The Great Gatsby
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Nick Carraway arrives in New York in 1922, an era of loose morals, glittering jazz and bootleg kings. Chasing his own American Dream, Nick encounters the mysterious millionaire Gatsby and his bewitching cousin Daisy. Soon, Nick is drawn into the captivating world of the super-rich, their illusions, loves and deceits. Bearing witness to this new world, Nick pens a tale of impossible love, incorruptible dreams and unforgettable tragedy -- mirroring our own times and struggles.
What critics thought
Luhrmann's adaptation split critics almost evenly between those who embraced its operatic maximalism and those who felt it buried Fitzgerald's delicate, melancholic novel under spectacle. Defenders suggested surrendering any literary expectations and treating it as trashy, theatrical entertainment; detractors argued the dazzle left no room for the novel's soul. Tobey Maguire's Nick Carraway drew particular debate, while DiCaprio's Gatsby was one of the few elements critics across the divide tended to admire.
“a tale told idiotically, full of noise and furor, signifying next to nothing”
Joe Morgenstern·The Wall Street Journal
“the problem is that when the movie is entertaining it's not Gatsby, and when it's Gatsby it's not entertaining”
Christopher Orr·The Atlantic
“less a conventional movie adaptation than a splashy, trashy opera, a wayward, lavishly theatrical celebration of the emotional and material extravagance that Fitzgerald surveyed with fascinated ambivalence”
A. O. Scott·The New York Times
“magnificent is the only word to describe this performance—the best movie Gatsby by far, superhuman in his charm and connections, the host of revels beyond imagining, and at his heart an insecure fraud whose hopes are pinned to a woman”
Ty Burr·The Boston Globe
“Fitzgerald's sensibility is delicately nuanced, but there's steel in his melancholy. With Luhrmann, everything, not just the parties but the intimate scenes, turns into Mardi Gras”
Peter Rainer·Christian Science Monitor
Accolades
Genres
Drama, Romance
Cast & Crew
Baz LuhrmannDirector
Leonardo DiCaprioJay Gatsby
Tobey MaguireNick Carraway
Carey MulliganDaisy Buchanan
Joel EdgertonTom Buchanan
Elizabeth DebickiJordan Baker
Isla FisherMyrtle Wilson
Jason ClarkeGeorge Wilson
Amitabh BachchanMeyer Wolfsheim
Callan McAuliffeTeen Jay Gatsby
Adelaide ClemensCatherine
Steve BisleyDan Cody
Richard CarterHerzog
Craig ArmstrongComposer
Craig PearceWriter
F. Scott FitzgeraldWriter
Simon DugganCinematographyThe Great Gatsby
Nick Carraway arrives in New York in 1922, an era of loose morals, glittering jazz and bootleg kings. Chasing his own American Dream, Nick encounters the mysterious millionaire Gatsby and his bewitching cousin Daisy. Soon, Nick is drawn into the captivating world of the super-rich, their illusions, loves and deceits. Bearing witness to this new world, Nick pens a tale of impossible love, incorruptible dreams and unforgettable tragedy -- mirroring our own times and struggles.
What critics thought
Luhrmann's adaptation split critics almost evenly between those who embraced its operatic maximalism and those who felt it buried Fitzgerald's delicate, melancholic novel under spectacle. Defenders suggested surrendering any literary expectations and treating it as trashy, theatrical entertainment; detractors argued the dazzle left no room for the novel's soul. Tobey Maguire's Nick Carraway drew particular debate, while DiCaprio's Gatsby was one of the few elements critics across the divide tended to admire.
“a tale told idiotically, full of noise and furor, signifying next to nothing”
Joe Morgenstern·The Wall Street Journal
“the problem is that when the movie is entertaining it's not Gatsby, and when it's Gatsby it's not entertaining”
Christopher Orr·The Atlantic
“less a conventional movie adaptation than a splashy, trashy opera, a wayward, lavishly theatrical celebration of the emotional and material extravagance that Fitzgerald surveyed with fascinated ambivalence”
A. O. Scott·The New York Times
“magnificent is the only word to describe this performance—the best movie Gatsby by far, superhuman in his charm and connections, the host of revels beyond imagining, and at his heart an insecure fraud whose hopes are pinned to a woman”
Ty Burr·The Boston Globe
“Fitzgerald's sensibility is delicately nuanced, but there's steel in his melancholy. With Luhrmann, everything, not just the parties but the intimate scenes, turns into Mardi Gras”
Peter Rainer·Christian Science Monitor
Accolades
Genres
Drama, Romance
Cast & Crew
Baz LuhrmannDirectorLeonardo DiCaprioJay GatsbyTobey MaguireNick CarrawayCarey MulliganDaisy BuchananJoel EdgertonTom BuchananElizabeth DebickiJordan BakerIsla FisherMyrtle WilsonJason ClarkeGeorge WilsonAmitabh BachchanMeyer WolfsheimCallan McAuliffeTeen Jay GatsbyAdelaide ClemensCatherineSteve BisleyDan CodyRichard CarterHerzogCraig ArmstrongComposerCraig PearceWriterF. Scott FitzgeraldWriterSimon DugganCinematographyRent & Buy