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The Wolf of Wall Street (2013)

Excessive Excess and Excessively Long

[30 March 2014]

Since when does stringing scene after scene of debauchery, drug-abuse, and wanton sex make for good drama, or for that matter, advance an interesting story. After two hours of this I just wanted to scream "I get it, this guy had no moral compass, now can we get on with the story." But apparently, there is no story other than that. The theme here is excess, but not just in the story, in the movie making. Did Jordan achieve because of his excess, or did he fail because of his excess, or was it both? Hard to tell when everything was presented in such an extreme way. Hardly a great acting performance from any of the cast since they all seemed to have lived at least part of their lives in this manner. If the excess movie-making technique was used to further illustrate the main characters flaws, it was used too excessively. I left the movie 1.5 hours in and I missed nothing.