Mediocre.

Rating: 6/10 (1 January 2009)

Was this movie good? Eh, sure.
Was it "out of this world" or "a true rarity"? Absolutely not.
I went and saw this movie with great expectations, and they simply were not fulfilled. An interesting concept, to be sure, and the movie did not do a bad job relating Fitzgerald's story. Of course, if you're willing to pay 8 or 9 dollars to ogle at Brad Pitt for a few hours, you won't be totally disappointed.
However, the relation between the two characters was not well developed and the direction was slightly lacking. I couldn't feel sorry for the supposed tragic lovers, to me it seemed they weren't really sure why they loved one another, they just happened to feel that way. The tie in of hurricane Katrina was tacky and pointless, and wasn't well developed enough to make the audience even slightly curious about the fate of the daughter. This movie strongly reminded me of Forest Gump, an average love story between people (one of whom hails from the Deep South) who are destined to remain separate.