Who is this Gatsby and why can't he get a break?

The Great Gatsby never makes a great movie | Film | The Guardian:

"I think Gatsby is the Great American Novel, even though it slipped out of fashion and out of print for decades (like Moby Dick and lots of Faulkner), and even though its author, no matter his achievement, is somehow assuredly not the Great American Novelist. The Great American Novel never makes for the Great American Movie."

Oh, that one. Well. Fitzgerald's book may not make for a great movie but it has certainly been God's gift to film critics. From Wikipedia:

The Great Gatsby has been the basis for numerous films of the same name, spanning nearly 90 years; 1926, 1949, 1974, 2000, and 2013 adaptations.