Rotten
The film is faithful to the letter of F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel but entirely misses its spirit.
Jay Cocks, TIME Magazine
The Great Gatsby
Gone is the romance that was so divine
1974 · 2h 24m · PG
Drama, Romance
Directed by
Jack Clayton
Overview
Nick Carraway, a young Midwesterner now living on Long Island, finds himself fascinated by the mysterious past and lavish lifestyle of his neighbor, the nouveau riche Jay Gatsby. He is drawn into Gatsby's circle, becoming a witness to obsession and tragedy.
Director and cast
- Jack Clayton Director
- Robert Redford as Jay Gatsby
- Mia Farrow as Daisy Buchanan
- Bruce Dern as Tom Buchanan
- Karen Black as Myrtle Wilson
- Scott Wilson as George Wilson
- Sam Waterston as Nick Carraway
- Lois Chiles as Myrtle Wilson
- Howard Da Silva as Meyer Wolfsheim
- Roberts Blossom as Mr. Gatz
- Edward Herrmann Cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
39%
Tomatometer
Rotten
In sum this picture is a total failure of every requisite sensibility. A long, slow, sickening bore.
Stanley Kauffmann, The New Republic
Rotten
The 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.
Variety Staff, Variety
Rotten
Director Jack Clayton seems overawed by the opulence of the production as well as by the mythic presence of Fitzgerald -- and the result is a film of shimmering surface brilliance and almost complete lack of focus or substance.
Don Druker, Chicago Reader
Rotten
A literary adaptation that continually begs detrimental comparison with the novel, this relies too much on appearance, making little attempt to explore behind the beguiling '20s facade.
Derek Adams, Time Out
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