Gigi

Gigi (1958)

  • 74% of critics liked it
    (27 reviews)

  • 75% of users liked it
    (19,683 ratings)

Leslie Caron plays Gigi, a young girl raised by two veteran Parisian courtesans (Hermione Gingold and Isabel Jeans) to be the mistress of wealthy young Gaston (Louis Jourdan). When Gaston falls in love with Gigi and asks her to be his wife, Jeans is appalled: never has anyone in their family ever… More

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G, 1 hr. 56 min.
Directed By
Vincente Minnelli, Corinne Marchand
Written By
Alan Jay Lerner
Genres
Romance, Musical & Performing Arts, Classics, Comedy
In Theaters
May 1, 1958 Wide
On DVD
Apr 27, 1999
MGM Home Entertainment

Critic Reviews

  • Abel Green, Variety

    The performances are well nigh faultless.

  • , TIME Magazine

    Gigi is dressed to kill, but if all the French finery impresses the customers, it also smothers the story.

  • Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader

    It's easy to drift away from the story and become absorbed in Minnelli's impossibly delicate textures, but there is a little something here for everybody.

  • Bosley Crowther, New York Times

    A charming entertainment.

  • S. Jhoanna Robledo, Common Sense Media

    Charming, pretty 1950s musical with dated gender roles.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Bob S


    I like the scene of Jourdan reconsidering at the fountain - done entirely in silhouette. It's a beautiful little dance. I wonder what other movies might look like with Maurice Chevalier as the narrator. "Oh 'ello! Bonjour! Zis ees New York en 1970 et ziis ees my bon… More

  • Matheus C


    Na cerimônia do Oscar de 1959, Gigi conseguiu a façanha de levar para casa os nove prêmios para os quais havia sido indicado, incluindo o disputado Melhor Filme e ainda uma estatueta especial para Maurice Chevalier. Fruto da colaboração do diretor Vincente Minnelli e do lendário… More

  • Randy T


    For what it is, a 1958 MGM musical, it's fantastic! Some of the best songs ever put to film are here (<i>Thank Heaven for Little Girls</i>, <i>Ah Yes I Remember It Well</i>, etc.). There is an abundance of pomp and fluff but little or no connection to… More

  • Spencer S


    Though Caron has lacked in Daddy Long Legs and An American in Paris, she truly blossoms as Gigi.

  • First L


    Maurice Chevalier stars in "Gigi", the winner of 9 academy awards for 1958. Little Gigi is just a school girl who happens to have been befriended by the wealthy Gaston Lachaille. Her aunt Alicia (Isabel Jeans) gives her etiquette lessons, but it's an etiquette which… More

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