Film: This glitzy Gatsby fails to dazzle

The Great Gatsby, directed by Baz Luhrmann. Nationwide, cert 12A. Rating: 2/5. A Hijacking, directed by Tobias Lindholm. IFI, no cert. Rating 4/5.

Carey Mulligan and Leonardo DiCaprio in The Great Gatsby.

Reviewed this week

**The Great Gatsby**

**Directed by Baz Luhrmann**

**Nationwide, cert 12A**

**Rating:** 2/5

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**A Hijacking**

**Directed by Tobias Lindholm**

**IFI, no cert**

**Rating:** 4/5

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Great just isn't good enough for Australian director Baz Luhrmann. It's too small a word for the kind of monumental confections his films have become, elaborately iced wedding cakes that deliver surges of sugary energy, but provide little narrative nutrition. Luhrmann's adaptation of F Scott ...