Netflix true story ‘Gritty’with Chris Evans and Emily Blunt is being compared to Wolf of Wall Street

Every film wants to be compared to a Martin Scorsese film at the end of the day.

Every time Netflix execs release a movie, they are probably somewhere in a bunker simply praying that some unwitting critic will say each new film is ‘like Taxi Driver’ or is somehow ‘Inception meets Goodfellas’.

In the case of one film starring Chris Evans and Emily Blunt though, that’s exactly what Netflix got – with what felt like every second review mentioning how it was just like Wolf of Wall Street.

Just like Wolf of Wall Street, it is a true story, just like Wolf of Wall Street, it focuses heavily on drugs, and just like Wolf of Wall Street it is involves a high profile corporate conspiracy full of crime.

Directed by Harry Potter veteran David Yates, the film follows Liza Drake (played by Blunt), a woman who looks to improve her life by climbing the ladder of a bankrupt pharmaceutical company.

As her life improves, she finds herself in the midst of an ongoing conspiracy at the company.
Based on a true story, Blunt and Evans both received plaudits for their acting in the ‘gritty’ retelling of the bonkers real-life tale.
Under a post in the Facebook group Netflix Bangers, one fan commented: “Absolutely loved it, reminded me of Wolf of Wall Street but from a Pharma angle.”