Average Rating: 7.1/10
Reviews Counted: 27
Fresh: 20 | Rotten: 7
It may not be one of Minnelli's best, but the charming and flawlessly acted Gigi still offers enough visual and musical treats to satisfy.
Average Rating: N/A
Critic Reviews: 4
Fresh: 3 | Rotten: 1
It may not be one of Minnelli's best, but the charming and flawlessly acted Gigi still offers enough visual and musical treats to satisfy.
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Average Rating: 3.6/5
User Ratings: 19,691
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 stooped to anything so bourgeois as marriage! Weaving in and out of the story is Maurice Chevalier as an aging boulevardier who, years earlier, had been in love with Gingold's character. Chevalier gets
G, 1 hr. 56 min.
Romance, Musical & Performing Arts, Classics, Comedy
May 1, 1958 Wide
Apr 27, 1999
MGM Home Entertainment
All Critics (27) | Top Critics (4) | Fresh (24) | Rotten (7) | DVD (18)
The performances are well nigh faultless.
Gigi is dressed to kill, but if all the French finery impresses the customers, it also smothers the story.
Top CriticIt'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.
A charming entertainment.
Charming, pretty 1950s musical with dated gender roles.
Given the shortage of dancing and soaring vocal melodies...Minnelli must lean heavily on personality and a spectacle defined by the pageantry of historic locations, sets and costumes. [Blu-ray]
...with a strong cast, splendid songs, and wonderful costumes and settings, Gigi continues to entertain. (Blu-ray Edition)
The great Minnelli was surely one of the masters of the American musical, but Gigi was one of his misfires.
...one of Hollywood's most celebrated classics from an era when studios were still making meticulous, tune-filled musicals.
Feminist musical, with Minnelli's taste and visual style, makes for an involving experience.
How much one likes it, depends on how much French pastry one can eat during one sitting.
Splendid MGM Lerner and Lowe musical classic in all areas: stars, music, and overall production.
One of the last great musicals to be written especially for the screen.
Overbaked but enjoyable, and a banquet for the eyes.
A gorgeous musical that lacks the nuance and emotion of other films in its genre.
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.
It's like a meal consisting of cheesecake, and one quickly longs for something solid and vulgar to weigh things down.
In the hands of a master craftsman, even this otherwise iffy musical becomes lively, lovely entertainment.
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 ami Travis!. Pauvre Travis..."
April 10, 2007Super Reviewer
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 produtor Arthur Freed, este seria
May 23, 2009Super Reviewer
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