The Wolf of Wall Street

Introduction:
The Wolf of Wall Street (TWoWS), directed by Martin Scorsese and screenplay written by Terence Winters, is based on the true story of Jordan Belfort and was theatrically released on 25th of December 2013.  It stars Leonardo DiCaprio, Jonah Hill, and Matthew McConaughey along with a huge supporting cast including Jon Bernthal, Rob Reiner, Kyle Chandler, Margot Robbie, and Cristin Milioti among others.  This film is one of the best Martin Scorsese films ever ranking up there with Goodfellas, Casino, King of Comedy, and The Departed.  
Synopsis:
The film follows Jordan Belfort's entrance into the stock market world as a connector to being a licensed stock broker on October 19th, 1987 to a stint selling penny stocks to making his own brokerage firm Stratton Oakmont and then his eventual demise.in being indicted by the FBI.
Warnings:
This film has a lot of act of incredulous debauchery from sex, drug use, and foul language.
Flow/Pace:
TWoWS may be Scorsese's longest running time film to date at two hours and fifty-nine minutes.  That run time is longer than The Hobbit: Desolation of Smaug, and yet it never felt dull or as if it dragged on.  Every scene is rich with dialogue and character interactions which may be a testament to the script and mise-en-scene being totally complementary.  Each scene developed a/some character(s) by introducing a new character or throwing exposition into the dialogue.  The movie has a rather quick pacing that may be correlated to or exemplary of the fast life which Jordan Belfort lived.
Performances:
The whole cast gave wonderful performances which only added to the scenes.  However there are three that stand out to me and those are the performances delivered by Matthew McConaughey, Jonah Hill and Leonardo DiCaprio.  The characters they portrayed were extremely similar in their narcissism, expensive tastes, and greed for money.  Yet they are each different in the deeper confines of their personalities.
Tone:
Overall the film has a comedic tone what with all the ridiculous acts of debauchery which the characters partake in. I found myself laughing about seventy to eighty percent of the film. However there is drama and serious internal & external conflict namely in the last act of the film where Belfort is being indicted by the FBI.
Final Thoughts:
This is another Scorsese classic.  You will laugh, feel empathy and sympathy, watch amazingly constructed scenes (cinematography, editing, performances, soundtrack), watch an incredulous story unfold, and be entertained.  I give The Wolf of Wall Street an A.