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5 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 70VarietyVarietyThe Francis Coppola script and Jack Clayton's direction paint a savagely genteel portrait of an upper class generation that deserved in spades what it got circa 1929 and after.
- 63Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertChicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertThe Great Gatsby is a superficially beautiful hunk of a movie with nothing much in common with the spirit of F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel.
- 60EmpireEmpireAn opulent and accurate portrayal of the period that drags too much to stay interesting.
- 30TimeTimeGatsby's sad and curious history has resulted in a dull, dreadful movie. The film is faithful to the letter of F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel but entirely misses its spirit.
- 30The New York TimesVincent CanbyThe New York TimesVincent CanbyNothing that Mr. Clayton does with the actors or with the camera comes close to catching the spirit of Fitzgerald's impatient brilliance. The film transforms "Gatsby" into a period love story that seems to take itself as solemnly as "Romeo and Juliet."