Review of The Great Gatsby (2013) by Steven Rea for Philadelphia Inquirer — 08 May 2013
There are so many things wrong with Luhrmann's Great Gatsby - the filmmaker's attention-deficit-disorder approach, the anachronistic convergence of hip-hop and swing, the choppy elision of Fitzgerald's plot, the jarring collision of Jazz Age cool and Millennial cluelessness.
But at the crux of things, the problem is that it's impossible to care.
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This review of The Great Gatsby (2013) was written by Steven Rea and published by Philadelphia Inquirer on 08 May 2013.
The Great Gatsby has generally received positive reviews.
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