Gigli (2003)

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• Steven C

  
  The reason "Gigli" gets the moniker of "worst movie ever made" (which is a gross exaggeration) is because it was released in the heyday of 'Bennifer'- Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck's insanely high profile romantic relationship. Audiences wanted to… More
  The reason "Gigli" gets the moniker of "worst movie ever made" (which is a gross exaggeration) is because it was released in the heyday of 'Bennifer'- Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck's insanely high profile romantic relationship. Audiences wanted to see their favorite couple in the greatest romantic comedy of all time but instead they got a meaningless, meandering, overly talky gangster picture that tries desperately to be a new age romantic comedy. "Gigli" has very few bright spots and I mean that in all honesty. Jennifer Lopez is the main reason to see the film (if that is much of one at all). Her resume is weak to say the least with only two or three credible performances to speak of- "Gigli" is surprisingly one of them. Her approach to the film is serious but with just enough of a 'wink, wink, nudge, nudge' carelessness to make it credible. She also handles her monologues quite well, something Ben Affleck crashes and burns with at every chance. Christopher Walken and Al Pacino also add a few points as well and like Lopez, do well with their dialogue. But in the end, "Gigli" is just plain bizarre. It has no idea what it wants to be (a romantic comedy, a mob picture), what it wants to say (about people leading violent lives, about sexual ambiguity, about the politics of crime) or what it wants to make you feel and worst of all, it's just plain boring most of the time.

• Derek D

  
  This is a bad movie. It is NOT, however, a horrible movie. I have seen far worse films than this. The storyline is ridiculous and the film tries to be too funny where no written humor exists. Surprisingly, Ben Affleck turns in an almost solid performance as a low-level criminal who… More
  This is a bad movie. It is NOT, however, a horrible movie. I have seen far worse films than this. The storyline is ridiculous and the film tries to be too funny where no written humor exists. Surprisingly, Ben Affleck turns in an almost solid performance as a low-level criminal who kldnaps a federal prosecutor's mentally challenged brother and gets "help" in the form of a female lesbian criminal whom he ends up falling in love with. J-Lo's acting in this film is the worst kind of tripe. She phones in her performance so much that the long-distance rates must be outrageous on her part. Al Pacino is equally unbearable as the obnoxious criminal who is setting all this up to avoid prison time. At the time this film was made, "Bennifer" was getting shoved down everyone's throat and that must've been why the film got such bd reviews. NOT the worst film ever made; probably not even in the bottom 100. But...it still sucks, yes.

• Ken S

  
  Ridiculous in its premise, vomit inducing in its sentimentality and everyone involved should be thoroughly ashamed of themselves. It's like the screen plays for Chasing Amy and Midnight Run we're spliced together by someone on Ketamine.

• Conner R

  
  While it is not the worst movie ever made like many people claim, it is certainly not good. The story was unintelligent and corny. Justin Bartha gave a horrible performance as a mentally challenged young man. The movie depended on it's cast to deliver and they didn't. It… More
  While it is not the worst movie ever made like many people claim, it is certainly not good. The story was unintelligent and corny. Justin Bartha gave a horrible performance as a mentally challenged young man. The movie depended on it's cast to deliver and they didn't. It looks cheap and has no meaning.

• xGary X

  
  And so I finally make it round to the legendary Gigli, a mob so-called "comedy" that sees Ben Affleck as a misogynistic hitman unwillingly paired with intellectual lesbian hitperson Jennifer Lopez to babysit the mentally impaired brother of a federal prosecutor. The… More
  And so I finally make it round to the legendary Gigli, a mob so-called "comedy" that sees Ben Affleck as a misogynistic hitman unwillingly paired with intellectual lesbian hitperson Jennifer Lopez to babysit the mentally impaired brother of a federal prosecutor. The reputation of this cinematic trainwreck has completely proceeded it, and I must admit I approached the film with a combination of dread and morbid curiosity. And what a mess it truly is. Affleck has never been the most charismatic of actors, but in this he is truly DREADFUL! A thoroughly unlikeable cartoon cut-out who goes through the most unbelievably unconvincing cinematic "growing as a person" motions in the company of Lopez, who plays her part like a guest on the Springer show reading pretentious bullshit off cue cards. All the so-called humour is offensively patronising being virtually solely at the expense of the mentally ill and the script is a series of completely random situations in which the two show absolutely zero chemistry. The attempts at examining gender politics are inane and the only time it raised a laugh from me is when Christopher Walken (who had clearly been smoking crack) appeared with one of the most bizarre performances I've ever seen! It's one of the most cringeworthy cinematic experiences I've ever endured, although I'd have to say it's not the worst because it is almost mesmerising in it's absurdity. To be fair, I only made it through the first hour (and for that I think I deserve a medal) but the only excuse I can think of for watching this embarrassingly poorly written tripe is to see just how bad it really is. Half a star for the film, plus one more for Walken's clearly mindboggling stash of hallucinogens...

