Arts & Entertainment
MOVIE REVIEW: 'Great Gatsby' More Style Than Substance
'Great Gatsby' is playing this weekend.
Leonardo DiCaprio stars in Baz Luhrmann's take on "The Great Gatsby," which is at times more style than substance β just like like the novel's main character himself β say some critics.
"The Great Gatsby" isΒ rated PG-13 and runs two hours and 22 minutes.Β It is now playing atΒ Carmike Riverstone 15 Cinemas. For more theater information, show times and pricing, click the link above.
Here's what else the critics are saying:
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Baz Luhrmannβs new film version ofΒ The Great GatsbyΒ is stylish, slick, funny and entertainingβa bit detached at points, a bit overblown at others. That should be all that matters. β Jeremy Mathews, Paste Magazine
Just because a film looks like it was dipped in 18-karat gold doesnβt mean itβs rich in quality.Β Take this 3-D adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgeraldβs classic novel. Though every frame overflows with opulence, it stumbles in its quest to be an edgy and thoroughly modern spectacle. βΒ Mara Reinstein, Us Weekly
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Luhrmann piles on one shiny distraction after another. But amid all the seductively gaudy excess, DiCaprio finds both the heart and hurt buried within one of literatureβs everlasting enigmas. βΒ Elizabeth Weitzman, New York Daily News
Shush. Listen. That's F. Scott Fitzgerald turning in his grave. Fitzgerald's 1925Β The Great Gatsby, a Jazz Age tale of sex, lies and conspicuous consumption, is a great American novel, maybe the greatest. But the tale of dirt-poor Jay Gatsby reinventing himself to win the woman he loves has defied five attempts at filming. β Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
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