... A sprawling riot of bad taste and consumption — and tremendously entertaining if you’re in the right mood.

The film has roused censure for glorifying crime, with scant, awkwardly realised minutes paid to Belfort's eventual comeuppance. But surely 71-year-old Scorsese, a one-time wannabe priest whose work is preoccupied with morality, did that deliberately?

Scorsese is fascinated by procedure, by drawing back the curtain and showing us how things happen, though he keeps the picture nimble and entertaining enough to avoid burying himself in the minutiae.

Do be sure that you're attending 'The Wolf of Wall Street' with the right parties. This ain't your grandma's Scorsese.