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Gigli (2003)

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Average Rating: 2.7/10
Reviews Counted: 165
Fresh: 11 | Rotten: 154

Bizarre and clumsily plotted, Gigli is a mess. As for its stars, Affleck and Lopez lack chemistry.

Average Rating: 2.6/10
Critic Reviews: 39
Fresh: 1 | Rotten: 38

Bizarre and clumsily plotted, Gigli is a mess. As for its stars, Affleck and Lopez lack chemistry.

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Movie Info

Larry Gigli (Ben Affleck) is a low-level Los Angeles mob enforcer. His volatile boss, Louis (Lenny Venito), hires Gigli to kidnap Brian (newcomer Justin Bartha), the mentally handicapped younger brother of a federal prosecutor who's about to bring Louis' boss to trial in New York. Gigli gets the kid home without a hitch. Then a beautiful woman (Jennifer Lopez) shows up at his door. She says her name is Ricki, and Gigli soon learns that the nervous Louis has hired her to keep an eye on him. "In

R, 2 hr. 1 min.

Drama, Action & Adventure, Romance, Comedy

Directed By: Martin Brest

Written By: Martin Brest

In Theaters: Aug 1, 2003 Wide

On DVD: Dec 9, 2003

Box Office:$5.7M

Columbia Pictures

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Cast

Ben Affleck
Larry Gigli
Jennifer Lopez
Ricki
Justin Bartha
Brian
Lainie Kazan
Mother
Missy Crider
Robin
Lenny Venito
Louis
Christopher Walken
Det. Stanley Jacobellis
Al Pacino
Starkman
Terry Camilleri
Man in Dryer
Elaine Klimaszewski
Beach Dancer
David Pressman
Assistant Director
Matt Sergott
Beach Dancer
Robert Silver
Man in Debt
Peter Van Norden
Morgue Attendant
Todd Giebenhain
High School Kid #1
Brian Sites
High School Kid #2
Shelby Fenner
Australian Dancer
Brandon Henschel
Beach Dancer
David Backus
Laundry Customer
David Bonfadini
High School Kid #5
Nadine Ellis
Beach Dancer
Theresa Barbosa-Adams
Beach Dancer
Les Bradford
High School Kid #4
Brian Casey
High School Kid #3
Kelly Cooper
Beach Dancer
RJ Durell
Beach Dancer
Shaun Earl
Beach Dancer
Alex Fatovich
Packing Store Clerk
Samuel Luis Givens
Beach Dancer
Hunter Hamilton
Beach Dancer
Samuel Harper
Beach Dancer
Zach Hensler
Beach Dancer
Scott Hislop
Beach Dancer
Dondraico L. Johnson
Beach Dancer
Dwight P. Ketchum
High School Kid #6
Melanie Lewis
Beach Dancer
Brooke Long
Beach Dancer
Luis Alberto Martinez
Adult Care Resident
Kim McSwain
Beach Dancer
Mark Meismer
Beach Dancer
Ross Mulholland
Beach Dancer
Jenni Oborne
Beach Dancer
Brandi Oglesby
Beach Dancer
Zeke Ruelas
Beach Dancer
Robert Schultz
Beach Dancer
Jenny Seeger
Beach Dancer
Jeri Slaughter
Beach Dancer
Megan Stephens
Beach Dancer
Jenny Lynn Suckling
Beach Dancer
Giggi Thesman
Beach Dancer
Lisa Thompson
Beach Dancer
Nikki Tuazon
Beach Dancer
Salvatore Vassallo
Beach Dancer
Robert Vinson
Beach Dancer
Kevin J. Wilson
Beach Dancer
Tovaris Wilson
Beach Dancer
Robert Hoffman
Beach Dancer
Tara Wilson
Beach Dancer

Critic Reviews for Gigli

All Critics (165) | Top Critics (39) | Fresh (11) | Rotten (156) | DVD (20)

Brief but flamboyant cameos by Christopher Walken and Al Pacino helped keep me distracted from the noble intentions and the silliness.

March 6, 2007 Full Review Source: Chicago Reader

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Jonathan Rosenbaum

Chicago Reader

Top Critic

The stars display zip chemistry, but seem to find themselves adorable. They're so taken with each other they don't need an audience.

August 19, 2003 Comment

Peter Travers

Rolling Stone

Top Critic

Shapeless and without a shred of originality, the movie mimics and copies pieces of a number of old movies, all superior in every way.

August 15, 2003 Full Review Source: New York Observer

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Rex Reed

New York Observer

Top Critic

The movie is bafflingly boring and ridiculous.

