The Great Gatsby Movie Review

The movie “The Great Gatsby”, directed by Baz Luhrmann and starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Carey Mulligan, Isla Fisher, Tobey Maguire and Joel Edgerton, is an adaptation of the book by Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald and follows the writer Nick, who enters the captivating world of the rich and gets tangled into their scandals, fights and love affairs. The story takes place in the summer of 1922 in West Egg, Long Island, and introduces the viewers to the deceiving and compelling lives during the era of loosening morals – the Jazz Age. A main character in this world is Jay Gatsby, a mysterious, but utterly lost millionaire, who desperately tries to bring back the love of his life. The movie, a true visual and musical masterpiece, states that no one

Nick leaves the Midwest in the spring of 1922, in search of the American Dream, and takes a little house in West Egg, a town outside Manhattan, where his second cousin – Daisy Buchanan and her brutal and rich husband - Tom Buchanan live across the bay. Next to his modest house, rises a big mansion, owned by a mysterious tycoon. Leonardo DiCaprio perfectly depicts the enigmatic millionaire, hosting enormous extravagant parties, which lure the high society into a realm of sins, alcohol and dances. Those, who attend, enter a world of oblivion, where the party never ends, where time has lost its power. In the beginning DiCaprio’s character is built on gossips about his wealth and identity, he is almost represented as a phantom, always staying in the shadows, and the appeal to the unknown draws his guests to his gatherings, resembling a

Their parties are like a parade of carelessness and represent a world, where people lose all sense of morality, all sense of purpose. To some point the movie almost keeps the idea that rich people’s lives are flawless, but that illusion is shattered as the plot evolves. The director creates a fairytale of music, acting and cinematography and flawlessly demonstrates the evolution of jazz music, the flapper culture and economic prosperity. He strengthens the relationship with the audience though the role of the narrator and makes the movie universal and immortal with its message. The movie shows Nick’s attraction to this new world of promise, but also Gatsby’s hopeless quest of affection, which represents the idea that money can’t buy