Leonardo di Caprio

Even though I see this film has already been reviewed, I'd like to share my thoughts! In my opinion, this is one of the films where the Scorsese/DiCaprio duo reaches the highest peaks. (Shutter Island excluded as an absolute MASTERPIECE, of course.)

In a previous life, at 27 years old (due to various circumstances and luck), I landed in the Big Apple for my first business trip. Since that day, a long career followed that lasted until about 10 years ago when I inevitably crashed.

The members of the team I worked with were in the office at 8, perfectly operational, and at 6 they would clock out, then it was aperitivo, dinner (after which I would disappear), night, 1-2 hours of sleep, gym, and back to work again. All this multiplied by at least 250/270 days a year. The problem is that for at least six years, I managed to keep pace with their sober rhythm without rich prizes and party favors...

The American managers/motivators/headhunters, as portrayed, characterized, and caricatured in the film, are not too far from the grotesque truth. Everything is sacrificable for business. Very few have a family, and very few reach 50 without going through various therapists and endless rehab.

Let's go in order; from the first porn scene, DiCaprio is stunning (I mention it so you’ll at least rewatch that part too)... Leonardo perfectly embodies his character—ruthless, depraved, clever, and absolutely perverse—in an exceptional way. The way he leaves the p...