. Some have complained about Scorsese's glamorization of leading the (literally) high life, but the film's brilliance is in being SO excessive, it actually makes getting there (as least, the way Beflort did) distasteful. Unless, of course, you register as low on the morals scale as he did. Well-deserved Oscar nominations all the way around, it's easy to see why some call this Scorsese's masterpiece. (rated R) *****
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Just saw this today and you've summed it up well. I think the film really gets into the head and the lifestyle of the guy - and is there any part Leonardo DiCaprio can't play?
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