Planning to be a prominent writer at the wall street, Nick move next door to rich Jay Gatsby, unfortunately he his dragged into the world of Jay.
13 August 1983
18 June 1942, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
19 January 1991, Humboldt, Tennessee, USA
23 June 1974, Blacktown, New South Wales, Australia
31 August 1940, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
30 November 1989, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
2 November 1972, Belfast, Northern Ireland
11 October 1942, Allahabad, United Provinces, British India [now Uttar Pradesh, India]
26 December 1951, Lake Munmorah, New South Wales, Australia
1 June 1950, Denman, New South Wales, Australia
July 14, 2016
There's something dispiriting about a filmmaker who does his best to be utterly faithful to the words on the page, but doesn't seem to recognize what those words mean.
June 12, 2013
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.
May 15, 2013
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.
January 03, 2014
For all the antic, manic itchiness of his Gatsby, for all the jazz hands, the movie doesn't reach out and grab you.
May 10, 2013
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.
April 12, 2016
It's not one spectacularly bad decision that sinks "The Great Gatsby," but a series of mediocre ones, leaving us with a film as forgettable as it is unnecessary.
March 30, 2016
The film's strength is its visual style and Luhrmann's daring high-wire act.
June 14, 2016
Luhrmann's The Great Gatsby might not reach the dizzying heights of Fitzgerald's novel, but he gives it a damn good shot, old sport.
June 21, 2016
It's a headache-inducing mishmash of waving curtains, hyperactive fades, aggressive zooms, and Baz basically just throwing things at the lens (confetti, champagne, fabric, Tobey Maguire).
July 15, 2015
Luhrmann is quite content to stay on the surface, to rub elbows with tuxedoed gents and bewitching flappers.
September 22, 2013
Just because a film looks like it was dipped in 18-karat gold doesn't mean it's rich in quality
May 10, 2013
The best attempt yet to capture the essence of the novel.
