The Great Gatsby
(2013)
Overview
An adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald's Long Island-set novel, where Midwesterner Nick Carraway is lured into the lavish world of his neighbor, Jay Gatsby. Soon enough, however, Carraway will see through the cracks of Gatsby's nouveau riche existence, where obsession, madness, and tragedy await.
Director
Baz Luhrmann
Writers
Craig Pearce, Baz Luhrmann, F. Scott Fitzgerald
Top Billed
Leonardo DiCaprio
Keywords
Top Billed Cast
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Reviews
Andres Gomez
⭐ 2.5/10June 28, 2013
Baz Luhrmann repeats what he did with Rome + Juliet and creates a horrible moster full of FX and exaggeration.
Still, the cast performs well.
anthonyryan1
⭐ 8/10August 21, 2013
An over the top portrayal of the classic novel, while at times excessive and tasteless, it truly hits home with the novels original critique on the excess of the time. The cast was **excellent**, the movie stayed true to the novel in all the most important ways. I personally feel the modern soundtrack wasn't appropriate in several cases, but a couple flawless executions.
GenerationofSwine
⭐ 2/10January 10, 2023
See I don't know how to review this because I came into it hating the novel, and it's 2022, it took me over a decade to finally say "fine I'll watch the movie."
And unfortunately they didn't improve things. It's still, well, pretentious. It's still a story of someone that is living above his means, and living a very shallow life, that the audience is supposed to relate to enough to either like or dislike him...
... and I just never could. H…
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CinemaSerf
⭐ 7/10April 16, 2024
To be fair to Baz Luhrmann, this is actually quite a difficult story to adapt for the big screen. On the face of it, there are many contradictions right from the start (not least that our relatively normal narrator - trader "Nick" (Tobey Maguire) lives next door to the eponymous and enigmatic millionaire (Leonardo DiCaprio) and his Disney-esque castle). The story is told by way of a retrospective during which the now depressed "Nick" regales his … read the rest.
kodkuce
⭐ 10/10December 31, 2024
I thought that movie was some shitty old-school musical, but boy, I was wrong. A gem, must watch.
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Status
Released
Original Language
EN
Budget
$105,000,000
Revenue
$351,040,419