Genre: Film
Grade: B
Notable People: Leo DiCaprio, Toby McGuire, Carey Mulligan, Directed by Baz Luhrmann
Title: The Great Gatsby
Review I was big fan on Fitzgerald and his work as a youngster and have probably seen all the incarnations of this book on film. This one is ambitious and pulls off a certain panache that makes it a really extravagant film. The party scenes really are spectacular and evidence the decadence and debauchery of the time and place very well (we saw it in 2D but those scenes would be worth seeing in 3D). The sets, costumes and cinematography are superb. Leo is his usual extraordinary self as Gatsby and the supporting cast is first rate. Nothing really new here; the plot is pretty well known and this version is not revelatory. It was almost a see at home film for me- except the big screen makes it worthwhile. Nothing brilliant here- but worth seeing if you really like film.