It's like a meal consisting of cheesecake, and one quickly longs for something solid and vulgar to weigh things down.
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06/24/06
Gigi (1958)
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Reviews Counted:26
Fresh:19
Rotten:7
Average Rating:7.1/10
Consensus: Charming, sophisticated, and an overall feast for the eyes.
Runtime: 2 hrs 2 mins
Genre: Musical & Performing Arts
Synopsis: Set in Paris at the turn of the century, this delightful Lerner and Loewe musical, based on a story by Collette, follows a precocious French girl as she is groomed into a would-be courtesan,... [More]
Starring: Leslie Caron, Louis Jourdan, Maurice Chevalier, Jacques Bergerac
Director: Vincente Minnelli
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Reviews for Gigi
Overbaked but enjoyable, and a banquet for the eyes.
12/13/06
One of the last great musicals to be written especially for the screen.
01/28/08
Gigi is dressed to kill, but if all the French finery impresses the customers, it also smothers the story.
02/18/09
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03/26/09
A charming entertainment.
05/20/03
No review available.
08/22/03
Gigi is all style, and zilch in the way of substance.
03/27/01
No review available.
03/24/05
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.
12/13/06
Top CriticIn the hands of a master craftsman, even this otherwise iffy musical becomes lively, lovely entertainment.
02/23/05
How much one likes it, depends on how much French pastry one can eat during one sitting.
03/17/08
A quintessential Minnelli musical, a morally ambiguous, sophisticated tale of Parisian decadence, done in sumptuous MGM style, Gigi is the biggest commercial hit of Minnelli and Arthur Freed's lengthy collaboration.
07/17/06
No review available.
03/24/04
Chevalier and Caron's charms and a bubbly score -- tres chic
07/29/02
The great Minnelli was surely one of the masters of the American musical, but Gigi was one of his misfires.
09/11/08
This time Hollywood's chastity beat out cultural accuracy.
06/20/02
...one of Hollywood's most celebrated classics from an era when studios were still making meticulous, tune-filled musicals.
09/05/08
So artificial it threatens to collapse, but nice to look at
08/21/02
A charming delight.
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