The Great Gatsby

Baz Luhrmann’s adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel in which the filmmaker creates his own distinctive visual interpretation of the classic story.

It follows the Fitzgerald-like, would-be writer Nick Carraway as he leaves the Midwest and comes to New York City in the spring of 1922, an era of loosening morals, glittering jazz and bootleg kings. He lands next door to a mysterious, party-giving millionaire, Jay Gatsby, and becomes drawn into the captivating world of the super-rich, their illusions, loves and deceits.

“A gargantuan hunk of over-art-directed kitsch, but it makes for a grandiose, colorful, pleasure-drenched night at the movies.” ~Slate