Review of The Great Gatsby (2013) by David Edelstein for New York Magazine/Vulture — 08 May 2013
You can find fault with virtually every scene in Luhrmann’s The Great Gatsby — and yet in spite of all the wrong notes, Fitzgerald (and the excess he was writing about and living) comes through. The Deco extravagance of the big party scenes is enthralling.
Luhrmann throws money at the screen in a way that is positively Gatsby-like, walloping you intentionally and un- with the theme of prodigal waste.
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This review of The Great Gatsby (2013) was written by David Edelstein and published by New York Magazine/Vulture on 08 May 2013.
The Great Gatsby has generally received positive reviews.
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