I'll preface this by saying that I've never read the book that this movie is based on. So I won't say anything about how faithful of an adaptation this is, but rather on the movie itself.

Leonardo Di Caprio is, as always, marvelous. That's certainly no news, but I really enjoyed his performance. He was so good that I felt he basically obscured everyone else, except maybe Edgerton.
That's one of my first critic of the movie, the cast was not on par with DiCaprio and it showed.

I liked the cinematography, especially during the parties at Gatsby's manor. They really felt like the roaring twenties. Great work by the costume team, they really captured the esthetic of the 1920's upper society.

I felt that the movie was directed well, but the CGI was mediocre at best. I really got a fake feeling; I don't know if that was the intention, but it didn't work for me.

As for the story, I found it quite predictable and to be honest, rather boring. This is obviously a personal preference, but I wish they had dived deeper in the obsession of Gatsby, instead of romanticizing it. As it stands, I found it really hard to care about the story of any one of the characters. Again, I don't know if it's by choice, maybe it's the same in the original work, but for me it rendered the movie boring.
One thing that I liked was the approach to the narration, with Nick (portrayed by Maguire) narrating the story, with lines, I assume, taken from the book by F. Scott Fitzgerald.

The soundtrack was a bit of a hit and miss. Using modern, rearranged music and songs was a bold move, which only paid off about half the time. Other times it just felt jarring and out of place.

In the end, this is a movie worth seeing because of DiCaprio's performance, in my opinion. If you're a fan of his, you'll definitely enjoy _The Great Gatsby_. Otherwise, I'd say skip it.

6/10