Wolf of Wall Street / Big Short, The (DVD)

Big Short: When the banks committed the greatest fraud in US history, four outsiders risked it all to take them down. Based on the unbelievable true story and best-selling book from the author of The Blind Side and Moneyball, critics are calling The Big Short “brilliant and explosive” (Joe Morgenstern, The Wall Street Journal). Christian Bale, Steve Carell, Ryan Gosling and Brad Pitt turn in career-best performances in “one of the most absorbing and entertaining films of the year” (Mara Reinstein, Us Weekly). (English), When the banks committed the greatest fraud in US history, four outsiders risked it all to take them down. Based on the unbelievable true story and best-selling book from the author of The Blind Side and Moneyball, critics are calling The Big Short “brilliant and explosive” (Joe Morgenstern, The Wall Street Journal). Christian Bale, Steve Carell, Ryan Gosling and Brad Pitt turn in career-best performances in “one of the most absorbing and entertaining films of the year” (Mara Reinstein, Us Weekly). Wolf of Wall Street: Sex. Money. Power. Drugs. Brace yourself for an outrageous true story from legendary filmmaker Martin Scorsese that critics are calling “a masterpiece for a new generation.”* Leonardo DiCaprio delivers “the best performance of his career”** as a young stockbroker hungry for a life of non-stop thrills, where corruption was king and more was never enough. His rise to power earned him the title The Wolf of Wall Street. Together, Scorsese and DiCaprio deliver a story of American excess that is “an absolute blast from start to finish.” *** * James Verniere, Boston Herald, ** Claudia Puig, USA Today, *** Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle