A review below after the showing of Gatsby at Cannes
The critical reaction when the end credits began to roll was as chilly as the temperature outside: no applause, a lone boo, and a practically audible collective sniff.
... and so I was not alone, and I would lay all the blame at the door of the Director Baz Luhrmann
The Guardian says
It has divided the critics, who have either praised it for its exuberant, operatic, roaring approach to its material – or derided as a crass, tin-eared rendering of F Scott Fitzgerald's precisely tuned text. But, as The Great Gatsby opened the 66th Cannes film festival, its director and co-adaptor,Baz Luhrmann, defended the film, saying that his chief concern was the healthy box office.
And Val says I am sure it will do well in the box office but that does not make it a good film or a decent representation of the book. Sorry Baz it is a thumbs down from me.
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