American Gigolo (1980)
Average Rating: 6.6/10
Reviews Counted: 21
Fresh: 14 | Rotten: 7
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A slick Los Angeles callboy finds love and redemption in Paul Schrader's ultra-stylish drama. High-living prostitute Julian Kay (Richard Gere, stepping in for John Travolta) has it all: the Mercedes, the clothes, access to Beverly Hills' swankiest establishments, and a stable of rich, older female clients. But it all falls apart after he does a favor for his former pimp (Bill Duke) and the trick turns up dead a short while later; Julian's actual client won't give him an alibi, and police
Feb 1, 1980 Wide
May 23, 2000
Paramount Home Video
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Cast
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Richard Gere
Julian Kaye -
Lauren Hutton
Michelle Stratton -
Hector Elizondo
Detective Sunday -
Nina Van Pallandt
Anne -
Bill Duke
Leon Jaimes -
Brian Davies
Charles Stratton -
K Callan
Lisa Williams -
Tom Stewart
Mr. Rheiman -
Patti Carr
Judy Rheiman -
David Cryer
Lt. Curtis -
Carole Cook
Mrs. Dobrun -
Carol Bruce
Mrs. Sloan -
Frances Bergen
Mrs. Laudner -
Macdonald Carey
Hollywood Actor -
William Dozier
Michelle's Lawyer -
Peter Turgeon
Julian's Lawyer -
Robert Wightman
Floyd Wicker -
Richard Derr
Mr. Williams -
Jessica Potter
Jill -
Ron Cummins
Reporter -
Frank Pesce
Suspect #4 -
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Maggie Jean Smith
Girl at Daisy -
Gordon Haight
Blond Boy -
Kopi Sotiropulos
Reporter -
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James Currie
Bartender Cocktail Loun... -
Harry Davis
Park Bernet Representat...
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All Critics (21) | Top Critics (4) | Fresh (17) | Rotten (7) | DVD (8)
Schrader's development of the frame-up story is mechanically melodramatic, and Gere, essentially a boring actor, doesn't help much either. He just cannot carry a picture, even when his passivity and gentleness well serve some aspects of his character...
Top CriticSchrader's third outing as a director is betrayed by a curious, uncharacteristic evasiveness at its core.
It all becomes something of an academic, if entertaining, exercise that fails to stir the emotions.
The whole movie has a winning sadness about it; take away the story's sensational aspects and what you have is a study in loneliness.
Stylish but emotionally hollow, Paul Schrader's morality tale of a callboy (played by Richard Gere), offers some visual pleasures, including Armani's slick wardrobe.
Schrader manages to underline the glamour of the protagonist's profession while at the same time illustrating its seedy underside.
The story becomes increasingly implausible as its thriller elements kick in, but the moving last shot achieves a sense of spiritual transcendence and grace rare in American movies.
Although the film rather loses its grip in the last two reels, this is, on the whole, an impressive piece of work.
Pure fantasy.
Turn off the sound and just enjoy the visuals.
Slick, empty and far from sensual
American Gigolo explores the flashy career of a male hustler.
A trama policial é fraquíssima, e nem Schrader (também roteirista) sabe como lidar com ela, já que o ato final da história abusa de cenas episódicas em fade, só para amarrar o desfecho.
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- American Gigolo - Ein Mann für gewisse Stunden (DE)
1) Being a good screenwriter doesn't automatically make you a good director.
2) Hector Elizondo was bald even when he was young.
3) Richard Gere cannot carry a film to save his life.