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Information
- Year
- 1974
- Runtime
- 144 min.
- Director
- Jack Clayton
- Genres
- Drama, Romance
- Rating *
- 6.4
- Votes *
- 16,792
- Checks
- 2,643
- Favs
- 67
- Dislikes
- 51
- Favs/checks
- 2.5% (1:39)
- Favs/dislikes
- 1:1
Top comments
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Lemonball679
Ridiculously faithful to the novel, to a fault. Redford is a good Gatsby, but Farrow is miscast and ultimately the film comes off as bland and one-dimentional and doesn't capture much of the turmoil and razzamataz of the novel. Here's hoping Baz Luhrman's penchant glitz and melodrama will make for an worthy adaptation. 11 years 9 months ago -
fonz
Reading the book in high school was painful. I never truly understood why so many people claim this is their absolute favorite work of literature. It is well written but it is populated with cardboard characters centered around a love story between a shrilling banshee of a woman and a guy who just won't take "no" for answer. In a modern context, Gatsby would probably be the kind of guy who would sexually assault women and run away when the accusations started to pile up.
The sole redeeming quality of F. Scott Fitzgerald's "Great American Novel" is his vivid descriptions that open every chapter and are peppered throughout. Lacking that, watching this adaptation is torturous with the actors unable to bring their talents to elevate the work beyond what already existed on the page. 7 years 11 months ago -
