The Wolf of Wall Street (dir. Martin Scorsese).

Scorsese, [writer Terrence] Winter, and [Leonardo] DiCaprio have crafted a classic American rise and fall story, both maddeningly skilful as it is hysterical, just as it toasts a world we’re still struggling to both admire and revile. [Jordan] Belfort‘s story is so disturbing and depraved, only such talent could do it justice. However, in doing so and being true to the spirit of his ridiculous quest for money, both the film and his life go dangerously off the rails as an often unfocused, opulent, excessively stylish portrait. The Wolf of Wall Street is a film worthy of its real-life source material right to the empty come down feeling after an amazing high.

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