Overacted and over-hyped - it's just a soap opera on steroids

Rating: 3/10 (28 December 2013)

How did Dicaprio and Maguire ever agree to be in this movie? It's not just average. It's simply bad. It's not even entertaining. Leaving aside that it's not by far an accurate representation of Fitzgerald's work and judging it only as a movie... it's still probably the worst movie Dicaprio's been in for the past 15 years. Some of the worst things about it:

Gatsby is portrayed like a pathetic wannabe

Carey Mulligan looks like she's always about to break into tears - and no,her character isn't supposed to do that, that's just her face in every movie she's ever done

None of the characters have any real form of substance - they're very superficially built

The story has been turned into a compressed soap opera drama that probably wouldn't even impress a 12 year old

Best part about this movie: pretty colours and once in a while some acceptable music.
Only watch it if you really, really can't get out of it.