The Great Gatsby is a story that is recorded by one Mr. Nick Carraway, of an ambitious boy who makes it large in life except for getting his one true love.

Rating: 6/10 (7 May 2014)

Mr. Jay Gatsby is a mystery; everybody has heard of him from the top bureaucrats and socialites to the whores in a common street brothel, and even fewer has actually set eyes on him. Finally one day Nick gets invited to Mr. Gatsby's party and an acquaintance slowly grows. However he soon realizes that Mr. Gatsby has other motives for forming such a friendship with him rather than for being neighbors. Thereafter we see through the eyes of Nick how an old love is rekindled between Gatsby and Daisy (Nick's married cousin) with a little help by him. However, as minutes pass in the movie, the lovers, Nick, and the audience as well, become more and more aware of their impending and inevitable doom. Finally it does come but not the same way they had feared, but much worse. It is a love story that has to fight the world for its fulfillment; they try and they fail. We understand that this was how Nick had got into the depression which made him start writing the account of the Great Gatsby in his journal.
The movie as a whole fails to impress in so many aspects. It does not live up to the expectation even after the outstanding performances by the two great actors- Leonardo Di Caprio and Toby McGuire. Joel Edgerton as Tom Buchanan was outstanding as well. It tries too hard, and still does not manage to squeeze out a teardrop from the audience.
It can be looked upon as a nice entertaining piece that can be watched by the gen-x and the coming generation who are just curious enough to get an idea about the society in that early period but don't care enough to spend necessary time to get in depth or to seek the reality. Wrapping up, I would say that its old wine not in a new bottle, rather in just a polished one. The only thing appealing about it is its aesthetics, the 3d effect; that is, its visually very delightful.