"Sex, Drugs and Suits &Ties". That's what Leo and Marty's The Wolf of Wallstreet screamed to me. A true Scorcese film in all its glory Wolf was fast paced, exciting and above all really funny! In the same way that Anchorman gets a lot of its humor from grown men acting completely stupid, insane or outright random Wolf was just as stupid, just as insane and just as random, except when these Wallstreet guys did it you knew why... They where snorting mountains of coke every minute of every day just to get them to the next board meeting.
This is my first of what I hope to be a series of mini-reviews which give you an idea of the best reasons to see a film, or not see a film, and there is none better to start with than The Wolf of Wallstreet. Far from being a stuffy film about finance and politics it is a crude, rude and very real account of a near psychopathic man who for a while was the epitome of the American Dream.
But if all that doesn't sway you then know this; if you don't see this film you'll be missing out on a chance to see Matthew Mcconaughey in one of the best parts he has ever played (possibly save for his upcoming film Dallas Buyers Club). Mcconaughey, whose lost an amazing amount of weight for Dallas Buyers Club in which he plays a man suffering with AIDs, was the biggest surprise to me. It wasn't a huge part for him but it had character and made me believe that Dallas Buyers Club will be a film to be reckoned with.
So if you get a chance watch The Wolf of Wallstreet, but I suggest you don't watch it with your mum because it will get weird!
(Dallas Buyer's Club comes out on the 7th of Febuary)
Nice reviewlet! Really want to see Dallas Buyers Club. Matthew McConaughey has been really stretching himself with his roles in recent years. I like the IMDB links in your post by the way. Super useful! :)
ReplyDeleteThanks for the support Becky! I'm really looking forward to Dallas Buyers Club, have you seen any of the pictures of Mcconaughey in it? It is incredible how thing he is! And Jared Leto (songwriter for 30 Seconds to Mars and actor in films like Fight Club and American Psycho) is playing a young transvestite with AIDs. I read an interview with him and he said he stayed dressed up like that for days to get the character right and went to meet several transvestites to understand their situation.
ReplyDeleteSome good commitment is going into that film, so i reckon it deserves a watch :)
Glad you like the IMDb links!