The Vidiot Reviews

Rating: 7/10 (20 August 2013)

The Great Gatsby
The hardest part of returning from war is not being allowed to shoot whomever you wish, and call it Friendly Fire.
The vet in this drama, however, finds it even harder adjusting to his love life.
Nick (Tobey Maguire) is a salesman with authorship aspirations who retreats to a Long Island cottage to write.
Adjacent to him is the enigmatic Jay Gatsby (Leonardo DiCaprio), a self-made millionaire who hosts opulent parties.
On the old money side of the lake resides Nick's cousin Daisy (Carey Mulligan).
Eventually, Gatsby confides in Nick his covetousness towards Daisy, and how her husband (Joel Edgerton) cannot keep them apart.
Based on F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel of 1920s overindulgence, director Baz Luhrmann emphasizes the intemperance with unique cinematography, but at the expense of the story's impact.
Incidentally, GI's returning from war in the roarin' twenties could always use their army bugles to become jazz musicians.
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