The Wolf of Wall Street (2013)
81%RT Audience Score: 83%
Awards & Nominations: Nominated for 5 Oscars
37 wins & 179 nominations total
Funny, self-referential, and irreverent to a fault, The Wolf of Wall Street finds Martin Scorsese and Leonardo DiCaprio at their most infectiously dynamic
The Wolf of Wall Street is a wild ride that will leave you questioning your own morals and values. Scorsese’s direction and DiCaprio’s performance are top-notch, but be warned, this movie is not for the faint of heart. It’s excessive, it’s vulgar, and it’s hilarious. Just like the real-life Belfort, this movie is a train wreck that you can’t look away from. So grab some popcorn and get ready for a wild ride.
Production Company(ies)
Horizon Pictures,
Distributor
Paramount Pictures
Release Type
Streaming, Theatrical, Theatrical (Wide)
Filming Location(s)
Portofino, Genoa, Liguria, Italy
MPAA / Certificate
Rated R for sequences of strong sexual content, graphic nudity, drug use and language throughout, and for some violence
Year of Release
2013
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Color:Color
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Sound mix:Datasat Dolby Digital Dolby Surround 7.1
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Aspect ratio:2.39 : 1
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Runtime:2h 59m
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Language(s):English, French
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Country of origin:United States
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Release date:Release Date (Theaters): Dec 25, 2013 Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Mar 25, 2014
Genre(s)
Biography
Keyword(s)
starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Jonah Hill, Margot Robbie, Matthew McConaughey, Kyle Chandler, Jon Bernthal, directed by Martin Scorsese, written by Terence Winter, biography, box office performance, budget, reviewed by Larushka Ivan-Zadeh, Jason Bailey, Alissa Wilkinson, Chris Stuckmann, Melissa Anderson, Nick Pinkerton, Don Shanahan, Danielle Solzman, Matt Brunson, Richard Crouse, David Walsh, produced by Martin Scorsese, Leonardo DiCaprio, Riza Aziz, Joey McFarland, Emma Tillinger Koskoff, R MPAA rating, Wall Street, stock broker, fraud, SEC, FBI, excess, sex, drugs, hedonism, morality, comeuppance, defrauding, wealthy investors, Stratton Oakmont, Jordan Belfort, Donnie Azoff, Naomi, Mark Hanna, Patrick Denham, Brad, Datasat, Dolby Digital, Paramount Pictures
Worldwide gross: $392,000,694
Worldwide gross (inflation-adjusted): $497,977,310
Worldwide gross ranking (inflation-adjusted): 288
Worldwide tickets sold (est.): 54,305,050
US/Canada gross: $116,900,694
US/Canada gross (inflation-adjusted): $148,504,567
US/Canada gross ranking (inflation-adjusted): 521
US/Canada opening weekend: $18,361,578
US/Canada opening weekend (inflation-adjusted): $23,325,594
US/Canada opening weekend ranking (inflation-adjusted): 576
Budget and Earnings Details
Production budget (est.): $100,000,000
Production budget (inflation-adjusted): $127,034,803
Production budget ranking: 286
Marketing and distribution budget (inflation-adjusted est.): $68,408,242
Box office net earnings to date (inflation-adjusted est.): $302,534,265
ROI to date (est.): 155%
ROI ranking: 754
Jonah Hill – Donnie Azoff
Margot Robbie – Naomi
Matthew McConaughey – Mark Hanna
Kyle Chandler – Patrick Denham
Jon Bernthal – Brad
Director – Martin Scorsese
Producer – Martin Scorsese, Leonardo DiCaprio, Riza Aziz, Joey McFarland, Emma Tillinger Koskoff
Writer – Terence Winter
Director(s)
Martin Scorsese
Writer(s)
Terence Winter
Producer(s)
Martin Scorsese, Leonardo DiCaprio, Riza Aziz, Joey McFarland, Emma Tillinger Koskoff
Film Festivals
Awards & Nominations
Nominated for 5 Oscars
37 wins & 179 nominations total
Academy Awards
Oscar Nominees
All Critics (288) | Top Critics (76) | Fresh (229) | Rotten (59)
The film has roused censure for glorifying crime, with scant, awkwardly realised minutes paid to Belfort’s eventual comeuppance. But surely 71-year-old Scorsese, a one-time wannabe priest whose work is preoccupied with morality, did that deliberately?
