A very good movie

Honestly, I didn’t care much for ‘Hugo’. I mean, it was a fine movie but not much more than that I’m afraid. Well, this time, Scorsese is back with his muse, Leonardo DiCaprio, and the end-result was much more than satisfying. Indeed, I thought it was so entertaining and actually downright hilarious which wasn’t something I really expected. During some scenes, especially when DiCaprio was heavily intoxicated, he gave us some real slapstick and it actually worked like a charm. I mean, even though there was a really solid supporting cast, the focus was put on Jordan Belfort and as a result, DiCaprio had basically to carry the whole thing on his shoulders. He did a fine job, supported by the fine directing provided by Martin Scorsese, but honestly, by now, we know pretty well that he can play the talented but very neurotic characters like no one else and it would be nice if he tried something else for once. Furthermore, the other characters were not very well developed since they didn’t get much space in my opinion which is rather surprising since the movie lasted 3 hours. And, indeed, it was rather long (the fact that I needed to take a piss for 2 hours didn’t help either) and you wonder how many times Belfort will finally get caught and eventually fall down. To conclude, it might not be one of the best movies made by the duo Scorsese-DiCaprio (I need to re-watch it to make up my mind though) but it was terribly entertaining and the most hilarious film from 2013 that I have seen so far.

8/10