• Craig S

  
  <u><b>Directed by:</u></b> Martin Brest. <u><b>Starring:</u></b> Ben Affleck, Jennifer Lopez, Justin Bartha. There is a rant that Jennifer Lopez's character says during the film. She goes on about a Japanese technique of gouging… More
  <u><b>Directed by:</u></b> Martin Brest. <u><b>Starring:</u></b> Ben Affleck, Jennifer Lopez, Justin Bartha. There is a rant that Jennifer Lopez's character says during the film. She goes on about a Japanese technique of gouging out someone's eyeball and taking a part of the visual cortex with it, not only taking the eye out, but removing visual memory all together. Now Jennifer certainly teased the audience throughout the film by showing off her hot body in the tamest way possible and never going any further...but that wasn't as bad as the tease she gave in that rant, something that I wish she did to me right after I finished watching the film. I must say though that the film is an achievement...it has made my number 2 spot on my worst films list. Review coming soon.

• Tom E

  
  bad, bad, bad

• Michael G

  
  This movie is pure torture, but the Christopher Walken scene was so random and bizarre that it made the rest of this war crime justified.

• Nate Z

  
  [center][font=Arial][color=darkred][img]http://img523.imageshack.us/img523/5403/photo118im.jpg[/img][/color][/font][/center] [font=Arial][color=darkred][/color][/font] [font=Arial][color=darkred]It?s the feel-good movie of the year revolving around a lunkhead mobster (Ben Affleck)… More
  [center][font=Arial][color=darkred][img]http://img523.imageshack.us/img523/5403/photo118im.jpg[/img][/color][/font][/center] [font=Arial][color=darkred][/color][/font] [font=Arial][color=darkred]It?s the feel-good movie of the year revolving around a lunkhead mobster (Ben Affleck) and his mentally retarded kipnapee and their attempts to covert a lesbian hitman (Jennifer Lopez) in between her yoga/horrific monologues concerning the superiority of female genitalia. Believe the hype people; [i]Gigli[/i] is indeed as bad as they have told you. It?s not even entertainingly bad, like [i]Bulletproof Monk[/i], no folks; [i]Gigli[/i] is just mundane and awful. During the entire two hour stretch, which feels much much longer, I kept saying one thing aloud: ?How could [i]anyone[/i] making this think they were making a goodmovie?? Did they think audiences would find it funny that Affleck?s mother (the mother from [i]My Big Fat Greek Wedding[/i]) shows us her big fat pasty Greek ass? Did they really think that a mentally retarded kid (who has an affinity for gangster rap and wishes to travel to the mythical ?Baywatch?) would come off as endearing? Well instead it comes across as insulting. And what else is insulting is the laugh-out-loud dialogue Lopez is forced to spit out concerning her attraction for the fairer sex. I can?t think of any actress that could say the line, ?I love my pussy? convincingly. And I?m sure a lot of actresses out there have true affection for it. The writing is just atrocious. And so much else fails as well. The score is a perplexing mix of upbeat jazz and inappropriate string orchestra. I don?t understand what emotions they were going for during scenes in [i]Gigli[/i] but a full string orchestra playing music better suited for a real drama does not fit. Maybe it was for a tragedy. In that case, then it?s right on the money. You won?t see a more sloppily executed, horribly acted, painfully written, lazily directed, inept film this year. And what the hell did Christopher Walken walking in have anything to do with anything?[/color][/font] [font=Arial][color=darkred]Nate's Grade: F[/color][/font]

