Film Review 4

Cast:

• Leonardo DiCaprio as Jay Gatsby
• Tobey Maguire as Nick Carraway
• Carey Mulligan as Daisy Buchanan
• Joel Edgerton as Tom Buchanan
• Isla Fisher as Myrtle Wilson
• Elizabeth Debicki as Jordan Baker
• Adelaide Clemens as Catherine
• Jason Clarke as George Wilson
• Amitabh Bachchan as Meyer Wolfsheim
• Max Cullen as Owl Eyes
• Brendan Maclean as Klipspringer
• Jack Thompson as Nick Carraway's Doctor, Walter Perkins
• Kate Mulvany as Mrs. Mckee
• Callan McAuliffe as Young Jay Gatsby
• Tasman Palazzi as young Gatsby
• iOTA as Trimalchio
• Vince Colosimo as Michaelis
• Stephen James King as Nelson
• Gemma Ward as Languid Girl

 New York,1929. Bond-seller Nick Carraway in a sanitarium for depression and alcoholism was persuaded by his doctor to write a therapeutic account of what put him there. Nick's journal described how seven years earlier,he had moved to a tiny house on Long Island adjoining the sumptuous mansion owned by enigmatic neighbour,the fabulously wealthy Jay Gatsby. After attending one of Gatsby's legendary parties Nick was asked by Gatsby to arrange a meeting with his cousin Daisy married to the brutish and philandering Tom Buchanan, who was Gatsby's true love prior to war service. As Nick complied he came to see that Gatsby once a poor boy had recreated himself as a fascinating millionaire purely to win Daisy back but the events of a drunken afternoon conspired to bring about an ending which is anything but happy


The Great Gatsby is a great film! I like DiCaprio and Debicki as well as the themes that shine through.Cinematography is excellent. Some of the dance scenes are magnificent. Really not for young kids as there is a lot of talking - not a lot of action. I think this version of Gatsby will surely live on for years to come.