Academy Awards, USA 2014
| Nominated Oscar | Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role Leonardo DiCaprio |
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role Jonah Hill | |
| Best Achievement in Directing Martin Scorsese | |
| Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay Terence Winter | |
| Best Motion Picture of the Year Leonardo DiCaprio Emma Tillinger Koskoff Joey McFarland Martin Scorsese |
Paramount Pictures
Directed by Martin Scorsese
My rating: 2 stars out of 4
IMDb
(Netflix)
A talented salesman with an insatiable thirst for money becomes a wildly successful stockbroker. He is transformed from timid family man to an out-of-control drug and sex addict who will use any means possible to preserve his lifestyle. He surrounds himself with "friends" who think the same way. It eventually comes crumbling down around them when the FBI investigates. Scorsese pulls no punches in his depiction of rampant amorality. It's filled with sex and drugs and set the record for the most uses of the "F word" on film. At nearly 3 hours, Scorsese seems to fall victim to the same excesses, unable to make even the slightest edit to tell a story that should have been half as long.
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