Perhaps a dudes-and-luudes movie like "Wolf," which at times feels like "Goodfellas" gone comedy, has to be somewhat cold. ![]() Jordan's frequent boasting about horses and yachts could be mini versions of James Franco's amazing "Look at my " speech in "Spring Breakers." His unquenchable greed and affinity for snorting drugs off hookers' posteriors turn him into something of a hedonistic cliche. He's following the path of his mentor (Matthew McConaughey, splendid in a brief role) who advocated coke, twice-daily masturbation and an attitude that turns Jordan into Jay Gatsby's reckless half-brother. "Their money was better off in my pocket," notes Jordan Belfort (Leonardo DiCaprio, funny but loud), the real-life stockbroker whose book inspired the film, defending the practice of selling junk stocks to his clients. Like "Hustle," the three-hour "Wolf" features a great deal of voiceover and a main character who sees no fault in conning people. Russell's "American Hustle" in an important department: "Wolf" zeroes in on greed and need and says in vivid, convincing fashion, "Baby, the hungrier you are, the easier it is for me to feed you crap." No, that's not a quote from the movie. ![]() **1/2 (out of four) A truer American hustle, Martin Scorsese's "The Wolf of Wall Street" bests David O.
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