Decided to watch this movie tonight given its critical reception. I've been reluctant to because it really just looked like three hours worth of sex and drugs which didn't really interest me but I decided to give it a chance. Having watched it now...I [i]really[/i] don't know what to think. Leo turns in a good performance and it doesn't actually feel like Oscar bait (despite actually being oscar bait) and I can't see him through his acting like I usually can. Even Jonah Hill who I find annoying as hell fits in here...being annoying as hell, but that's the point so it's excusable. Margot Robbie's pretty great too, and I admittedly watched it mostly to get a read on her as an actress since she'll be Harley Quinn in the Suicide Squad movie. The story is sound, though it does at times feel like the three hours of sex and drugs that I expected, which is disappointing. The biggest flaw is how unrelatable everybody is though, even with Leo talking you through everything (that's another issue; the narration makes up half the movie and gets worn out pretty fast). I get that the movie's kind of satirizing the American Dream and the cruelty and stuff of the wealthy and all and it's not too heavy handed but I doubt anyone going in without the mindset would get much out of it aside from "funny movie that's three hours of sex and drugs." The black comedy is okay. None of the side characters stand out as particularly funny or interesting which makes the movie feel like it falls entirely on Leo's shoulders - who seems to learn absolutely nothing throughout the whole movie (and I get it's based on real events, but I'm looking at it purely as a film). His physical comedy bit after he takes the one pills is the funniest part of the whole thing. I think the film's biggest problem is that it has these heartwarming or heartwrenching emotional moments in the second half that are really well done, but then it keeps taking a left turn into the sex and drugs again which just ruins the whole moment for me. Leo and Jonah Hill have some kind of bromance but it's never really supported by anything other than the sex and drugs. The annoying thing is that the movie takes its time and moves slowly throughout the Wall Street details and the money-laundering and legal bits so you understand it but moves too fast through the character's interactions so you don't really care if they get away with anything because you can barely tell they care about each other - and they're so unlikable you almost don't want them to get away with it. Leo's breakdown near the very end is the only real character moment that feels paced well. Overall, it isn't Scorsese's best to me and seems oddly paced with polarizing humor and a convoluted story and anyone watching it is just going to remember the sex and drugs rather than the underlying social commentary. It is well-acted though and has some good and surprisingly funny moments, but overall - it isn't my type of movie - but I don't hate it, and usually I either really love or really hate a movie, so it's interesting that it falls kind of in the middle. I'll give it a 6/10. What'd you guys think? tl:dr: Decent movie. Good acting, kinda funny, but its substance is overwhelmed by its style. What do you think?