The change occurs throughout the movie- Belfort goes from naive kid to cutthroat broker/schemer over the course of the film.

Nothing about Irving changed throughout American Hustle, the plot was weak, and the climax was next to nonexistent, and the characters (outside of Bail, who I thought had an outstanding performance individually) were flat.

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Posted by molsusports

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Posted on 4/18/14 at 4:17 am to ManBearTiger

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I don't love American Hustle but the idea there was any real character development in WoWS strikes me as wrong. The only major change in Leo's character was moving up the food chain doing progressively more devious shite. He didn't start out with a strong moral compass and then go astray.

But yes, the tits and arse were great in WoWS. It was essentially a cinemax movie with great production value and better actors.

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Posted by beaverfever

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Posted on 4/18/14 at 10:38 am to ManBearTiger

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Belfort goes from naive kid to cutthroat broker/schemer over the course of the film.

More like over the course of the first five minutes of the film. The movie went out of its way to break conventions and show his refusal to change. You never got the impression he regretted a single thing he did. I don't think many people really 'got' wow. Somebody above said it was a movie that had been made over and over. I thought it was one of the most unique and bold movies I've ever seen.

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