Rotten
For all the antic, manic itchiness of his Gatsby, for all the jazz hands, the movie doesn't reach out and grab you.
Wesley Morris, Grantland
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 and cast
- Baz Luhrmann Director
- Leonardo DiCaprio as Jay Gatsby
- Tobey Maguire as Nick Carraway
- Carey Mulligan as Daisy Buchanan
- Joel Edgerton as Tom Buchanan
- Elizabeth Debicki as Jordan Baker
- Isla Fisher as Myrtle Wilson
- Jason Clarke as George Wilson
- Amitabh Bachchan as Meyer Wolfsheim
- Callan McAuliffe as Teen Jay Gatsby
- Adelaide Clemens as Catherine
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
48%
Tomatometer
Rotten
It's stupefying, it's vulgar, it's demeaning-it's dull and there's nothing like the dullness that is trying to be a sensation.
David Thomson, The New Republic
Rotten
There are no two ways about it: The Great Gatsby is misconceived and misjudged, a crude burlesque on what's probably American literature's most precious jewel.
Tom Charity, CNN.com
Rotten
The central problem with Luhrmann's film is that when it's entertaining it's not Gatsby, and when it's Gatsby it's not entertaining.
Christopher Orr, The Atlantic
Fresh
The best attempt yet to capture the essence of the novel.
Richard Roeper, Richard Roeper.com
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