There are so many bad moments in Gigli, it's a shame to single out only a few.
Gigli (2003)
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Reviews Counted:162
Fresh:10
Rotten:152
Average Rating:2.7/10
Consensus: Bizarre and clumsily plotted, Gigli is a mess. As for its stars, Affleck and Lopez lack chemistry.
Rated: R [See Full Rating] for sexual content, pervasive language and brief strong violence
Runtime: 2 hrs 4 mins
Genre: Comedies
Theatrical Release:Aug 1, 2003 Wide
Box Office: $5,660,084
Synopsis: In Gigli, Martin Brest’s (Scent of a Woman, Midnight Run) unconventional romantic comedy, Larry Gigli (Ben Affleck), a low-level hood is given a high-level assignment to kidnap Brian (Justin... In Gigli, Martin Brest’s (Scent of a Woman, Midnight Run) unconventional romantic comedy, Larry Gigli (Ben Affleck), a low-level hood is given a high-level assignment to kidnap Brian (Justin Bartha), the psychologically challenged younger brother of a powerful federal prosecutor to help save a mob boss from going to prison. Hiding out in his one-bedroom apartment with Brian, Gigli is shocked when Ricki (Jennifer Lopez), a gorgeous, free-spirited female enforcer is sent to assist him because his boss thinks he’s likely to screw up. And from that moment on, Gigli’s world is turned upside down. Gigli finds himself falling in love with the unavailable Ricki and goes to extreme lengths to win her affection. The more she resists, the stronger the attraction becomes. By letting their feelings get in the way of business, Gigli and Ricki set in motion an unlikely chain of events that just could endanger their plans for a long-term relationship – and their lives. Revolution Studios Presents A City Light Films/Casey Silver Production Gigli starring Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez, a Columbia Pictures release. Also starring is Justin Bartha. The film is written and directed by Martin Brest. Casey Silver and Brest are the producers. John Hardy is the executive producer. The distinguished production team includes director of photography Robert Elswit, ASC, production designer Gary Frutkoff, film editors Billy Weber and Julie Monroe and costume designer Michael Kaplan. The music is by John Powell. [More]
Starring: Ben Affleck, Jennifer Lopez, Justin Bartha, Lainie Kazan
Starring: Ben Affleck, Jennifer Lopez, Justin Bartha, Lainie Kazan, Missy Crider, Larry Venito
Director: Martin Brest
Director: Martin Brest
Screenwriter: Martin Brest
Producer: John Hardy, Casey Silver, Martin Brest
Composer: John Powell
Studio: Columbia Pictures
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Reviews for Gigli
Put together enough pointless, random details, and you get Gigli, a movie that's less incompetent than bewildering.
There’s no rhythm to (the) putrid dialogue, no flow to (the) preposterous scenes.
This is a movie that manages to keep finding new ways of being stupid.
This could have been a more intriguing and darker tale. Evil people can fall in love, too . . . but, gosh, this isn't that movie. Ben and Jen are just too cute for nasty roles like that.
I am giving Gigli one star and that is only because of Walken: if Brest were smart, when the film hits DVD, he should only release that scene and stick the rest in the deleted scenes section.
Formless windbag of a romantic comedy with bits of gangster flick stuck to the edges.
A character-driven piece, pitched awkwardly between comedy and drama.
Neither a loud, bloody cameo from Al Pacino nor the obviously tacked-on ending come close to redeeming the tedium, and the unfulfilled promise of a second scene from Walken doesn't help.
We could almost be watching staged rehearsals for an '80s cliché-fest.
So misguided that sparks between the leads is the least of its worries.
transcends merely bad, merely tedious, merely irksome, and plummets into that very special category . . .that so tries and tortures its audience that it no longer fears death
A recent episode of South Park suggested that a fourth-grader's hand puppet could turn in a better performance than Ms. Lopez, and in the case of Gigli, it's hard to argue.
Ben and J-Lo are no Tracy and Hepburn--they're more like the Sean Penn and Madonna of Shanghai Surprise. And their movie is just as rotten as that one.
Gigli is so horrible I had to go cleanse my palate afterward by watching Glitter.
Gigli pretends to be a sophisticated comedy of the sexes yet it’s written with the adolescent gusto of a fifty-year-old who’s finally discovered that a penis goes inside a vagina.
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