The Great Gatsby

"Love it or hate it [Luhrmann] (...) this is unmistakably his 'Gatsby' through and through, and as with all such carte-blanche extravaganzas (...) it exudes an undeniable fascination — at least for a while" 

"Less a conventional movie adaptation than a splashy, trashy opera, a wayward, lavishly theatrical celebration of the emotional and material extravagance that Fitzgerald surveyed with fascinated ambivalence" 

"There may be worse movies this summer than 'The Great Gatsby', but there won't be a more crushing disappointment (...) Rating: ★ (out of 4)" 

"A hugely elaborate, well-cast adaptation of an American classic that will provoke every possible reaction. (...) the core thematic concerns pertaining to the American dream, self-reinvention and love (...) are tenaciously addressed" 

"Baz Luhrmann’s 'The Great Gatsby' is the first must-see film of Hollywood’s summer season, if for no other reason than its jaw-dropping evocation of Roaring ’20s New York — in 3-D, no less (...) rating: ★★★½ (out of 4)" 

"This bombastic superproduction is (...) bluntly effective as melodrama, vividly colorful in its stereoscopic grandeur (...) You just have to accept that the themes undergirding Fitzgerald’s precise prose (...) have been squashed by overproduced spectacle (...) Rating: ★★ (out of 5)" 

"Luhrmann's vulgarity is designed to win over the young audience, and it suggests that he's less a filmmaker than a music-video director with endless resources and a stunning absence of taste"