After my first attempt at watching this film was thwarted due to a failing projector at cineworld in Glasgow (oh, the drama), I finally got to see this much acclaimed film based on the, quite spectacular life of Jordan Belfort.
The film is a roller coaster ride from start to finish and without doubt the most enjoyable cinematic experience I've had this year (granted, thats not very long). This lavish, ridiculous and drug fuelled ride should probably last about 30 minutes less but so likeable are the characters and so entertaining are the extreme scenarios depicted in the film that you're never bored or checking your watch.
Dicaprio is outstanding and he gets to have a lot more fun playing this millionaire than he did the last one. It kind of looks like he is portraying what Jay Gatsby would have been like if he had enjoyed a good booze up and taking every kind of illegal substance know to man every half an hour. Indeed, most of the funniest moments of the film come whenever we see Jordan his good pal Donnie Azoff (played superbly but the hilarious Jonah Hill) getting completely off their tits - which is, thankfully for us the viewers, most of the time.
8/10
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