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The 25 Best Movies of the Century: No. 11, ‘The Wolf of Wall Street’

The 25 Best Movies of the Century: No. 11, ‘The Wolf of Wall Street’

'The Wolf of Wall Street’

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Sean and Amanda return to continue their yearlong project of listing the 25 best movies of the 21st century so far. Today, they discuss Martin Scorsese’s The Wolf of Wall Street, starring Leonardo DiCaprio, a manic, exhilarating, wretched celebration of the worst people on earth set loose on an unwitting society. They explain why this was the official selection from Scorsese’s filmography, crown this as the greatest performance of DiCaprio’s entire career, and explore the infamous discourse revolving around whether or not the movie glorified its nefarious behavior.

Hosts: Sean Fennessey and Amanda Dobbins
Producer: Jack Sanders

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