The Wolf of Wall Street

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The Wolf of Wall Street

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2013

2h 59m

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In 1987, Jordan Belfort takes an entry-level job at a Wall Street brokerage firm. By the early 1990s, while still in his 20s, Belfort founds his own firm, Stratton Oakmont. Together with his trusted lieutenant and a merry band of brokers, Belfort makes a huge fortune by defrauding wealthy investors out of millions. However, while Belfort and his cronies partake in a hedonistic brew of sex, drugs and thrills, the SEC and the FBI close in on his empire of excess.

Critics Consensus

Funny, self-referential, and irreverent to a fault, The Wolf of Wall Street finds Martin Scorsese and Leonardo DiCaprio at their most infectiously dynamic.

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Wendy Ide

The Times (UK)

11/23/2022

... A sprawling riot of bad taste and consumption — and tremendously entertaining if you’re in the right mood.

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Larushka Ivan-Zadeh

metro.co.uk

09/06/2017

4/5

The film has roused censure for glorifying crime, with scant, awkwardly realised minutes paid to Belfort's eventual comeuppance. But surely 71-year-old Scorsese, a one-time wannabe priest whose work is preoccupied with morality, did that deliberately?

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Jason Bailey

Flavorwire

06/18/2016

Scorsese is fascinated by procedure, by drawing back the curtain and showing us how things happen, though he keeps the picture nimble and entertaining enough to avoid burying himself in the minutiae.

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Noah Gittell

Washington City Paper

10/12/2023

It continues to provoke and entertain...

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Brian Eggert

Deep Focus Review

08/19/2022

4/4

Scorsese depicts an intriguing and marvelously loathsome human beast in its natural setting, where the verdict on its judgment lies in the hands of its audience.

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Don Shanahan

Every Movie Has a Lesson

06/26/2022

4/5

"The Wolf of Wall Street" doesn't want to be lovable. It just wants to remind you how excessive wealth can get and catch you being entertained by it. You can't target excessiveness to hate without being excessive in its depiction.

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carmen M

03/03/2025

If you like money, you like this movie, oh my God DiCaprio got a love them in this movie so good Menahan also so good

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Dennis G

@MunchinBooty Apr 16

Hilarious movie. Cast is excellent. Seen it 20 times and still watch it when it comes on.

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Reese F

@reesefinch1 Apr 12

I think this movie is defiantly worth watching. Martin Scorsese has so many good movies including this one. I think he knows exactly how to work with Leonardo DiCaprio. Overall, great watch.

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Joe L

@Hoagie1013 Apr 10

The story, the comedy, and the excitement is all there.

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din D.

@L1J2K3 Apr 10

This movie is like many with its runtime packed. Sometimes the film runs really smoothly, and the script and plot move nicely and at other times it can feel choppy or a bit much. Not without some great scenes and performances it is another strong film within Scorsese's filmography.

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Simon T

@Bucksplit Mar 31

Three hours hanging out with the ghastly Jordan Belfort and his cronies is a good hour too much. Not even Martin Scorsese can find enough variety in the monotonous cocaine-snorting, partying and domestic violence that - to increasingly diminishing effect - propels this cautionary tale. Having said which, the acting is excellent and the first 45 minutes is very funny. Minor Scorsese.

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Synopsis

In 1987, Jordan Belfort takes an entry-level job at a Wall Street brokerage firm. By the early 1990s, while still in his 20s, Belfort founds his own firm, Stratton Oakmont. Together with his trusted lieutenant and a merry band of brokers, Belfort makes a huge fortune by defrauding wealthy investors out of millions. However, while Belfort and his cronies partake in a hedonistic brew of sex, drugs and thrills, the SEC and the FBI close in on his empire of excess.

Director: Martin Scorsese
Producer: Leonardo DiCaprio, Riza Aziz, Joey McFarland, Emma Tillinger Koskoff
Screenwriter: Terence Winter
Distributor: Paramount Pictures
Production Co: Appian Way, Emjag, Sikelia
Rating: R (Graphic Nudity|Drug Use|Language Throughout|Some Violence|Strong Sexual Content)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Biography
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Dec 25, 2013, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Dec 12, 2015
Box Office (Gross USA): $116.9M
Runtime: 2h 59m
Sound Mix: Datasat, Dolby Digital
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)