{"id":126,"date":"2014-06-17T22:34:40","date_gmt":"2014-06-17T22:34:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/?p=126"},"modified":"2025-08-16T11:00:52","modified_gmt":"2025-08-16T15:00:52","slug":"the-wolf-of-wall-street-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/?p=126","title":{"rendered":"The Wolf of Wall Street-2013"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The Wolf of Wall Street-2013<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Director Martin Scorsese<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Jonah Hill<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Scott&#8217;s Review #33<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/70266676.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1354\" src=\"http:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/70266676-210x300.jpg\" alt=\"70266676\" width=\"210\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/70266676-210x300.jpg 210w, https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/70266676.jpg 284w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 210px) 100vw, 210px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Reviewed June 17, 2014<em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Grade: A<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Martin Scorsese&#8217;s latest offering, The Wolf of Wall Street (2013) is a tale of overindulgence, chaos, and debauchery in the world of stockbroking during the 1980s.<\/p>\n<p>The film is superb.<\/p>\n<p>It is a drug-filled, sex-filled, over-the-top, loud, testosterone-fueled, frenetic extravaganza that works on so many levels.<\/p>\n<p>Humorous and mouth-dropping scenes occur throughout the film.<\/p>\n<p>The casting is flawless- Leonardo Dicaprio and Jonah Hill deserve the praise and Oscar nominations heaped on them.<\/p>\n<p>The supporting actors are perfect- Rob Reiner, Matthew McConaughey, Jean Dujardin, and Kyle Chandler.<\/p>\n<p>With Scorsese, you will receive an intelligent film, though very R-rated.<\/p>\n<p>Similar in style to another of his masterpieces, Goodfellas-1990, as it is narrated by the main character (Dicaprio).<\/p>\n<p>Comparisons to the 1987 film Wall Street are silly. This film is much deeper, grittier, and frankly, much better.<\/p>\n<p>Do not let the unfathomable running time of three hours discourage you- the time goes by very fast.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Oscar Nominations:\u00a0<\/strong>Best Picture, Best Director-Martin Scorsese, Best Actor-Leonardo DiCaprio, Best Supporting Actor-Jonah Hill, Best Adapted Screenplay<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Wolf of Wall Street-2013 Director Martin Scorsese Starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Jonah Hill Scott&#8217;s Review #33 Reviewed June 17, 2014\u00a0 Grade: A Martin Scorsese&#8217;s latest offering, The Wolf of Wall Street (2013) is a tale of overindulgence, chaos, and debauchery in the world of stockbroking during the 1980s. The film is superb. It is a &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/?p=126\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">The Wolf of Wall Street-2013<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,5895,49,225,179,192,194,7487,4293,4294,3170,7125,2404,3390,1616,2913,414,2126,5724,1438,2242,4836],"tags":[76,5900,252,226,180,193,195,7492,4295,4296,3176,7129,2414,3396,1620,2922,415,2128,5726,1441,2250,4839],"class_list":["post-126","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-2013-films","category-christine-ebersole","category-comedies","category-crime-dramas","category-darkcomedies","category-dramas","category-epics","category-ethan-suplee","category-fran-lebowitz","category-jean-dujardin","category-jon-bernthal","category-jon-favreau","category-jonah-hill","category-kyle-chandler","category-leonardo-dicaprio","category-margot-robbie","category-martin-scorsese-films","category-matthew-mcconaughey","category-p-j-byrne","category-rob-reiner","category-spike-jonze","category-ward-horton","tag-2013-movie-reviews","tag-christine-ebersole","tag-comedies","tag-crime-dramas","tag-dark-comedies","tag-dramas-2","tag-epics-2","tag-ethan-suplee","tag-fran-lebowitz","tag-jean-dujardin","tag-jon-bernthal","tag-jon-favreau","tag-jonah-hill","tag-kyle-chandler","tag-leonardo-dicaprio","tag-margot-robbie","tag-martin-scorsese-films","tag-matthew-mcconaughey","tag-p-j-byrne","tag-rob-reiner","tag-spike-jonze","tag-ward-horton"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=126"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20143,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126\/revisions\/20143"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=126"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=126"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=126"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}