Wolf of Wall street.
Leo Dicaprio plays Jordan Belfort in a biopic of his life that comes across as a mixture of Oliver stones wall street and Caligula! Belfort is a cocky, greedy narcissistic little s**t out to make as much money as he can, any way he can. As a result he cottons on to the idea of selling junk bonds (penny shares ect) to wealthy clients at a huge commission and quickly becomes insanely rich. He ropes in a few of his scumbag friends who while terminally brain dead in most respects all seem to have the gift of the gab. Literally in this gig all you really need is to be able to sell stuff and have the moral compass of a hyena.
As the wealth pours in the office begins to resemble the excesses of ancient rome with parades of hookers being brought in for gang bangs, excessive drug consumption, naked marching bands and dwarf tossing.
The film got some stick for its portrayal of excess and its seeming lack of moral center. I would argue that in fact its a very moral picture. The excess is so excessive as to become almost ridiculous and it's hard to imagine anyone but a psychopath actually finding any of these people likable. Scorsese seems to want the viewers outrage to be based on the fact that Belfort pretty much got away with all of that.
Personally I think it was a great film that felt shorter than its 3hr running time. It was nice to see Rob Reiner as Belforts dad and the audience I was sat with all seemed to be into the film.
A word of caution. If the idea of seeing Leo Dicaprio snorting coke out a hookers bum hole with a straw is something that you really don't want to see. Steer well clear!
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