History YMMV / TheWolfOfWallStreet

** One suspects that Jordan Belfort will be to the next generation of Wall Street traders what [[{{Film/WallStreet}} Gordon Gekko]] is to the current one.

* EndingFatigue: The film could have easily just ended when [[spoiler:Jordan gets arrested]] but it goes on for about another 20-30 minutes.

--->'''Donnie:''' "Yes. he was very upset."

*** Denham's subway scene at the end is very open to interpretation. [[spoiler:On one hand, he could be looking at the wretched people around him in pride, knowing that he protected them from someone like Belfort. On the other, he could be looking at them in regret, knowing that he could have taken Belfort's bribe and been somewhere better right now.]]

** Denham's subway scene at the end is very open to interpretation. [[spoiler:On one hand, he could be looking at the wretched people around him in pride, knowing that he protected them from someone like Belfort. On the other, he could be looking at them in regret, knowing that he could have taken Belfort's bribe and been somewhere better right now.]]

* FanDisservice: On paper seeing a scene of Creator/LeonardoDiCaprio have sex with Creator/MargotRobbie would be exciting, in the actual movie it's intentionally played for CringeComedy where [[SpeedSex Jordan doesn't last long]].

** Many critics have cited Jordan Belfont as being the SpiritualSuccessor to [[Film/WallStreet Gordon Gekko.]]

* MoralEventHorizon: [[spoiler: Jordan beating Naomi and attempting to kidnap their daughter after she tells him she's leaving him and taking full custody of the kids;]] his VillainousBSOD after it fails seems to indicate he sees it this way too. Though that's only if he hasn't crossed it in some people's minds already by [[spoiler:disregarding Emma's death as more of the loss of an asset and proceeding to deal with her funds rather than attend to her funeral]]. Hell, it can be said he crossed it long before that just by happily screwing so many people out of their money.

* OlderThanTheyThink: The moniker, "the Wolf of Wall Street", has actually existed as far back as the 1920's (maybe even further). There was even a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wolf_of_Wall_Street_(1929_film) 1929 film with the exact same title]] (Coincidentally also produced by Creator/{{Paramount}}). The moniker continued to be heard sporadically in popular culture over the decades between both films (for instance, the first ever [[WesternAnimation/RockyAndBullwinkle Mr. Peabody & Sherman]] cartoon in 1959 has Peabody referring to himself as such).

* CrazyIsCool: Mark Hanna. He defines himself as a racketeer who runs on masturbation and cocaine, and then on top of it, he's played by Creator/MatthewMcConaughey. Though it winds up being {{Subverted}} when he predictably fails on Black Monday.

* TooBleakStoppedCaring: Some viewers just can't get into the film on account of nearly every single character of note being despicably unrepentant criminals who spend a significant part of the runtime smugly happily ripping off innocent people and indulging in hedonistic lifestyles.

* DarknessInducedAudienceApathy: Some viewers just can't get into the film on account of nearly every single character of note being despicably unrepentant criminals who spend a significant part of the runtime smugly happily ripping off innocent people and indulging in hedonistic lifestyles.

* TheWoobie: Teresa, Jordan's first wife. She fully loved and supported him and he repaid her by constantly cheating on her then divorcing her for his mistress.

* NightmareFuel: Jordan, in a cocaine-fueled rage, [[AdultFear takes Skyler from the house in an attempt to run away with her and almost kill the both of them in a crash.]]

* NightmareFuel: Jordan, in a cocaine-fueled rage, [[AdultFear takes Skyler from the house in an attempt to run away with her and almost kill the both of them in a crash.

* BrokenBase: There's an ongoing debate as to whether this film glamorizes the villains or not. On the one hand, the characters are ultimately [[spoiler:punished for their misdeeds]] and the final scenes demonstrate how unfair it is that [[spoiler:Jordan goes to a luxury prison while Denham is stuck in his middle class lifestyle despite all the good he's done]]. On the other hand, the film focuses a lot on how the characters get to live large with their wealth and never shows how their actions impacted their victims and the ending [[spoiler:can easily be interpreted as how their crimes ultimately pay as the punishment is a slap on the wrist.]]

* OlderThanTheyThink: The moniker, "the Wolf of Wall Street", has actually existed as far back as the 1920's (maybe even further). There was even a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wolf_of_Wall_Street_(1929_film) 1929 film with the exact same title]]. (Coincidentally also produced by Creator/{{Paramount}}) The moniker continued to be heard sporadically in popular culture over the decades between both films (for instance, the first ever [[WesternAnimation/RockyAndBullwinkle Mr. Peabody & Sherman]] cartoon in 1959 has Peabody referring to himself as such).

** Like ''Film/GlengarryGlenRoss'' before it, the film also became somewhat memetic among salesmen through means of DoNotDoThisCoolThing. It doesn't matter that the protagonist is shown as being incredibly immoral, hedonistic and egocentric -- if you're ruthless and silver-tongued salesman who'll play the mind games and do anything to close, then ''you too'' could be a ruthless, [[SelfMadeMan self-made]] multi-millionaire like Jordan and the film's finale more or less gives a ShrugOfGod, with the staging focusing on the audience of eager investors coming to Belfort's seminars despite serving time in prison and despite being exposed.

* CrazyAwesome: Mark Hanna. He defines himself as a racketeer who runs on masturbation and cocaine, and then on top of it, he's played by Creator/MatthewMcConaughey. Though it winds up being {{Subverted}} when he predictably fails on Black Monday.

* OlderThanTheyThink: The moniker, "the Wolf of Wall Street", has actually existed as far back as the 1920's (maybe even further). There was even a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wolf_of_Wall_Street_(1929_film) 1929 film with the exact same title]]. The moniker continued to be heard sporadically in popular culture over the decades between both films (for instance, the first ever [[WesternAnimation/RockyAndBullwinkle Mr. Peabody & Sherman]] cartoon in 1959 has Peabody referring to himself as such).

* DarknessInducedAudienceApathy: The film's total absence of likable characters despite being a crazy comedy is often seen as the source for its controversy, and according to one Oscar voter who hated the fact that "there was no one to root for", this was the real reason why it was an Awards no-show.
** They must've forgotten Denham, the FBI agent who serves as an antagonist to [[VillainProtagonist Jordan Belfort]] and ultimately takes him down. But then again, the film showcases that Denham doesn't gets even a knee-jerk "thank you" for his efforts and Belfort (because he's rich and famous) gets a LuxuryPrisonSuite and a job that pays just as well as his old one once he gets out, completely unrepentant.

* BrokenBase: Does this film glamorize the villains or not?