August 9, 2003 Full Review Source: Slate

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David Edelstein

Slate

Top Critic

Brest would have to go back to his outline to repair this lemon and give America something akin to what it's told it really wants -- a helping of Lopez-Affleck home movies.

August 6, 2003 Full Review Source: Village Voice

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Michael Atkinson

Village Voice

Top Critic

[O]ne of the worst movies I've ever seen.

August 4, 2003 Full Review Source: Ebert & Roeper

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Richard Roeper

Ebert & Roeper

Top Critic

Misbegotten mess of a not family-friendly movie.

December 24, 2010 Full Review Source: Common Sense Media

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Nell Minow

Common Sense Media

No, it's not the worst film ever made, but it is a sickening exercise in smugness and self-love.

July 21, 2009 Full Review Source: Film4

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Richard Luck

Film4

Writer/director Martin Brest ("Scent of a Woman") combines romance, comedy, and crime in a movie that will forever be blamed for bringing together Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez.

May 26, 2009 Full Review Source: ColeSmithey.com

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Cole Smithey

ColeSmithey.com

This is a derivative, clich� awful film with terrible performances, embarrassing dialogue, and a plot that goes nowhere fast.

April 29, 2009 Full Review Source: Cinema Crazed

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Felix Vasquez Jr.

Cinema Crazed

I can't call Gigli a misunderstood masterwork, but I'm not ashamed to say I enjoyed it.

February 14, 2008 Full Review Source: eFilmCritic.com

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Rob Gonsalves

eFilmCritic.com

Torture. Impossible to imagine how it could've been worse.

December 30, 2006 Full Review Source: Empire Magazine

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Simon Braund

Empire Magazine

Gigli isn't the equivalent of cracking a whippit, but it is irredeemably flawed

March 16, 2006 Full Review Source: Bangitout.com

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Jordan Hiller

Bangitout.com

Mitigating factors: a carefully curated sampling of J-Lo butt cleavage, and an arrhythmic Christopher Walken cameo which momentarily diverts the doomed ship from collision with the iceberg.

February 9, 2006 Full Review Source: Time Out

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Jessica Winter

Time Out

Apart from the notoriety of their relationship, there isn't much else going for this movie.

September 30, 2005 Full Review Source: Three Movie Buffs

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Scott Nash

Three Movie Buffs

I can't say that I enjoyed watching Gigli but it certainly was an instructive lesson in how good ideas can go horribly wrong.

March 5, 2005 Full Review Source: NYC Film Critic

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Ethan Alter

NYC Film Critic

Famous rich people can't just go to Glamour Shots to satisfy their appetites for amour-propre...

January 27, 2005 Full Review Source: Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

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Philip Martin

Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez ... each spend several shocking minutes expounding upon the wonders of their own nether regions.

September 20, 2004 Comment

Mark Collette

Tyler Morning Telegraph (Texas)

The first half is an unfunny drag, with a few uncomfortable laughs provided by a retarded man. The last half is a tragedy.

July 7, 2004 Full Review Source: F5 (Wichita, KS)

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Jake Euker

F5 (Wichita, KS) Source: F5 (Wichita, KS)

Gigli looks like a movie that writer-director Martin Brest made up on the spot.

June 23, 2004 Full Review Source: Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY)

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Judith Egerton

Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY) Source: Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY)

Awe-inspiringly, world-historically awful.

January 15, 2004 Full Review Source: Guardian [UK]

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Peter Bradshaw

Guardian [UK]

Brest inserts little wrinkles in an attempt to wash away the clich�s, but all he achieves is taking an already wretched script to new depths.

January 3, 2004 Full Review Source: Film and Felt

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Gabe Leibowitz

Film and Felt

If one has to find something positive to say about Gigli, it would have to be this: at least it isn't likely to spawn a sequel.

January 2, 2004 Full Review | Comment

Daniel M. Kimmel

Worcester Telegram & Gazette Source: Worcester Telegram & Gazette

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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

March 21, 2011

Steven Carrier

Super Reviewer

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

June 1, 2008

Derek Daniels

Super Reviewer

Gigli Quotes

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1. Ricki: It's turkey time.
– Submitted by Nathan L (5 months ago)
1. Det. Stanley Jacobellis: Man, you know what I'd love to do, right now? Go down to Marie Callender's, get me a big bowl, pie, some ice cream on it, mmm-hmm good! Put some on your head! Your tongue would slap your brains out trying to get to it! INTERESTED? SURE?
– Submitted by David P (10 months ago)

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