The Wolf of Wall Street is earned excess. It depicts repulsive antiheroes but doesn't deride or overly moralize. Instead, The Wolf of Wall Street recognizes and critiques the social structures that condone their behavior. In fact, the film even contemplates the audience's role in this corrupt spectacle. Do we encourage these choices by participating in them? This measured perspective examines greed, addiction, and aggression. There isn't a conventional arc, but there's sharp pacing, magnified dialogue, and compelling developments. Meanwhile, the acting is comedic, tragic, physical, and intense. Thus, The Wolf of Wall Street is morbidly entertaining and thematically meta.
Technically, The Wolf of Wall Street is rich. Its direction injects surrealism, blends tones, and masters momentum. The visuals use aspect ratios, motion, framing, lighting, focus, angles, and continuation. Montages, frame rate, dissolves, inserts, and jump cuts heighten the editing. There's defining music, extravagant production designs, and symbolic effects. Plus, the sound adds emphasis, split cuts, silence, layers, voiceovers, and echoes. Finally, the casting optimized, discovered, and redefined actors. Collectively, these aspects give the movie a vitality that reflects its material. With thoughtful messages and powerful filmmaking, The Wolf of Wall Street is striking energy.
Writing: 9/10
Direction: 10/10
Cinematography: 10/10
Acting: 9/10
Editing: 10/10
Sound: 10/10
Score/Soundtrack: 9/10
Production Design: 9/10
Casting: 10/10
Effects: 8/10
Overall Score: 9.4/10
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