• Matthew R

  
  Larry Gigli (Ben Affleck), a lowly hit man in Los Angeles, who is looking to finally score big, lands the perfect "job". He is assigned to kidnap Brian (Justin Bartha), the psychologically challenged younger brother of a powerful federal prosecutor, in order to save his… More
  Larry Gigli (Ben Affleck), a lowly hit man in Los Angeles, who is looking to finally score big, lands the perfect "job". He is assigned to kidnap Brian (Justin Bartha), the psychologically challenged younger brother of a powerful federal prosecutor, in order to save his mobster boss from incarceration. Holed-up in his one-bedroom apartment with his kidnap victim Brian, Gigli starts to realize that what he thought would be a routine assignment has become a daunting and unwieldy task. Ricki (Jennifer Lopez), a beautiful, independent-minded female gangster, is sent to assist Gigli with the kidnapping, as his boss doesn't have faith that Gigli can carry out the job on his own. But when his feelings for the mysterious Ricki begin to grow, and he becomes genuinely concerned for the vulnerable Brian, tough guy Gigli begins to change his tough exterior, into a more human, sensitive one. Firstly, before I begin my rant on how terrible this film is. Anyone who is curious to see this movie on the basis of learning yet more about the widely praised "Bennifer" love affair don't bother. These two have about as much chemistry as a baby kitten, and approximately the same capacity for acting. Bearing in mind that this movie is what spawned that ultra-expensive relationship, I would hope that Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez have a damn good prenuptial agreement. I would equate the experience of viewing Gigli with being shot in the face, except that I would imagine that the suffering inflicted by being shot in the face ends rather abruptly by the merciful release of death. There is no merciful release here, but don't think you won't be praying for death. There is absolutely no reason to see this movie. The plot is paper-thin and roughly as dry, the dialogue is cheesy and moronic, and the acting is trash (as you might expect). Now, it's not just that the movie is badly directed or ruined by the "acting" of Ben &amp; Jen. The script itself is so utterly and completely awful that it's difficult to imagine anyone reading it and not throwing up all over themselves. But our two lovebirds wiped the vomit off and dove in headlong. The presence of Oscar winners Al Pacino and Christopher Walken is even more incomprehensible. Were they forced at gunpoint to be in this movie? Drugged? Who knows. Raunchy conversations and love scene so stupid that it is physically painful round out a thoroughly dreadful movie going experience. Gigli is proof that films can really make their audiences suffer deeply. Story: F Acting: F Direction: F Visuals: F Overall: F no stars out of 4 stars

• Deb S

  
  I saw this movie and hated every minute of it. If this is considered a love story between Lopez and Affleck, my I ask...where was the love?

• Laurence C

  
  The term 'unwatchable' gets batted around all too easily in the realm of film criticism, but Holy Christ, I think we have here a stinker that lives up to that particular expression. Sitting through Gigli is an endurance test-- this is a catastrophe of immeasurable… More
  The term 'unwatchable' gets batted around all too easily in the realm of film criticism, but Holy Christ, I think we have here a stinker that lives up to that particular expression. Sitting through Gigli is an endurance test-- this is a catastrophe of immeasurable proportions, blessed with one of the worst screenplays ever produced by a major studio and released over 2,000 screens across America. Martin Brest's film tries to dodge conventions and be 'edgy' material, but it absolutely does not have the brain cells to even function as a movie of its own. We are given no sense of character to these type-A bad screenwriter offsprings, and the 'plot' they swim in is simply non-existent. There is no drive, no conflict, no momentum to Gigli-- just an endless, slackly-edited run of the most horrific hard-boiled dialogue imaginable. Marred by a broadly uncharismatic lead turn by Ben Affleck and a deeply unconvincing Jennifer Lopez posing as a lesbian female gangster, Gigli may not be one of the worst movies of all time, but fuck it-- it is, for my money, one of the worst film viewing experiences of all time. You need not see it to be believe it.

• Leo L

  
  Despite the bad reviews, I liked the fact that the female character was a lesbian. It's not very often that a lead female role is a lesbian.

• Nicky M

  
  It really did deserve all the bad hype. Ben Affleck was laughable with that accent!

• Barry L

  
  Watchable silliness.

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