- Network: Netflix
- Series Premiere Date: Jan 4, 2023
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"The Monster of Wall Street" will be, to no one's surprise, a complex series and downbeat story, but one that is told with enormous style and narrative energy.
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Scotto is seen in numerous re-creations, either as an enigmatic mystery man with a chilling smile who says nothing, or a shadowy figure moving through Wall Street, alternately charming and bullying his employees, including his brother Peter and his sons Andrew and Mark. It’s an effective technique that supplies some much-needed color to proceedings that can get a little dry, though for the most part Berlinger makes great use of interviews with the expected roster of investigative journalists, former associates, financial experts, et al.
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It’s not as flashy as his serial killer exposes, but it does take a very complex issue and unpack it in a way that’s easy to follow.
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Despite the distracting reenactments, Madoff: The Monster of Wall Street imparts a lot of good information about Madoff’s psyche, the structure of his Ponzi scheme, and why people invested in it in the first place.