Scorprio are back! Teaming up once again, director Martin Scorsese and his muse Leonardo DiCaprio bring this uproarious tale of drugs, money and the excesses of 1980s Wall Street. Based on true events, DiCaprio plays Jordan Belfort, who starts out as a well-intentioned stockbroker keen on making money for his clients, until he discovers he can live the high life himself. Soon he’s up to his eyeballs in Quaaludes and it’s not long before the Feds are on his case for crime, corruption and everything in between.

I’m always thrilled when dramatic actors show off their comedy chops and DiCaprio is no exception, demonstrating that his easy Titanic charm translates into solid comedic timing. It’s a return to form for Scorsese too, revisiting his Goodfellas and Casino themes, only this time the gangsters are also huge yuppies. It would be easy, post-financial crisis, to condemn his characters in a stern drama a la Clint Eastwood, but Scorsese chose instead to make a satire and a pretty great one at that.

Fresh off his intense performance as the somewhat dour Jay Gatsby, you can tell DiCaprio is having a lot of fun in this role, and his enthusiasm is infectious. Also standing out are Jonah Hill as Belfort’s willing accomplice and right-hand man and Matthew McConaughey in a short but priceless appearance as the bad influence mentor who introduces Belfort to the stimulating wonders of the stockbroker’s secret weapon: cocaine.

Definitely worth catching this on the big screen at Coombs.