The Great Gatsby

Name: The Great Gatsby
Genre: Drama, Romance
Released: May 10, 2013
Duration: 143 min
Rating: 55
Cast: Carey Mulligan, Jason Clarke, Joel Edgerton, Leonardo DiCaprio, Tobey Maguire

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Warner Bros. Pictures | Release Date: May 10, 2013 | PG-13

Starring: Carey Mulligan, Jason Clarke, Joel Edgerton, Leonardo DiCaprio, Tobey Maguire

Summary: 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

Genre(s): Drama, Romance

Rating: PG-13

Runtime: 143 min

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Rick Groen

May 9, 2013

It’s a terrific adaptation that succeeds not only as a work of cinema but also, wonderfully, as proof of the novel’s greatness. In short, the picture rebukes the revisionists even while entertaining them. Read full review

Steve Persall

May 8, 2013

As a purely sensory experience at the movies you're hard-pressed to find anything more dazzling than the first 90 minutes of The Great Gatsby, when Luhrmann's riotous amusements make anything possible. Read full review

Richard Corliss

May 9, 2013

The actors emote up a summer storm. Maguire’s otherworldly coolness suits the observer drawn into a story he might prefer only to watch. DiCaprio is persuasive as the little boy lost impersonating a tough guy, and Mulligan finds ways to express Daisy’s magnetism and weakness. Read full review

Scott Foundas

May 6, 2013

More often, Gatsby feels like a well-rehearsed classic in which the actors say their lines ably, but with no discernible feeling behind them. Read full review

Steven Rea

May 9, 2013

There are so many things wrong with Luhrmann's Great Gatsby - the filmmaker's attention-deficit-disorder approach, the anachronistic convergence of hip-hop and swing, the choppy elision of Fitzgerald's plot, the jarring collision of Jazz Age cool and Millennial cluelessness. But at the crux of things, the problem is that it's impossible to care. Read full review

Claudia Puig

May 9, 2013

So much effort seems to have gone into the eye-popping production design, swooping camera work and anachronistic musical score that the result is hyper-active cacophony rather than enthralling entertainment. Read full review

Rex Reed

May 7, 2013

I love the publicity quotes by Baz Luhrmann stating that his intention was to make an epic romantic vision that is enormous. Also: overwrought, asinine, exaggerated and boring. But in the end, about as romantic as a pet rock. Read full review

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Greenlemonade

May 10, 2013

Saw this when it opened. Had low expectations because of movie critics who obviously grew up in the wrong era. The quality of the book is revived perfectly; It's a period peace, but transcends period with its subtle hints of modern music and style. Every actor was perfectly cast. It's heavySaw this when it opened. Had low expectations because of movie critics who obviously grew up in the wrong era. The quality of the book is revived perfectly; It's a period peace, but transcends period with its subtle hints of modern music and style. Every actor was perfectly cast. It's heavy use of Art Deco (my favorite architectural style) fills the screen with beauty that reaches for the heavens, however unattainable they were and still are.
Gatsby looks to the past not with nostalgia, but with regret of what was and what will never be.

p.s. I am usually very anti-3d but this movies 3d really pulls you into the grandness of it all.… Expand

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Jonte_V19

Oct 31, 2015

This is one of the greatest movie of the 21 st century. The acting, the filming and the story, it's all there and it's perfectly done in every way possible. As always Leo is just amazing but it's really Tobey Maguire's part in the movie whitch is outstanding. Ten out of ten all the way.

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jlhg11

Jan 29, 2015

One of those few movies that gives its book incredible life (not saying it necessarily reflects the book).
Great soundtrack. Leo does wonderful.
Spiderman is definitely not my favorite actor by an stretch but he fits in great.

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AVTRlover41

Aug 30, 2013

This was a very decent movie. It was very well-made in my opinion. I thought that the first third was the best part, I loved the party scenes, they were so beautifully made.

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Brad_

May 17, 2013

The Great Gatsby is a beautiful novel and while adapted to a film, it became visually beautiful. However, for some mystical reason the visual did not coincide well with the plot or the narrative. I was hearing the story from the narrator as oppose to seeing it. Close to the end I decided toThe Great Gatsby is a beautiful novel and while adapted to a film, it became visually beautiful. However, for some mystical reason the visual did not coincide well with the plot or the narrative. I was hearing the story from the narrator as oppose to seeing it. Close to the end I decided to shut my eyes and hear the story because it was the visuals were frankly redundant although spectacular. The fact that Jay Z executive produced this film is very obvious from when you hear Jay Z's music like you're at his concerts, it got too repetitive for me regardless of the quality of the actual music. Overall, Great Gatsby was unable to give us a full experience without one sense blinding the other.… Expand

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FranzHcritic

Jul 27, 2014

Glossy to where it's nauseating. A music track missing the era by at least eight decades. And bland performances from all with the exception of Leonardo DiCaprio and Tobey Maguire. It dragged on for at least thirty minutes. And the script is just as bland as the actors' acting. And too muchGlossy to where it's nauseating. A music track missing the era by at least eight decades. And bland performances from all with the exception of Leonardo DiCaprio and Tobey Maguire. It dragged on for at least thirty minutes. And the script is just as bland as the actors' acting. And too much color. Baz Luhrmann, you have s**t for talent.… Expand

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W0lf_0f_Snyd3r

Jul 14, 2019

The ONLY movie I've every walked out on. This was a big heaping pile of trash. I can take a lot of **** movies but this one takes the award of the worst. I didn't even last more than thirty minutes. Sad to see Blockbuster actors like Leo get parts in such crappy thought out movies.

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