September 6, 2017 | Rating: 4/5
Larushka Ivan-Zadeh
metro.co.uk
TOP CRITIC
Scorsese is fascinated by procedure, by drawing back the curtain and showing us how things happen, though he keeps the picture nimble and entertaining enough to avoid burying himself in the minutiae.
June 18, 2016
Jason Bailey
Flavorwire
TOP CRITIC
[Belfort is] in the wrong. That’s for sure. But to walk away and not realize we’re at least a little complicit, too, would be foolhardy.
April 13, 2016 | Rating: 3.5/4
Alissa Wilkinson
Christianity Today
TOP CRITIC
DiCaprio’s powerhouse performance, and Scorsese’s brilliantly energetic direction make this a must watch for film lovers.
April 23, 2015 | Rating: A
Chris Stuckmann
ChrisStuckmann.com
TOP CRITIC
Scorsese’s hard-R portrayal of Belfort and company’s insatiable appetites — for money, for whores, for drugs, for stuff — pierces until it numbs.
May 22, 2014
Melissa Anderson
Artforum
TOP CRITIC
Along with its three-hour runtime, this baggy plotting may make Wolf a somewhat harder sell to audiences but it’s a deeper movie than The Departed — among the best that Scorsese has made.
February 7, 2014
Nick Pinkerton
Sight & Sound
TOP CRITIC
“The Wolf of Wall Street” doesn’t want to be lovable. It just wants to remind you how excessive wealth can get and catch you being entertained by it. You can’t target excessiveness to hate without being excessive in its depiction.
June 26, 2022 | Rating: 4/5
Don Shanahan
Every Movie Has a Lesson
The Wolf of Wall Street…is an epic visual storytelling masterpiece from Martin Scorsese.
December 24, 2021
Danielle Solzman
Solzy at the Movies
The weakest of the five collaborations between Martin Scorsese and Leonardo DiCaprio. There’s little here that expands on corporate raider Gordon Gekko’s mantra that “Greed … is good.”
December 18, 2021 | Rating: 2.5/4
Matt Brunson
Film Frenzy
At three hours it’s almost as excessive as Balfort’s $26,000 dinners. It feels a bit long, but like the spoiled brats it portrays, it will not, and cannot, be ignored.
March 4, 2021 | Rating: 4/5
Richard Crouse
Richard Crouse
Whatever the intentions of the filmmakers, The Wolf of Wall Street ends up wallowing in and pandering to the lifestyle it depicts.
February 12, 2021
David Walsh
World Socialist Web Site
Conflict and, most surprisingly, consequences, are absent.
December 4, 2020 | Rating: 6/10
Mike Massie
Gone With The Twins…
Plot
In the early 1990s, Jordan Belfort teamed with his partner Donny Azoff and started brokerage firm Stratton Oakmont. Their company quickly grows from a staff of 20 to a staff of more than 250 and their status in the trading community and Wall Street grows exponentially. So much that companies file their initial public offerings through them. As their status grows, so do the amount of substances they abuse, and so do their lies. They draw attention like no other, throwing lavish parties for their staff when they hit the jackpot on high trades. That ultimately leads to Belfort featured on the cover of Forbes Magazine, being called “The Wolf Of Wall St.”. With the FBI onto Belfort’s trading schemes, he devises new ways to cover his tracks and watch his fortune grow. Belfort ultimately comes up with a scheme to stash their cash in a European bank. But with the FBI watching him like a hawk, how long will Belfort and Azoff be able to maintain their elaborate wealth and luxurious lifestyles?
Trivia
Goofs / Tidbits
The Wolf of Wall Street features a powerhouse performance from Leonardo DiCaprio.
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