Greed is a key part of both films, yet seems to be at the root of most of Wolf 's criticisms.
Wolf can actually be read as a sort of modern-day Goodfellas, an updated take on the tale of greed that Scorsese crafted in his 1990 masterpiece. The concept may not immediately sound familiar, but Wolf shares a lot of elements with Goodfellas, besides their renowned director. Martin Scorsese's latest film stars Leonardo DiCaprio as Jordan Belfort, a real-life stockbroker who became obscenely rich, thanks to some illegal practices, and lived a life fueled by drugs and sex. In the middle of prime Oscar-bait season, there's one movie everyone's talking about, for reasons both good and bad- The Wolf of Wall Street.
