I generally find Scorsese’s female characters and how they are treated as a particular point of interest, and while I didn’t find their relationship as interesting and compelling as the central one in CasinoI did get pretty invested in it. I actually liked her character, and I thought Robbie did a pretty good job here. And of course, Belfort has been taking advantage of all the prostitutes money can buy this whole time. They have a couple of kids, but eventually she wants a divorce as well. He develops a relationship with Naomi Lapaglia (Margot Robbie) and eventually marries her. On the personal side, Belfort came to New York with a wife, but she doesn’t stay around for too long once he hits it big. Things get real insane real quick and it’s fascinating and sometimes horrifying to watch. People’s personalities and integrity really come into question when money is dangled in front of them. She’s crying, but it’s hard to tell if she’s happy she just made a bunch of money or if she’s sad because she’s bald. There’s a memorable scene where a woman is bribed to shave her head in front of the entire company. It gets a bit more complicated because of the large amounts of money involved though.
People end up getting hurt and embarrassed, and you can clearly see that in the film. Most of it is funny, but not all of it, not by a long shot. You see the extent that money corrupts these guys, and it’s pretty insane. It will turn some away that’s for sure, and did for me at some points, but it’s a key part of the film. A major attraction of this film is undoubtedly the high level of debauchery on display here. What starts as a small company in a garage soon becomes the biggest thing to hit Wall Street, and Belfort is filthy rich.Įmphasis on filthy. Around this time he meets Donnie Azoff (Jonah Hill), and the two become friends and go into business for themselves. The stocks are more volatile and riskier, but he doesn’t necessarily care about that as he’ s making his commission no matter what. He catches onto penny stocks, which give a 50% commission as opposed to the 1% that blue chips (bigger more reputable stocks) bring. Then there’s the crash in ’87 and he’s out of work, having to start all over again at the bottom.
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He gets his first job from Mark Hanna (Mathew McConaughey) who teaches him that the stock market is an illusion and how to sell it. It is the “based on a true story” of Jordan Belfort (Leonardo DiCaprio), a nobody who quickly rises up through the ranks of Wall Street. The Wolf of Wall Street is a fast-paced comedy, a brilliant character study, and most of all, a great film. It brings back Leonardo DiCaprio, it’s set in New York, and it brings back Scorsese’s most common story line: that of a man who gets too much of everything he wants and then looses it. The Wolf of Wall Street is Scorsese’s return to form after deviating somewhat with Hugo and Shutter Island. I have long awaited Martin Scorsese’s latest film, and I am overjoyed at the results.
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